Oil Refinery

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Created
04/26/24
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Oil Refinery

v5.2.0

The Oil Refinery is my oldest complex. It's where I cut my teeth on modular building and transport design. I have been building this in a standardized way before even blueprints were added to the game!

Note: Included with these blueprints is a guide made of retaining walls. Don't actually build the guide, just use it to right-size your selected spot for the refinery.

Stages of the Oil Refinery

Stage Purpose Module Installation Pics
1 Diesel Production https://imgur.com/a/z8IlsNw
2 Sulphur Processing https://imgur.com/a/KbcDJvy
3 Large Generator Upgrade https://imgur.com/a/WQkkDua
4 Large Storage Upgrade https://imgur.com/a/ZE6ivgi
5 Naphtha Processing https://imgur.com/a/epBeRAq
6 Byproduct Cracking and Hydrogen Reforming https://imgur.com/a/ytAYeo2
7 Water Desalinization https://imgur.com/a/xZxN53E
8 Salt Production https://imgur.com/a/8gsHspb
9 Chlorine Electrolysis https://imgur.com/a/95rK2JS
10 Plastics Production https://imgur.com/a/ybnTdo4
11 Exhaust Scrubbing https://imgur.com/a/ZmgnoIw
12 Graphite Production https://imgur.com/a/RN8iNfR
13 Hydrogen Electrolysis https://imgur.com/a/3X9HOyi
14 Electric Boiler Conversion https://imgur.com/a/aErKerK
Extra Oil Refinery Transport https://imgur.com/a/4mF44rK

Note: While the images show the full build of each module, I recommend that you start by only building the transport and storage for each module. Then you can build the buildings as needed. For example, at the beginning you will only need 2 distillation channels and one boiler. You can add distillation channels as needed, but you won't need the rest of the boilers until you install the water desalinization module.

Required Materials

Name Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5 Stage 6 Stage 7 Stage 8 Stage 9 Stage 10 Stage 11 Stage 12 Stage 13 Stage 14 Transport Total
Concrete 140 180 40 40 40 600 160 1200
Construction Parts 246 403 10 20 112 166 17 53 25 65 40 300 1457
Construction Parts II 1884 906 137 57 695 552 9 12 14 136 30 13 221 18 4684
Construction Parts III 252 240 810 600 280 511 205 170 397 57 274 560 740 1649 6745
Construction Parts IV 240 240
Electronics 160 240 400
Rubber 12 162 13 53 38 1654 1932
Steel 40 240 280

Buildings

Name Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5 Stage 6 Stage 7 Stage 8 Stage 9 Stage 10 Stage 11 Stage 12 Stage 13 Stage 14 Transport Total
Air Separator 1 1
Boiler 4 -4 0
Boiler (Electric) 8 8
Cargo Depot (2) 1 -1 0
Cargo Depot (4) 1 -1 0
Cargo Depot (6) 1 1
Chemical Plant 4 4
Cooling Tower 1 -1 0
Cooling Tower (Large) 1 1
Cracking Unit 5 5
Diesel Generator 8 -8 0
Diesel Generator II 4 4
Distillation (Stage I) 6 6
Distillation (Stage II) 6 6
Distillation (Stage III) 6 6
Electrolyzer 2 -2 0
Electrolyzer II 8 8
Evaporation Pond (Heated) 2 2
Exhaust Scrubber 1 1
Flare 4 4
Fluid Module (S) 2 -2 0
Fluid Module (M) 4 -4 0
Fluid Module (L) 5 5
Fluid Storage II 17 12 -28 -1 0
Fluid Storage III 7 2 2 2 1 1 15
Hydrogen Reformer 2 2
Liquid Dump 1 5 6
Loose Storage II 1 4 -4 1 -1 1
Loose Storage III 1 1
Mixer 4 -4 0
Mixer II 4 4
Polymerization Plant 3 3
Rubber Maker 6 6
Seawater Pump 8 8
Smoke Stack 1 1
Smoke Stack (Large) 1 1 1 -1 1 -1 2
Sour Water Stripper 4 4
Thermal Desalinator 8 8
Unit Module (M) 1 1
Unit Storage II 2 -2 0
Unit Storage III 1 1 1 3
Vehicle Ramp (Medium) 2 2
Vehicle Ramp (Small) 5 5

Operational Input

Name Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5 Stage 6 Stage 7 Stage 8 Stage 9 Stage 10 Stage 11 Stage 12 Stage 13 Stage 14 Total
Workers 147 92 28 50 90 45 12 6 36 10 32 26 53 627
Power (MW) 0.3 2.84 0.5 1.55 4 0.5 1.8 1.2 0.2 1 27 65.45 106.34
Maintenance 82.2 34.2 45 16.8 32.2 30.4 3.8 3.8 16.8 3.8 15.2 26.6 22 332.8
Maintenance II 15.2 15.2

