Crude Oil

Crude Oil is a semi-rare mid-game resource found in the world. It is refined in Refineries into Plastic, Rubber and Fuel, whilst producing the Heavy Oil Residue and Polymer Resin byproducts. It is the only fluid resource obtained from resource nodes, and is extracted using Oil Extractors instead of Miners. It can be transported via Pipelines, be packaged for conveyor transportation or be transported via trains.

Obtaining
Its resource nodes may be located using the Resource Scanner after unlocked. It can't be mined manually; it has to be extracted with an Oil Extractor. Oil is commonly located far away from the player starting point, so a well-prepared exploration is advised. Since Pipelines are limited to 300, the maximum extraction rate is 7500.

Tips
Later in the game when you have collected the majority of the Hard Drives, be sure to unlock the following Alternate Recipes: Combine these with Packaged Water, Unpackage Fuel, Residual Plastic or Residual Rubber to from a closed-loop production of Plastic without any wastage, potentially increases the oil to plastic conversion ratio to 300%. Same applies to Rubber. Empty Canisters will be reused and recycled in the loop.

External Link

 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoCm0H_4YnE Video guide on turning 300 Crude Oil into 900 Plastic.

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