Oil refinery — Factorio Production Calculator
Oil refinery is crafted in the assembling machine in 8 seconds, producing 1 per craft from 15 × Steel plate, 10 × Iron gear wheel, 10 × Stone brick, 10 × Electronic circuit, 10 × Pipe. At 60 per minute you need 16 assembling machines, and the chain behind it draws on 3 raw resources: iron ore, stone, copper ore.
Production chain for 60 Oil refinery / minute
| Item | Per minute | Machines | Machine |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron plate | 6,900 | 368 | Furnace |
| Copper cable | 1,800 | 15 | Assembling machine |
| Steel plate | 900 | 240 | Furnace |
| Copper plate | 900 | 48 | Furnace |
| Iron gear wheel | 600 | 10 | Assembling machine |
| Stone brick | 600 | 32 | Furnace |
| Electronic circuit | 600 | 10 | Assembling machine |
| Pipe | 600 | 10 | Assembling machine |
| Oil refinery | 60 | 16 | Assembling machine |
Raw materials
| Resource | Per minute |
|---|---|
| Iron ore | 6,900 |
| Stone | 1,200 |
| Copper ore | 900 |
Machine counts are not rounded up. Add a little headroom in game — belt throughput and inserter speed usually mean you want 5-10% more than the exact number.
Oil refinery recipe
| Machine | Crafting time | Output | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembling machine | 8 s | 1 | Steel plate × 15, Iron gear wheel × 10, Stone brick × 10, Electronic circuit × 10, Pipe × 10 |
What the whole chain needs
60 oil refinerys per minute pulls in 8 intermediate products, and the whole tree comes to 749 machines across 2 machine types, fed by 3 raw resources. The table above already sums demand across every branch — if copper cable is used by two recipes, you see the total, not one of them.
Belt check: the busiest input here moves 6,900 per minute, which is 7.67 of a yellow belt's 900 per minute. Above 1.0 and you need a second belt (or a faster tier) before the machines themselves become the limit.
What uses oil refinery
No base-game recipe consumes oil refinery — it is an end product. Once you build it, the chain stops here, which makes it a good target if you only want to size the sub-factory that feeds your mall.
What oil refinery is made from
- Steel plate — 15 per craft
- Iron gear wheel — 10 per craft
- Stone brick — 10 per craft
- Electronic circuit — 10 per craft
- Pipe — 10 per craft
FAQ
How many assembling machines do I need for 60 oil refinerys per minute?
16 assembling machines. One at standard speed produces 3.8 per minute, so 60 ÷ that number is the count. The calculator above rounds nothing — add 5-10% headroom for belt and inserter losses in a real factory.
How much raw ore does oil refinery take?
At 60/min the chain consumes 6,900 iron ore per minute, 1,200 stone per minute, 900 copper ore per minute. Those numbers are the theoretical minimum — mining productivity research and productivity modules both reduce them.
Machine counts assume bare machines at standard speed. Recipe data comes from the game's own prototypes (PlayerCalc, Factorio 2.0 base game). Not affiliated with Wube Software.