Thick Crude Oil

Crude oil is too thick to flow through regular pipes! This mod adds a infrastructure challenge to oil processing.

Early Game Challenge

When you first strike oil, you'll face a new logistical puzzle:
- Pumpjacks only connect to special thick fluid pipes
- Regular pipes cannot transport crude oil at all
- Thick fluid pipes have limited range (max 16 segments)
- Solution: Use the new Thick Fluid Barreling Machine to fill barrels and manually transport crude oil to your refineries? Or refine on-site?

Mid-Game Solution

Research Advanced Oil Handling to unlock proper infrastructure:
- Thick Fluid Pumps - Required every 16 pipe segments (120 fluid/sec, 300kW each)
- Underground Thick Fluid Pipes - Cross gaps up to 3 tiles
- Thick Fluid Storage Tanks - Store 25,000 crude oil with 4 connection points

Technologies

• Oil Gathering (modified) - Unlocks thick fluid pipes and barreling machine
• Advanced Oil Handling (new) - Unlocks pumps, underground pipes, and storage tanks

Credits

Graphics by Keysivi
Thumbnail by Osmo

Compatibility

• Factorio 2.0+
• Space Age DLC (optional, adds enhanced recipes)
• Works with existing saves (though you'll need to rebuild your oil infrastructure!)