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Refinery

The Refinery turns oil into fuel (1:1): 12 MJ per mB, at most 1 mB per tick – one bucket in 50 seconds at 12 MJ/t. Two combustion engines running on fuel give it full power. The magnets on the side pump faster the more …

The Refinery turns oil into mp;2fuel (1:1)mp;r: 12 MJ per mB, at most 1 mB per tick – one bucket in 50 seconds at 12 MJ/t. Two combustion engines running on fuel give it full power.

The magnets on the side pump faster the more power arrives.

Crafting Table3 × 3
Redstone TorchTankRedstone TorchTankDiamond GearTank
Refinery1 × Refinery

Required materials

Redstone Torch2 ×
Tank3 ×

Oil goes in from any side (fluid pipe, bucket), fuel comes out via a Wooden Fluid Pipe with a Redstone Engine or a bucket.

Worth it: one bucket of oil gives 15,000 MJ in an engine, one bucket of fuel 150,000 MJ – refining costs only 12,000 MJ.

You find the same texts in game with /handbuch.

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