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'''Drilling Rig''' is a [[multiblock]] structure available in five tiers, beginning at [[MV]] capable of harvesting fluids located underneath the Bedrock in a chunk. Each chunk will have a certain amount of one fluid, which will decrease over time as it's harvested. "Drilling Rig", "Oil Drilling Rig", "Fluid Drilling Rig" and "Gas Drilling Rig" are all used interchangeably on this page and refer to to the same multiblock structure.
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The base of the rig is a 3x3 of solid blocks. The controller has to be centered on one side, and any hatches and busses go on this layer as well. A pillar of three Machine Casings is added to the center of the 3x3 base, then each side of it gets a three block pillar of Frame Boxes. Finally a fifth three-tall pillar of Frame Boxes is placed on the top of the Machine Case pillar.
'''Requires:'''
* x1 Controller; Oil/Gas/Fluid Drilling Rig
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The tier of Energy Hatch and type of Machine Casing/Frame Box depends on the tier of Fluid Drilling Rig. Make sure to read the tooltip to determine the specific requirements and shape. It's advisable to disable any void options in the Machine Controller and remember to cover the Rig in [[dimension]]s where it rains. A [[Long Distance Fluid Pipeline]] can be used to cheaply transport fluids over distances greater than four chunks.
There are many different fluids which can be extracted. The specific fluid depends on the dimension and chunk. [[Oil_Generation|Oil and Natural Gas]] are the only ones present in the overworld and very likely the first to be extracted via a Drilling Rig.
Like [[Ore Generation]], fluids are placed during [[World Generation]] on a predefined grid and unknown to the player until prospected for, using the [[Seismic Prospector]] or hand-held [[Prospector's Scanner]]s on bedrock. The each oil field is a group of 8x8 chunks with no offset and the same fluid - if using portable scanners that need access to bedrock, dig down at the corner of four fields for best efficiency. Any chunk 200L+ is considered good; theoretical maximum is ~750 and most chunks will have 50 or less.
* Further Reading: [[Oil Generation]]
The only thing that determines the area from which an oil rig pumps is which chunk it's placed in, relative to the oil field. The exact position of the drill in the chunk never matters. There is no way to let one drill extract form multiple oil fields or non-aligned chunks at the same time. Press F9 twice to see chunk borders.
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▲=== Oil Drill Yields ===
Calculating how much oil a drill will yield is a little complicated. The drills run on "operations" and how many ticks equal one operation varies based on the drill machine tier, and the energy hatch tier. The amount of oil pulled from each chunk per operation depends on the tier of the energy hatch above the minimum tier as well.
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