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[[File:Oil spout.png|thumb|right|alt=A tall black plume of oil, spreading out into a diamond shape on top of water, with trees and a mountain in the background.|BC Oil Spout]]

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Oil is an incredibly important resource in GT. It serves two main purposes. One being power generation, while the other is material production. Looking through NEI can be a bit jarring, especially once you hit the cracked fuels. This guide will aim to break down the general concepts, and serve oil usage to you in a much more palatable way.

== '''Power production''' ==

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[[File:Oil spout.png|thumb|right|alt=A tall black plume of oil, spreading out into a diamond shape on top of water, with trees and a mountain in the background.|BC Oil Spout]]

Power can be the first thing you use oil for. It can serve as your main generation starting in LV, and going as far as fusion (LuV) if you wish. It is incredibly strong, and arguably the single best fuel source for the early game. There's a lot of options, and a lot of discussion on the which is the best, but this can be a bit deceiving. At the moment it seems as though these are the best options for power.

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=== LV Oil Pump set-up ===

[[File:PumpingOilSetup.png|thumb|alt=A stone platform floating above an oil spout. A Basic Pump is centered with a diamond tank on top, and a battery buffer to the right. Below the Pump mining pipe is collecting oil.|Basic Oil Pumping setup.~~]][[File:BasicPumpGUI.png|thumb|200px|alt=A GUI with Basic Pump across the top, Liquid Amount zero in a large black box, and two slots on the right, labelled IN and OUT.|Pump GUI with Mining Pipes~~]]

[[File:PumpingOilSetup.png|thumb|alt=A stone platform floating above an oil spout. A Basic Pump is centered with a diamond tank on top, and a battery buffer to the right. Below the Pump mining pipe is collecting oil.|Basic Oil Pumping setup.]]

* Basic Pump (GregTech)

* Low Voltage Battery Buffer or Generator

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* Isolate pumps from other fluids, such as water.

* The pump must be chunkloaded to work if the player is not nearby.

<gallery>File:BasicPumpGUI.png|alt=A GUI with Basic Pump across the top, Liquid Amount zero in a large black box, and two slots on the right, labelled IN and OUT.|Pump GUI with Mining Pipes

File:OilSpoutWater.png|alt=A grey pipe extending down into a hole formed from a diamond of sand block pillars and glass. There is black oil in the bottom.|Sand isolating oil from water.</gallery>

=== '''Fuel production''' ===

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When cracking fuels, you have 2 main options, broken into 3 levels. Hydro cracking with hydrogen, and steam cracking with steam. *Usually* steam cracked fuels are good for material production, while hydrocracked fuels give lots of methane and fluids for power generation. Here it's a good idea to look through the options for each fuel, and pick which you need. However you can get by with simply severly steam cracking LF/HF/Naphtha and throwing them in a distillation tower. Besides some inputs from charcoal distillation, that will cover all your needs for a very long time.

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