Barrel

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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:	File:Steel-plate.png 1 + 1 => File:Barrel-empty.png 1
Req. technology:	File:Fluid-handling.png Fluid handling

Process	Input	Machine	Output
File:Empty-crude-oil-barrel.png Empty crude oil barrel	1 1	File:Assembling-machine-2.png or File:Assembling-machine-3.png	File:Barrel-empty.png 1 + File:Crude-oil.png 250
Empty heavy oil barrel	1 1	File:Assembling-machine-2.png or File:Assembling-machine-3.png	File:Barrel-empty.png 1 + File:Heavy-oil.png 250
Empty light oil barrel	1 1	File:Assembling-machine-2.png or File:Assembling-machine-3.png	File:Barrel-empty.png 1 + File:Light-oil.png 250
Empty lubricant barrel	1 1	File:Assembling-machine-2.png or File:Assembling-machine-3.png	File:Barrel-empty.png 1 + 250
Empty petroleum gas barrel	1 1	File:Assembling-machine-2.png or File:Assembling-machine-3.png	File:Barrel-empty.png 1 + File:Petroleum-gas.png 250
Empty sulfuric acid barrel	1 1	File:Assembling-machine-2.png or File:Assembling-machine-3.png	File:Barrel-empty.png 1 + File:Sulfuric-acid.png 250
Empty water barrel	1 1	File:Assembling-machine-2.png or File:Assembling-machine-3.png	File:Barrel-empty.png 1 + 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
File:Fill-crude-oil-barrel.png Fill crude oil barrel	File:Barrel-empty.png 1 File:Crude-oil.png 250 1	File:Assembling-machine-2.png or File:Assembling-machine-3.png	1
Fill heavy oil barrel	File:Barrel-empty.png 1 File:Heavy-oil.png 250 1	File:Assembling-machine-2.png or File:Assembling-machine-3.png	1
Fill light oil barrel	File:Barrel-empty.png 1 File:Light-oil.png 250 1	File:Assembling-machine-2.png or File:Assembling-machine-3.png	1
Fill lubricant barrel	File:Barrel-empty.png 1 250 1	File:Assembling-machine-2.png or File:Assembling-machine-3.png	1
Fill petroleum gas barrel	File:Barrel-empty.png 1 File:Petroleum-gas.png 250 1	File:Assembling-machine-2.png or File:Assembling-machine-3.png	1
Fill sulfuric acid barrel	File:Barrel-empty.png 1 File:Sulfuric-acid.png 250 1	File:Assembling-machine-2.png or File:Assembling-machine-3.png	1
Fill water barrel	File:Barrel-empty.png 1 250 1	File:Assembling-machine-2.png or File:Assembling-machine-3.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:

See also

• Fluid handling
• Oil processing
• Crude oil