Oil woes

[Mp4]

Well I've spent quite a few hours trying to get my oil rigs up and running to use for Petroleum to make Plastic bars. But I cant seem to keep it going and it comes to a halt.

I've used sandbox mode to show what I normally do.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7ge9f2prqc5lv66/GOD.zip

I think i did read that you have to use Heavy/Light otherwise it would stop production. But what's the best method to use?

Thanks

[BurnHard]

Crack heavy oil into light oil and subsequently into petroleum gas via chem plant and "advanced oil processing" research. Use new refining recipe in refinery when researched.

I always build some storage tanks for crude oil AND for the processed fluids as well. Eg 6 tanks ore more for heavy oil, light oil and gas. This gives you enough time to react for changing demands and supply

[seanbrockest]

The above response is fine advice for advanced processing, but was not perfect for your situation.

I took a look at your save, i'm using a diff version, so I hope it loaded it right.

In your save you had light oil and petroleum being extracted, but the heavy oil was not, and since the refinery has a very small internal tank, it stopped working because that part was full.

Only change I needed to make was to connect pipes to all three top valves. Your heavy, light, and petroleum all need to be emptied or the refinery quickly locks up.