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Barrel

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Revision as of 16:26, 14 May 2017 by DecorativeLamp (talk | contribs) (Fluid values have been multiplied by 10; Barrels are no longer crude-oil-exclusive - added recipes for non-crude oil barreling/emptying and generalized some statements; Marked as stub due to missing icons.)
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Barrels can be used to store and transport 250 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 100,000 units per Cargo wagon - 25,000 more 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: +
Time icon.png
1
=>
Req. technology: Fluid handling
Process Input Machine Output
Empty crude oil barrel
Crude-oil-barrel.png
1
Time icon.png
1
or +
Empty heavy oil barrel
Time icon.png
1
or +
Empty light oil barrel
Time icon.png
1
or +
Empty lubricant barrel
Time icon.png
1
or +
Lubricant.png
250
Empty petroleum gas barrel
Time icon.png
1
or +
Empty sulfuric acid barrel
Time icon.png
1
or +
Empty water barrel
Time icon.png
1
or +
Water.png
250

Fill Barrels

Filled Barrels cannot be crafted. They are filled using the respective liquid's Fill barrel process which consumes Empty Barrels.

Process Input Machine Output
Fill crude oil barrel
Time icon.png
1
or
Crude-oil-barrel.png
1
Fill heavy oil barrel
Time icon.png
1
or
Fill light oil barrel
Time icon.png
1
or
Fill lubricant barrel
Lubricant.png
250
Time icon.png
1
or
Fill petroleum gas barrel
Time icon.png
1
or
Fill sulfuric acid barrel
Time icon.png
1
or
Fill water barrel
Water.png
250
Time icon.png
1
or

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 network, 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

See also