Refinery and Advanced Oil and Ore Processing

CurseForge Upload Template & Metadata Guide: Industrial Refinery

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1. CurseForge Project Submission Fields

Project Name

Industrial Refinery

Short Summary / Tagline (Max 255 characters)

Heavy industry, petroleum distillation, thermodynamic steam power, closed-loop metallurgy, and classic BuildCraft-style pipe logic gates for modern Minecraft!

Primary Category

• Technology

Secondary Categories

• Energy, Fluid, and Item Transport
• Processing
• Automation
• Ores and Resources

2. Project Description (Markdown / Rich Text)

(Copy everything below this line into the “Description” box on CurseForge)

?? Industrial Refinery

Heavy Industry • Fractional Distillation • Thermodynamic Closed-Loop Steam Power • Metallurgy • BuildCraft-Style Pipe Logic Gates

Built natively for Minecraft 26.3 on NeoForge.

? Overview

Industrial Refinery is a complete industrial engineering mod designed to bring realistic, rewarding progression back to Minecraft. From prospecting for subterranean crude oil deposits in oceans and deserts to fractional distillation, closed-loop Rankine thermodynamic power cycles, high-temperature blast metallurgy, agricultural mechanization, and the legendary return of BuildCraft-style programmable Pipe Logic Gates!

Whether you play standalone or alongside logistics and tech mods, Industrial Refinery delivers high-performance, lag-free automation with zero hard dependencies.

?? Key Features

??? 1. Petroleum Geology & Fractional Distillation

• Real In-World Fluid Crude Oil: Naturally occurring subterranean oil reservoirs and surface lakes rimmed with bituminous oil sand. Viscous black liquid following authentic fluid physics.
• Deposit Capacities & Spacing: Standard oil pits yield 600,000 mB to 1,000,000 mB, with rare high-pressure Super-Geysers erupting with 2,000,000 mB! Generates ~1 in 200 chunks with an enforced 20-chunk (320-block) minimum spacing between wells to prevent clustered lakes.
• Persistent Anti-Retrogen: Oil deposits are strictly registered once generated. Even when drained completely dry, chunks will never re-generate oil over your quarries or drills.
• Fractional Distillation Column (3x3x4 Multiblock): Fractionates crude oil into high-energy Diesel (500 mB), Gasoline (300 mB), heavy Bitumen (burns 1,600t), and chemical Sulfur Dust. Also supports direct Oil Sand Cracking yielding crude oil, clean sand, and petroleum tar.

⚡ 2. Thermodynamic Closed-Loop Steam Power (Rankine Cycle)

• Small (3x3x3) & Large Heavy (5x5x5) Steam Boilers: Boil water with solid coal/coke or liquid petroleum fuels into pressurized Steam. Features authentic boiler overheating mechanics and monolithic 3D models!
• Steam Turbine Generator (3x3x3 Multiblock): Converts high-pressure steam into 1,000 FE/t of clean electricity while simultaneously condensing the exhaust steam back into pure water. Features a custom high-fidelity monolithic 3D turbine-generator skid in vibrant industrial electric blue, featuring an AC alternator, speed-reduction gearbox, curved split casing with bolted horizontal split line, flanged steam inlet nozzle, and upright control console with analog dial gauges and emergency stop controls.
• Closed-Loop Conservation: Pipe the turbine’s condensed water directly back into your boiler to build completely closed-loop, self-sustaining power plants!

