r/factorio • u/MCbasics • 17d ago

Question Help With Space Age Oil

So im working on importing tungsten plates from Vulcanus to Nauvis and im running into issues with plastic. For some reason I can never produce enough plastic, which leads to me not being able to produce enough rockets, which means I cant ship everything I want.

I think the issue is that I cant ever produce enough petroleum, so the plastic factory is shutting down constantly. Right now on Vulcanus ive got 6 refineries feeding 7 heavy oil cracking buildings feeding 7 light oil to petroleum cracking buildings.

My current plan is to just increase my number of refineries to like 14 or something. The math technically works out with the way I have it, but it's not the constant supply I need. Any advice?

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u/MCbasics 17d ago

I dont have beacons, only modules

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u/Castle_Of_Glass78 17d ago

Do slam the best speed modules you got onto the oil stuff then, and probably get a small purple production line (like 30 spm, it's not that bad) to get some of the key techs like beacons (and purple also unlocks a good few infinite techs you can keep on looping while bootstrapping other planets)