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Construction Cost | 150 · 1 · 1 · 3 | |||
Maintenance Cost | -3 · -15 · -4 | |||
Size | 3x4 | |||
Hitpoints | 1000 | |||
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Unlock | 600 Tycoon Employees |
The Oil Driller can be used to produce Crude Oil on islands which have the resource available. These are optimally used in a 3:1 ratio between Oil Drillers and Oil Refineries.
It is the only building able to produce Crude Oil on land, however it has only a third of the output of an Oil Rig. It also is not susceptible to fires or oil spills.
Note that sometimes you have spare space where no other building fits so you can build more oil drillers there.
Don't forget about the problems with Ecobalance caused by oil drillers. It costs you 9 points every 3 buildings, so increasing oil production can place heavy strains on the ecosystem.
Vadim Sokow has his own type of Oil Driller, the Oil Driller Sokow Transnational, which is three times as productive. You can research the blueprint in the Academy when you've reached 1250 Geniuses (and so it's only available in the Deep Ocean expansion).
Production Chains Utilizing this Building[]
Tycoon[]
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1050 · -75 · -16 · -17 7 · 12 · 16 | |||||||||
Oil Driller 3 @ 100% |
Oil Refinery 1 @ 100% |
Plastics Factory 1 @ 100% | |||||||
Tech[]
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1350 · -100 · -20 · -19 17 · 9 · 9 · 10 | |||||||||
Oil Driller 3 @ 100% |
Oil Refinery 1 @ 100% |
Fuel Factory 1 @ 100% | |||||||
Upgrades[]
Most are research projects at the Academy.
Type | Quality | Icon | Name | Effect | Description | Costs
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Automatic deposits survey | : -20% | Provides better mining planning. |
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Low friction flush head | : -30% | Gentle mining. |
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Loss-free primary extraction | : -40% : -30% | Prevents minor accidental spills. |
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Crude oil sump recycling | : -50% : -40% | Uses all of the Resource. |
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Blueprint: Oil Driller Sokow Transnational | Allows the construction of an Oil Driller Sokow Transnational.
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Made by Sokow Transnational. |
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- Note that blueprint can be used once and when you want to build more Sokow's Oil Drillers you must create new blueprints.