?? 3. Heavy Metallurgy & Grinding

• Industrial Blast Smelter (5x5x5 Multiblock): Massive foundry with a continuous 3×3 industrial glass viewing window. Smelts iron ingots / blocks and coal / coal blocks into structural Steel Ingots.
• Industrial Metal Press (2x2x2 Multiblock): Mechanical stamping press that stamps ingots into heavy Steel Plates, rods, and components.
• Industrial Grinder & Pulverizer (3x3x3 Multiblock): Dual-motor mineral crusher with twin counter-rotating spiked drums and animated block pulverization. Provides 2x Ore Doubling, crushes stone into gravel and sand, and pulverizes oil sand into 3x Bitumen with a 50% chance for Tar.
• Industrial Multi-Smelter (5x4x3 Multiblock): 8-in-1 high-throughput smelting array with dual-fuel operation (Solid Fuel or 30 FE/t RF). Features a 6-block hollow combustion chamber with dynamic 3D floating cooking items and pulsing ember/induction animations.
• Electric Arc Melter (3x3x3 Multiblock): High-temperature metallurgical induction furnace that melts metal dusts and sand into glowing Molten Iron, Gold, Copper, Tin, Bronze, and Glass.
• Continuous Casting Press (3x3x3 Multiblock): Automated hydraulic quenching press that casts molten liquid from Arc Melters into solid ingots and glass blocks.
• Refractory Casting Channel: Open 3D trough geometry for seamless in-world fluid transfer between melters and presses.
• Industrial Fermenter (Agricultural Biofuel): Standalone bioreactor that converts crops (Wheat, Potatoes, etc.) into high-yield Ethanol fuel.

?? 4. Standalone Agricultural Automation

• Auto Planter: Smart cultivator with GUI On/Off switch and configurable work radius up to 9 blocks away in all directions (3×3 up to 19×19 / 361 tiles). Automatically prepares soil and plants seeds and tree saplings from internal storage, hoppers, or pipes.
• Auto Harvester: Omnidirectional farm harvester with GUI On/Off switch and configurable radius up to 9 blocks in all directions. Auto-harvests mature crops, fells trees/leaves, replants seeds, and ejects drops into chests or pipes behind or below.
• Livestock Feeding Trough (refinery:feeding_trough): A 2-block-wide monolithic galvanized steel feed bunk engineered for automated livestock breeding and animal farming. Features a dynamic 3D golden straw mound that physically rises and falls with inventory stock, a 4.5m herd radar, automated breeding for any adult animal off cooldown, full dietary compatibility (wheat, seeds, vegetables, fruit, fungi, meat, fish), and seamless Logistics Automation pipe and hopper connectivity.

⛽ 5. Portable Industrial Fluid Pumps & 3D Suction Hose

• Three Specialized Variants:
  • Coal Fluid Pump (refinery:coal_fluid_pump): Heavy Cast-Iron Dark Charcoal frame (#374151). Single solid-fuel slot burning coal, charcoal, or furnace fuels at 1 coal per 3 seconds (60 ticks) of active pumping.
  • Diesel Fluid Pump (refinery:diesel_fluid_pump): Caterpillar Yellow-Orange frame (#FA983A). Internal 4,000 mB diesel reservoir consuming 10 mB per bucket pumped (1 bucket powers 100 buckets pumped). Refuelable via bucket slots or fluid pipes.
  • Electric Fluid Pump (refinery:electric_fluid_pump): High-Voltage Electric Blue frame (#2563EB). 20,000 FE buffer consuming 400 FE per bucket pumped (20 FE/t). Connects to external RF/FE power grids.
• In-World 3D Flexible Suction Hose: Sneak-click with the Refinery Wrench to link, then click any block or fluid source in the world (up to 64 blocks away) to deploy a dynamic 3D spiral-ribbed suction hose with brass suction strainer.
• Connected Fluid Source BFS Flood-Fill: Intelligently discovers and pumps all contiguous, connected fluid source blocks one at a time from the intake point outward without touching unconnected pockets. Full water pool drainage now navigates both source and flowing water cleanly to drain pools dry.
• Infinite Water Mode ([ INFINITE ] / [ DRAIN ]): Toggleable in the dedicated GUI or by Shift-Right-Clicking the pump block in-world with an empty hand or wrench! Infinite mode draws unlimited water without destroying source blocks; Drain mode clears fluid bodies completely dry.
• Dedicated GUIs: Clean, customized screen layouts displaying only the controls and gauges appropriate for that pump type (no useless RF gauges on coal pumps or coal slots on electric pumps). Intake coordinates are hidden for maximum UI clarity.
• Logistics Craft Output: Automatically discharges pumped fluids directly into adjacent Logistics Craft fluid pipes and tanks through its top outlet flange.

