Oxygen Not Included - Tutorial Bites - Oil Wells

[@anilaurel]

That freeze frame at 3:40 was EXACTLY what I need in tutorials. Thank you

[@oguzcav]

Your verbalism in these bites reminds me the US training documentaries from 1950s. Thank you for another great bite!

[@ThomasWilgenbus]

A recent discovery that blew my mind and wasn't included: if you input hot enough water, the oil well outputs petroleum directly!!!

[@eleSDSU]

I guess you are using a pipe with about 100g/s of super heated water? Is it worth the alow rate of production or have you found a different way to prevent the water from phase shifting inside the pipes?

[@GCFungus]

Yes, I'm aware of that one but I think it's fair to say it's not the 'standard' way of using oil wells. There certainly is more complexity in managing the superheated water, especially when venting, but it is an interesting idea. And if you do that you don't get all the fun of the boiler!

[@turboimport95]

This still works 100% as of right now. The trick is to heat the water as it is traveling in the pipes to like 800+ use a valve and limit the flow to 1000 g/s it will run flat out. The only issue is I haven't figured out, when you vent the pump the input pipe keeps breaking and releases steam into the room.. if this issue is solved this is op as hell. if you stop the water flow they wont vent the machine.. even if its full of water and gas.. hmm

[@w__a__l__e]

@@turboimport95 its a game mechanic that some times steam will be vented

[@njm1112]

These Mini Tutorial Bites are very well done. The Editing and Scripting is very clean and concise! I cant speak for anyone else, but your voice and speaking cadence remind me of AHOY.

[@gonzoreader7391]

Your tutorial bites have been incredibly useful, very well made.

[@jonathanesquivel8130]

I love your tutorials. Ranching (hatches / food) next please!

[@GCFungus]

Food already has it's own tutorial bite here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6GXn5-fith6lc0 I plan to cover ranching and critters in its own series after I complete the planned tutorial bites, so it'll be a little while.

[@chestercaasi5067]

Love your voice and your tutorials! Keep it up brother.

[@bighead074]

Thanks for another great bite of information. I was just about to do my own and these always seemed weird, so it's nice to have the reference and confirmation about some key facts.

[@goatman86]

I use and like more open design. Vacum oil biome, one pump to collect oil at the bottom, one at the top to collect gas and one to feed it water. Then just few tiles around each well so it's always at least 2 tiles deep in oil to prevent problems when venting.

[@jkotarsky]

You rock man.. I don't even like the game this far. I just like you.

[@frabac72]

Good video indeed, thanks for all the info. One thing I am not familiar with is the vacuum seal on the liquid lock. Normally I do that with two liquid locks in sequence and a gas pump in between. How do you accomplish that in a single tile? Thanks

[@GCFungus]

I explained how to do this in the liquid lock tutorial bite here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYrHeYyBjsiDh8U - the liquid drips down the steps and should delete the gas in the middle.

[@frabac72]

Perfect, thank you so much!

[@metyon]

Great video, loved the design

[@olly4taz]

Love your tutorial bites! Another method of extracting the oil is by removing the bottom right tile, allowing the oil to spill without allowing the gas to escape. Obviously, this negates the benefit of the insulated tile and vacuum seal design, as the heat is also allowed to escape, but requires less automation and piping, as you can use a central pool of oil.

[@GCFungus]

That does sound like a possible way to manage them. It wouldn't work so well on my Oaissee map though!

[@miguelalejandroephiramasth2405]

With the problem of steam mixing with my colony's oil room, I used the crude oil level to block the water intake.

[@highbornjase2412]

Nice work gc

[@duckopond3769]

god damn youre so good at making these

[@turboimport95]

Another fun thing you can do with oil wells is, its a bit finicky buttt.. you can inject 800 degree F water at 1kg/per sec into the oil well and get straight petroleum out of it. Its a bit of a pain to get running and relieving back pressure will cause issues lmao, breaking pipes etc. but fun fact none the less. More of a fun build not really practical because if you can make 800F water you can just build a petroleum boiler in the first place. Also niobium tepedizers make great petroleum boilers. Stack 2 on top and away you go lol.

[@anthonylaplante9631]

Thanks, very helpful! I made this on an oil well that was completely submerged in oil already, and when I started pumping out the oil, it created a vacuum inside the room that cannot escape because of the liquid lock. My well isn't producing any natural gas, and it doesn't seem to be overheating and operates normally. Is this a bug?

