Petroleum

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Petroleum is a late game, powerful fuel for Power generation and Rocket engines. It stacks up to 740 kg/tile when not pressurized.

Occurrences[]

Petroleum can appear naturally if some map regions are sufficiently overheated, which leads to Crude Oil transformation or Molten Slicksters births.

Molten Slicksters produce 10 kg of Petroleum by consuming 20 kg of Carbon Dioxide per cycle.
Petroleum can be obtained from Crude Oil using an Oil Refinery with 50 % efficiency:
10 kg/s Crude Oil = 5 kg/s Petroleum + 90 g/s Natural Gas.
Alternatively, Crude Oil can be heated above 402.85 °C (turning point + 3 °C) and below 541.85 °C (vaporization point + 3 °C), converting it into Petroleum with 100 % efficiency.

Despite having heat capacity 2.5 times lower than Water, Petroleum has 4 times Thermal Conductivity, and great temperature range (596 degrees), which makes it a good mid-game coolant.
Petroleum can be heated to 541.85 °C (vaporization point + 3 °C) and converted to Sour Gas, which in turn can be cooled to -164.5 °C (turning point - 3 °C), turning it into 66.6% liquid Methane and 33.3 % solid Sulfur.
Polymer Press transforms Petroleum into Plastic.
Petroleum Generator can burn Petroleum to generate Power.
Petroleum Engine burns Petroleum as a rocket fuel.
Blastshot Maker consumes Petroleum to make Blastshot.
Exosuit Forge uses Petroleum to produce Jet Suits.
- Jet Suit Docks consume it to refill exosuit's jetpacks.
Molecular Forge consumes Petroleum with:
- Isoresin to produce Visco-Gel.
- Fullerene and Gold to produce Super Coolant.