Synthetic Oil

Synthetic Oil
Oil refining process
Technology field
Parent Tree	Industrial
Historical Years	1936 to 1945
Total Technologies	7
Total Difficulty	346
Main Specialties	Chemistry Industrial Engineering
Main Effects	Energy-to-Oil conversion efficiency Access to Material Science field

Synthetic Oil is an Industrial technology field. The technologies in the field improve the multiplier for Energy-to-Oil Conversion. Additionally, development in Synthetic Oil is a requirement to access the Material Science field.

Technologies

Year	Technology	Difficulty	Effects
1936	Basic Oil Refining	44	Allows Energy-to-Oil conversion at a rate of 10 Energy to 1 Oil
1938	Improved Oil Refining	44	Allows Energy-to-Oil conversion at a rate of 4 Energy to 1 Oil
1940	Advanced Oil Refining	50	Allows Energy-to-Oil conversion at a rate of 2.5 Energy to 1 Oil
1941	Basic Synthetic Oil Plant	52	Allows Energy-to-Oil conversion at a rate of 1.5 Energy to 1 Oil
1942	Improved Synthetic Oil Plant	52	Allows Energy-to-Oil conversion at a rate of 1.1 Energy to 1 Oil
1943	Advanced Synthetic Oil Plant	52	Allows Energy-to-Oil conversion at a rate of 0.9 Energy to 1 Oil and access to the Material Science field
1945	Improved Synthetic Oil Plant	52	Allows Energy-to-Oil conversion at a rate of 0.75 Energy to 1 Oil

Specialties

Specialty	Components	Total Difficulty
Chemistry	28	216
Industrial Engineering	7	130

Strategy

Synthetic Oil research can greatly improve the efficiency of conversion of energy into oil. For nations lacking sufficient oil reserves, this can be critical to supplying their armed forces without hobbling industry by draining energy stocks, or being hamstrung by costly foreign trade deals made out of necessity. This reason however, only makes the field important for a select few nations, with Germany perhaps the most clear example of a nation that could benefit. Most industrialized nations should consider keeping current in the field however to reap the benefits of Material Science that only become accessible after most Synthetic Oil research is completed.

See also

Synthetic Oil technologies
Oil Refining | Basic | Improved | Advanced
Synthetic Oil Plant | Basic | Improved | Advanced | Modern

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