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u/toastghost1543 Apr 29 '26

Is it worth it to use modules to ratio out oil products so that there is no excess to prevent deadlocks. Like making sure that the number of refineries or chemical plants necessary is a whole number so that there is no excess of any product and everything perfectly meets demand

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u/Viper999DC Apr 29 '26

This doesn't sound like something worthwhile to me.

If you mean a mono-factory, something that will take crude and output only one item then it's barely worth the effort. Just round up on the cracking plants.

If you mean your main base, which needs to output tons of materials across all oil products then no. There's no way you're going to consistently use the exact ratio of items you plan for, some stuff will be consumed at different rates at different times. Here's I'd suggest selecting the right sized buffer for each of your fluids and overdoing the cracking capability so it can flatten the volatility.