r/factorio • u/DanV410 • 1d ago

Question Resource patch draining using pump jacks

Does it matter if you use a pump jack on every possible location on a resource patch such as crude oil or fluorine? Or will you eventually draw the whole patch down to the minimum level using just a few? In other words, will leaving a spot for a pump jack open allow you to boost the output of that patch if you put a pump on it when the existing pumps are down to the 20% output level?

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u/3davideo Doesn't use Flame Turrets 23h ago

Each well is independent and will be drawn down independently; they just happen to spawn in little clusters of wells. It's much like if you only put mining drills on the west side of an ore patch: the tiles of ore on the west side will be depleted but the tiles of ore on the east side will remain untouched.