Resource & Products ++

Name Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5 Stage 6 Stage 7 Stage 8 Stage 9 Stage 10 Stage 11 Stage 12 Stage 13 Stage 14 Total
Acid 144 144
Ammonia 27 6 33
Brine 336 -96 -72 -216 -48^
Carbon Dioxide 72 72 144
Chlorine 24 -18 -12 144 138
Coal -120 -24 120 -24
Crude Oil -324 -324
Diesel 216 -72 -72 72 108 252
Exhaust 240 96 72 -168 -240 0
Fuel Gas 108 -108 0
Graphite 48 48
Heavy Oil 36 -36 0
Hydrogen 48 72 120
Naphtha 0 36 36
Nitrogen 36 36 (released)
Oxygen 144 144 (released)
Plastic 144 144
Rubber 108 108
Salt 48 48
Sour Water 108 -108 0 0
Sulphur -6 6 8 8
Water -192 63 9 624 -12 14 6 512

++ Negative values indicate consumption. ^ Eventually the chlorine tank will fill up and then brine will replenish.

Earlier Versions (9)

Version Copy to Clipboard Release Date Downloads
9 (Current) 04/12/2025 174
8 08/25/2024 2953
7 06/12/2024 1326
6 06/12/2024 9
5 06/12/2024 2
4 05/14/2024 428
3 05/01/2024 170
2 04/30/2024 25
1 04/26/2024 79

Comments (15)

Darius_Frost
Love the Blueprint! Any chance you add a straight section with a Large Vehicle Ramp crossing the Pipes/Belts?
Calen (edited)
Change Log v5.2.0 - Updated cargo depot & generator diesel egress to bypass the balancer and come straight out of the Diesel storage (Credit: Bob Fegaipeor). This is so that no power is needed to get available diesel to the generators in the event of an emergency. This hasn't been thoroughly game tested though, so if this causes other unintended side effects, especially while still using the tier II storage, let me know. v5.1.0 - Updated transport to work with other production centers as part of a wholistic Transport System. v5.0.3 - Added import priority for scrubber sulfur to sulfur balancer. Added 4th polymerization plant to Plastics Module. Added Claw Depot and other peripheral blueprints. v5.0.2 - Updated pipe connecting stage 3 to cargo depot pipe. v5.0.1 - Updated with new straight, right-turn, left-turn, and bridge transport blueprints. Thanks, Darius!
GambitFly
Fantastic thank you! The steam connection between stage 1 and stage 2 is missing but easy to add. Or maybe i just placed it wrong but anyway, the blueprint is awesome. Thank you!
Calen
@GambitFly - That's weird. It's there for me.
romonito
is somewhere the complete last stage blueprint?
PiggyWhiskey
Loving the layout. Would it be better to have the CO2 be converted to Graphite as a priority instead of consuming Coal/Chlorine? There's no real other use for CO2 except for Graphite
Borakk
Love it! could you please include a complete build for later stages of the game.
asodinis
Great build. Thanks you!!
kreeg (edited)
This is fantastic. Thank you for sharing it.
kam99 (edited)
Like all your other blueprints it is fantastic work - thank you. I may be doing something wrong, but I'm having to dump excess water.
TotenMann
Great design, however I needed to build a smoke stack before the scrubber because if you stock up on sulfur your plastic production stops
Степан
обновите до новой версии! (чертеж не работает, нельзя построить)
Stabil
First of all, i want to gratulate for your work. Your blueprints are absolutely amazing! I'm using all of them. I have no idea how you had the patience for these extremely complex blueprints, guides, descriptions, etc. Awesome, and incredible! Thank you so much for your work!!! I found 3 bugs in the oil refinery blueprints. The first one is at stage 3. The generators have too long pipe connections to the left, had to correct manually. the second one is at stage 10. The pipes do not connect to the smoke stack. If u place it 1 to the right, it will be correct regardless of removing the smoke stack. (I built the whole refinery in one stage.) The last bug is at stage 12. The pipe can't connect to the sour water tank, i had to make it manually. Once again, thank all of your work, i hope we can count on you at update 3 too! :)
Calen (edited)
@Stabil - Thanks! It's a lot of fun for me to build these. I'm not happy with the large generator blueprint because there are a lot of placement options that work at first but only one that works correctly with later stage blueprints. I think when I do my overhauls/redesigns for Update 3 I will fix that either by moving it or including barriers that prevent incorrect placement.
hiddengalaxy
How much Diesel does it make?