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Establishing an Oil Outpost
Satisfactory

Establishing an Oil Outpost

Learn how to establish your first oil outpost in Satisfactory. This guide covers the essential steps for setting up oil extraction and processing, from finding oil nodes to building your initial refinery setup.

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Learn how to establish your first oil outpost in Satisfactory. This guide covers the essential steps for setting up oil extraction and processing, from finding oil nodes to building your initial refinery setup.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Locate crude oil nodes on the map. These are typically found in specific biomes.
  2. 2
    Construct an Oil Extractor on top of the crude oil node.
  3. 3
    Build a Pipeline to transport the crude oil from the extractor to a Refinery.
  4. 4
    Place a Refinery and connect the pipeline to it.
  5. 5
    Set up power for the Refinery.
  6. 6
    Input the crude oil into the Refinery to produce Fuel or other oil-based products.
  7. 7
    Consider building Storage Containers for crude oil and refined products.
Tips
  • Ensure you have sufficient power generation before setting up oil processing, as Refineries are power-hungry.
  • Use the Pipeline Manual Insert and Pipeline Junctions for efficient fluid management.
  • Research alternate recipes for oil products in the MAM to improve efficiency.
  • Protect your outpost from hostile fauna.

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