📦 6. Industrial Belt Conveyor System

• Modular Low-Profile Belt Conveyors (refinery:conveyor_belt):
  • High-throughput item transport and entity conveyance modeled after extruded aluminum industrial conveyor lines.
  • Monolithic 3D Model: Extruded anodized aluminum bed frame with side T-slot channels, heavy cast mounting foot pads, and galvanized steel deck bed.
  • Matte Black Industrial Belt: High-density vulcanized rubber canvas belt with micro-grip friction ribs.
  • Dynamic In-World Animation:
    • Seamless UV texture scrolling animation smoothly moves the top belt forward and bottom return belt backward.
    • Precision brushed stainless steel cylindrical end rollers physically rotate around their axles at exact belt surface velocity.
    • Real-time physical item centering and smooth propulsion along the conveyor line.
    • Item-only conveyance without player or mob interference.
  • Intelligent Seamless Snapping:
    • Placing conveyors in a row automatically snaps them together into a continuous, seamless belt assembly.
    • Intermediate end terminals open up, seamlessly joining side rails, T-slots, and belt surfaces with zero gaps or visible seams.
    • Head and tail rollers and machined bearing plates automatically render only at the exposed line terminals.
  • Automated Machine & Container Integration:
    • Items reaching the conveyor head automatically inject into adjacent inventories, chests, hoppers, furnaces, and machines via the NeoForge item transfer system.
    • Hoppers, droppers, and pipes can directly deposit items onto the belt surface.
  • Redstone & In-Place Rotation Controls:
    • Redstone signals pause conveyor operation, halting belt scrolling and item transit.
    • Right-click with a Wrench rotates conveyor orientation clockwise; Sneak-Right-Click with a Wrench rotates counter-clockwise.
    • Sneak-Right-Click with an empty hand also rotates orientation clockwise.
• Sloped Conveyor Belt (refinery:sloped_conveyor_belt):
  • Transports items smoothly up or down 1-block elevations with height-interpolating slope physics and centered tracking.
  • Automatically transitions items to adjacent conveyors, chests, and machine inventories at the upper and lower terminals.
  • Right-click with a wrench or sneak-empty-hand to rotate facing; Sneak-Right-Click with a wrench to toggle elevation incline between UP and DOWN.
• Right-Angle Conveyor Belt (refinery:right_angle_conveyor_belt):
  • 90-degree corner conveyor for clean factory turn routing with zero item spillage.
  • Two-phase corner vectoring: guides incoming items into center, then turns velocity 90 degrees toward the exit.
  • 3D monolithic model with curved aluminum rails and 8-segment animated curved belt.
  • Right-click with a wrench or sneak-empty-hand to rotate facing; Sneak-Right-Click with a wrench to toggle turn direction between RIGHT and LEFT.

