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Barrel

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Barrels can be used to store and transport 50 units of various fluids. Since they are solid objects, they can be used as an alternative to pipes, once fluid handling is researched. The barrels themselves are reusable once the fluids are drained.

Barrels stack in groups of 10. A single cargo wagon can hold 400 barrels, which gives a capacity of 20,000 units per cargo wagon – 5,000 less units than the capacity of a fluid wagon.

Empty barrels

Empty barrels can be crafted. When barrels are emptied, the (required) assembling machine will also return an empty barrel.

Recipe:
Steel plate.png
1
+
Time.png
1
Empty barrel.png
1
Req. technology:
Fluid handling (research).png
Fluid handling
Process Input Machine Output
Empty crude oil barrel.png
Empty crude oil barrel
Crude oil barrel.png
1
Time.png
0.2
Assembling machine 2.png
or
Assembling machine 3.png
Empty barrel.png
1
+
Crude oil.png
50
Empty heavy oil barrel.png
Empty heavy oil barrel
Heavy oil barrel.png
1
Time.png
0.2
Assembling machine 2.png
or
Assembling machine 3.png
Empty barrel.png
1
+
Heavy oil.png
50
Empty light oil barrel.png
Empty light oil barrel
Light oil barrel.png
1
Time.png
0.2
Assembling machine 2.png
or
Assembling machine 3.png
Empty barrel.png
1
+
Light oil.png
50
Empty lubricant barrel.png
Empty lubricant barrel
Lubricant barrel.png
1
Time.png
0.2
Assembling machine 2.png
or
Assembling machine 3.png
Empty barrel.png
1
+
Lubricant.png
50
Empty petroleum gas barrel.png
Empty petroleum gas barrel
Petroleum gas barrel.png
1
Time.png
0.2
Assembling machine 2.png
or
Assembling machine 3.png
Empty barrel.png
1
+
Petroleum gas.png
50
Empty sulfuric acid barrel.png
Empty sulfuric acid barrel
Sulfuric acid barrel.png
1
Time.png
0.2
Assembling machine 2.png
or
Assembling machine 3.png
Empty barrel.png
1
+
Sulfuric acid.png
50
Empty water barrel.png
Empty water barrel
Water barrel.png
1
Time.png
0.2
Assembling machine 2.png
or
Assembling machine 3.png
Empty barrel.png
1
+
Water.png
50

Fill barrels

Filled barrels cannot be crafted. They are filled using the respective fluids's Fill barrel process which consumes empty barrels.

Process Input Machine Output
Fill crude oil barrel.png
Fill crude oil barrel
Empty barrel.png
1
Crude oil.png
50
Time.png
0.2
Assembling machine 2.png
or
Assembling machine 3.png
Crude oil barrel.png
1
Fill heavy oil barrel.png
Fill heavy oil barrel
Empty barrel.png
1
Heavy oil.png
50
Time.png
0.2
Assembling machine 2.png
or
Assembling machine 3.png
Heavy oil barrel.png
1
Fill light oil barrel.png
Fill light oil barrel
Empty barrel.png
1
Light oil.png
50
Time.png
0.2
Assembling machine 2.png
or
Assembling machine 3.png
Light oil barrel.png
1
Fill lubricant barrel.png
Fill lubricant barrel
Empty barrel.png
1
Lubricant.png
50
Time.png
0.2
Assembling machine 2.png
or
Assembling machine 3.png
Lubricant barrel.png
1
Fill petroleum gas barrel.png
Fill petroleum gas barrel
Empty barrel.png
1
Petroleum gas.png
50
Time.png
0.2
Assembling machine 2.png
or
Assembling machine 3.png
Petroleum gas barrel.png
1
Fill sulfuric acid barrel.png
Fill sulfuric acid barrel
Empty barrel.png
1
Sulfuric acid.png
50
Time.png
0.2
Assembling machine 2.png
or
Assembling machine 3.png
Sulfuric acid barrel.png
1
Fill water barrel.png
Fill water barrel
Empty barrel.png
1
Water.png
50
Time.png
0.2
Assembling machine 2.png
or
Assembling machine 3.png
Water barrel.png
1

Example of use

Barrels are useful in situations where pipes are not available or a bad option, such as oil production far away from your main factory. Barrels can be transported with a belt transport system or railway, by logistic robots, via car or tank, or in the player's inventory. A simple example with transport belts:

Crude-oil-barrel-handling-example.png

History

  • 0.16.8:
    • Lowered barrel fluid capacity from 250 to 50. (So cargo wagon with barrels holds 20k and logistic robots are not too strong alternative to carrying fluids.)
    • Decreased barrelling crafting time from 1 second to 0.2 seconds.
  • 0.15.0:
    • Added automatic barreling support for all fluids.

See also