Petroleum

Petroleum

Petroleum is a Power source refined from Crude Oil. It is also an essential ingredient in the production of Plastic.

Vaporization Point

538.85 °C / 1001.93 °F

Vaporizes into

Sour Gas (SHC: 1.898)

Freezing Point

-57.15 °C / -70.87 °F

Freezes into

Solid Petroleum (SHC: 1.76)

Specific Heat Capacity

1.76 $\frac{\text{DTU}}{\text{g}{}^{\circ }\text{C}}$ / 0.98 $\frac{\text{DTU}}{\text{g}{}^{\circ }\text{F}}$

Thermal Conductivity

2 $\frac{\text{DTU}}{\text{m}\text{s}{}^{\circ }\text{C}}$ / 1.11 $\frac{\text{DTU}}{\text{m}\text{s}{}^{\circ }\text{F}}$

Light Absorption Factor

80%

Radiation Absorption Factor

80%

Molar Mass

82.2 $\frac{\text{g}}{\text{mol}}$

Default Mass

740 kg

Max Mass

740 kg

Properties

Liquid, Combustible Liquid, Plastic Monomer

Code

elementId

Petroleum

'localizationID

STRINGS.ELEMENTS.PETROLEUM.NAME

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.

Production

• 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 / 757.13 °F (turning point + 3 °C) and below 541.85 °C / 1007.33 °F (vaporization point + 3 °C), converting it into Petroleum with 100 % efficiency.
• Gunk may also be heated in order to convert 92% of its mass into Petroleum and 8% into Sulfur respectively.

Usage

• Petroleum can be heated to 541.85 °C / 1007.33 °F (vaporization point + 3 °C) and converted to Sour Gas, which in turn can be cooled to -164.5 °C / -264.1 °F (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.
• Emulsifier consumes Petroleum with:
  • Isosap to produce Visco-Gel.
  • Fullerene and Gold to produce Super Coolant.
• Outside of recipes, petroleum is useful in of itself.
  • Petroleum's great temperature range (596 degrees) makes it resilient to freezing/boiling when used for liquid airlocks
  • Petroleum can be heated to steam temperatures, making it a good choice as a Metal Refinery coolant when used in conjunction with Steam Turbines
  • Petroleum can be be used to maintain Deep Freeze temperatures to prevent food spoilage

History

• RU-284571: Now boils into Sour Gas instead of Natural Gas.