Optimal Oil Refinery Configuration for Producing Heavy Oil Residue in Satisfactory

Heavy Oil Residue is a crucial component in Satisfactory, and understanding the optimal Oil Refinery setup is essential for producing this material effectively.

There are various beneficial applications for Heavy Oil Residue, including its use as fuel in a Coal Generator or as a raw material for creating Petroleum Coke, which can be processed in an AWESOME Sink for valuable FICSIT Coupons.

Regardless of whether you are playing in single-player mode or on a dedicated server, setting up a Heavy Oil Residue factory is vital. Here’s how to achieve this.

How to Farm Heavy Oil Residue in Satisfactory

You cannot manually create this item; instead, you must refine it in a Refinery using Crude Oil. To do this, you’ll need to unlock the construction of Oil Extractors and Refineries by completing the Oil Processing milestone in Tier 5. This milestone also allows you to locate Crude Oil with your Scanner.

Satisfactory crude oil pure — Satisfactory Interactive Map

As illustrated in the map above, Pure Crude Oil is scarce, so I recommend establishing your base in the Rocky Desert starting location. This area is conveniently located near two Pure Crude Oil nodes along the western shore of the map.

Your Heavy Oil Residue factory setup should have the following buildings:

Satisfactory Heavy Oil Residue setup — Source: Dexerto

x1 Oil Extractor over Pure Crude Oil
x1 Refinery for Rubber and Heavy Oil Residue
x1 Refinery for Plastic and Heavy Oil Residue
x2 Storage Containers separate for Rubber and Plastic
x2 Industrial Fluid Buffers for storing Heavy Oil Residue
x1 Refinery for producing Petroleum Coke
x1 Refinery for generating Fuel

This setup provides an effective means of farming Heavy Oil Residue, but numerous variations can be made to the configuration to produce different items.

For example, while producing Rubber and Plastic with Heavy Oil Residue as a side product, you could also refine Oil into Heavy Oil Resin and Polymer Resin using a third Refinery. Note that this can only be achieved using an Alternate Recipe, but it’s an excellent method to produce Polymer Resin, which is necessary for crafting Fabric.

As you store your primary products—Rubber and Plastic—you can utilize Heavy Oil Residue in two large Industrial Fluid Buffers for storage. However, to maximize the value of this item, it’s advisable to convert it into other useful products.

In my setup, I utilized Heavy Oil Residue to produce Petroleum Coke and Fuel with two different Refineries. Additionally, there’s the option to create Turbofuel using Heavy Oil Residue and Compacted Coal through an Assembler, combining Coal and Sulfur.

All Ways to Craft Heavy Oil Residue

Satisfactory heavy oil residue refinery — Source: Dexerto

There are five distinct crafting recipes for creating Heavy Oil Residue, including two Alternate Recipes.

Recipe	Materials	Building	Products
Plastic	x3 Crude Oil	Refinery	x1 Heavy Oil Residue, x3 Plastic
Rubber	x3 Crude Oil	Refinery	x2 Heavy Oil Residue, x2 Rubber
Unpackage Heavy Oil Residue	x2 Packaged Heavy Oil Residue	Packager	x2 Heavy Oil Residue, x2 Empty Canister
Heavy Oil Residue (Alt)	x3 Crude Oil	Refinery	x4 Heavy Oil Residue, x2 Polymer Resin
Polymer Resin (Old)	x6 Crude Oil	Refinery	x2 Heavy Oil Residue, x13 Polymer Resin

All Uses for Heavy Oil Residue

Heavy Oil Residue serves a variety of purposes, allowing for the creation of nine different products, with five stemming from Alternate Recipes.

Recipe	Materials	Building	Products
Packaged Heavy Oil Residue	x2 Heavy Oil Residue, x2 Empty Canister	Packager	x2 Packaged Heavy Oil Residue
Petroleum Coke	x4 Heavy Oil Residue	Refinery	x12 Petroleum Coke
Residual Fuel	x6 Heavy Oil Residue	Refinery	x4 Fuel
Smokeless Powder	x1 Heavy Oil Residue, x2 Black Powder	Refinery	x2 Smokeless Powder
Coated Cable (Alt)	x2 Heavy Oil Residue, x5 Wire	Refinery	x9 Cable
Diluted Fuel (Alt)	x5 Heavy Oil Residue, x10 Water	Blender	x10 Fuel
Diluted Packaged Fuel (Alt)	x1 Heavy Oil Residue, x2 Packaged Water	Refinery	x2 Packaged Fuel
Turbo Blend Fuel (Alt)	x4 Heavy Oil Residue, x2 Fuel, x3 Sulfur, x3 Petroleum Coke	Blender	x6 Turbofuel
Turbo Heavy Fuel (Alt)	x5 Heavy Oil Residue, x4 Compacted Coal	Refinery	x4 Turbofuel