Pumps & PistonsField manual

From your first oil survey to a working fuel stop.

Chapter 02

Refine crude oil into petrol and diesel

Use the actual input and output faces; the colored squares on the front are indicators, not ports.

Identify each side from the front

When you face the control panel, the yellow petrol port is on your left and the green diesel port is on your right.

Top port

Hose input for crude oil. Empty cans withdraw crude oil here.

Left side · yellow

Use an empty can here to withdraw petrol.

Front panel

Empty-hand right-click collects bitumen, then shows status. Right-click with a pickaxe for tank, heat and batch details.

Right side · green

Use an empty can here to withdraw diesel.

Insert a filled crude-oil can on any face of the refinery.

Run one batch

  1. 10 L of crude oil
  2. Add furnace fuel. With default settings, one coal or charcoal heats 4 batches.
  3. Processing takes 20 seconds.
Yield modePetrolDieselBitumen residue
Petrol focus7 L2 L1 item
Balanced5 L4 L1 item
Diesel focus2.5 L6.5 L1 item

Choose a yield mode between batches.

While the refinery is idle, sneak-right-click it with an empty hand to change the yield mode.

Crude, petrol and diesel tanks each hold 100 L ◆

Finish the active batch, then drain all tanks. Empty tanks may still hide a batch. Inspect before moving; forced dismantling loses remaining liquids and heat.

◆ Default value; server operators can change it.

Refine crude oil into petrol and diesel
Refine crude oil into petrol and dieselUse the actual input and output faces; the colored squares on the front are indicators, not ports.
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