[@GCFungus]

It sounds like it - the visual meter on the well should fill up as it extracts oil. It then should need to be vented after enough time has passed.

[@ShonHarsh]

Sir Fungus, your videos have been extremely helpful for learning and reference. Request, can you create a video on tile hardness and liquid depth for pressure damage? It could also perhaps go through the materials and highlight their general uses like granite being good for early SHC. Thank you very much for your work!

[@GCFungus]

So I'm not sure there's enough there that I haven't already kind of covered in other videos. Remember for infinite storage and such, airflow tiles and airlock doors don't break under pressure, so for any player made storage the advice would simply be use those. In terms of naturally occurring tile breaks with pressure I don't think that is really that important to cover as it will usually just happen and sort itself out - usually when it hits a hard material like abyssalite. I did cover thermal conductivity and specific heat capacity in it's own Tutorial bite too, so I think that's covered. I assume you mean that granite has a higher TC, as igneous rock has the better SHC and is the better insulator.

[@messirocker813]

wow.. thank you ... this is really helpful

[@ihyaakmal5995]

Hey, can I use water that is around 40 degrees Celsius to supply oil wells? Because someone said that if you use hot water the result will be different, and I'm afraid that too hot water will damage the system

[@GCFungus]

It won't make a difference - the oil produced is always at least 90 degrees C, and only hotter if the input water is hotter. As long as it doesn't turn into steam at any point (in the pipe or in the well), then you won't have any issues.

[@ihyaakmal5995]

@@GCFungus i see, thanks

[@ihyaakmal5995]

Ah, there are so many things to do huh? For a while now I feel like I'm running out of electrical power, can I/is it worth it to build a natural gas generator from the natural gas made by this oil well?

[@GCFungus]

Yep, oil is just one of the many things but unlocks some great builds. If you run 3 oil wells, then the nat gas produced from those will be enough to run 1 nat gas gen fully.

[@ihyaakmal5995]

@@GCFungus yeah, thanks again

[@ihyaakmal5995]

What material is used to make the two pumps?

[@GCFungus]

As the oil wells tend to end up around 80-90 degrees C, gold amalgam is needed for the pumps. Of course you could use steel or Thermium is you wanted too but they aren't necessary.

[@ihyaakmal5995]

@@GCFungus ah i see, thanks

[@hp_fangirl2245]

I could be wrong here but I thought oil wells could indeed over pressurize? Not by the oil itself but when venting as my oil well has stopped working because of it. Granted, this was before spaced out even came out so it could be different now. I'd love some clarification if you have any 😁

[@GCFungus]

I've just done a quick sandbox check to be 100% sure, but when the well is completely submerged in oil it will still work, and can be vented.

[@crushermach3263]

Ooooooohhhhhhh, *that's* why mine always go overpressure. They need a dupe to operate intermittently. My oil wells are always on an uninhabited asteroid so I never noticed. lol Man, as much as I like ONI they could definitely do a better job of communicating some things. Thanks for the info!

[@umkacper]

anyone know how to create the vacuum for the water lock

[@GCFungus]

I did explain that in the liquid lock tutorial bite - you can make the steps type liquid lock by simply using a bottle emptier at the top. As the liquid falls down it will delete any gas in the middle tiles creating a vacuum.

[@CelesteLovesThePRC]

@@GCFungus hello, is this still working? I have 22kg of sour gas (accidentally tapped into the magma containing abyssalite) that won't delete. Thanks! (EDIT : Nevermind, the tile just wasn't full enough yet to delete it. Thanks for all these great tutorials, you're so very helpful with all of them.)

[@jazzochannel]

1:03 Lead is a good choice for building you mum too, because she's so heavy and overheats at 2000ºC!

[@artemmentiy7107]

Pleasure to watch your videos, but it's almost obvious topic. Never had problems with oil wells

[@58209]

just because you personally don't benefit from the tutorial doesn't mean others don't need it

[@eleSDSU]

Me neither but it's good to point out that Oil wells don't overpressure since that is not stated in the game and newbies surely won't know that, which is an important detail.

[@GCFungus]

Possibly, but there are players that have never seen this before, so I hope it is helpful for that audience. Plus, I couldn't really miss this out as a topic as a precursor to the boilers to come.