🛢️ 7. Glass-Fused-to-Steel (GFS) Multiblock Liquid Storage Tanks

• Industrial Bulk Liquid Storage: High-capacity Glass-Fused-to-Steel (GFS) / Enamel bolted industrial liquid storage tanks based on modern municipal and petroleum tank engineering.
• Six Standard Sizes & Scalable Capacities:
  • 3x3x3: 64,000 mB (64 Buckets)
  • 3x3x6: 256,000 mB (256 Buckets)
  • 3x3x9: 512,000 mB (512 Buckets)
  • 5x5x5: 1,000,000 mB (1,000 Buckets)
  • 5x5x7: 2,000,000 mB (2,000 Buckets)
  • 5x5x9: 4,000,000 mB (4,000 Buckets)
• Universal Fluid Handling: Accepts and stores any fluid resource (Water, Lava, Crude Oil, Diesel, Gasoline, High-Pressure Steam, Ethanol, Molten Metals) with transactional rollback integrity.
• Top-Center Intake & Bottom-Center Drainage:
  • Fills from the top-center valve (refinery:storage_tank_fill_valve) via pipes, pumps, or buckets.
  • Drains from the bottom-center valve (refinery:storage_tank_drain_valve).
• No Extraction Pipe Required (Direct Logistics & Pipe Auto-Push):
  • The drain valve actively pushes stored fluid downward into pipes run beneath the tank floor and horizontally into neighboring pipes.
  • Connecting regular liquid pipes immediately receives fluid flow without needing an extractor pipe or mechanical puller!
• Dedicated Industrial GUI & Sight Glass Gauge:
  • Brushed steel interface with input/output bucket interaction slots.
  • Full-height illuminated sight glass tube displaying fluid color, percentage, formatted fluid name, and exact mB volume.
  • Dedicated “Dump / Flush” button to quickly purge residual fluids when reconfiguring tank storage.
• Monolithic 3D Render & Holographic Blueprints:
  • Monolithic shell with high-gloss dark enamel bolted plates, reinforced concrete foundation curb, galvanized wind stiffener rings, caged safety climbing ladder, intermediate rest landing, and roof perimeter handrails.
  • Full holographic blueprint projection with the Refinery Wrench (Shift-Right-Click cycles target sizes; Right-Click activates the ghost guide).

🔌 8. BuildCraft-Style Pipe Logic Gates & Wires

The classic BuildCraft automation system, re-engineered for modern Minecraft!

• Slim Face Attachment: Attaches flush onto any face of a pipe, machine, chest, or refinery port with non-solid hitboxes.
• High-Definition Visuals: Beautifully detailed 14×14 beveled industrial attachment plates with tier-specific metallic bezels, corner mounting bolts, and glowing logic cores; pipe wires render as industrial wire spools with metallic spindles and coiled insulation.
• Native Cross-Mod Integration: Directly interfaces with Logistics Mod Item & Fluid Pipes as well as standard NeoForge containers and machines.
• 4 Gate Tiers:
  • Basic Gate: 1 conditional trigger-action pair.
  • Iron Gate: 2 conditional pairs + Red & Blue wire channels.
  • Gold Gate: 4 conditional pairs + 4-wire network support.
  • Diamond Gate: 8 conditional pairs across an industrial dual-column dashboard.
• Autarchic Pulsar (Automated Extraction): Upgrade any gate with an Autarchic Chipset (via crafting or in-world right-click) to pulse every 1 second, pulling 1 item from adjacent containers into the pipe or pumping 250 mB of fluid. No redstone clocks or external engines required!
• 4-Color Pipe Wires: Broadcast Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow logic signals along continuous pipe networks up to 24 blocks.
• Visual Console: Interactive GUI with live glowing green status LEDs for every active condition!

🔧 9. 3D Holographic In-World Blueprints & The Refinery Wrench

• Right-click any multiblock controller with the Refinery Wrench to project a life-sized, translucent 3D building hologram.
• Color-Coded Blueprints: Every block type renders in a signature high-contrast color (Emerald Controllers, Petroleum Amber Ports, Canary Diesel, Flame Orange Fuel, Fiery Red Fireboxes, Lime Energy, Crystal Purple Glass) so multiblock construction is effortless!
• Instant Dismantling: Shift + Right-Click any machine block with the wrench to instantly break and collect it into your inventory.

?? Mod Compatibility

Industrial Refinery is built with zero hard dependencies:

• Logistics Mod:
  • Full native pipe attachment & gate operation.
  • 1:1 interchange recipes between refinery:tar ↔↔ logistics:core/tar and refinery:bitumen ↔↔ logistics:core/bitumen.
  • 8 Logistics fluid pipes craftable using Refinery tar.
  • Industrial Grinder pulverizes all Logistics oil sands and outputs preferred Logistics items when present.
• Any Tech / Modpack Setup:
  • Fully compatible with standard NeoForge Transfer API (Capabilities.Item.BLOCK, Capabilities.Fluid.BLOCK, Capabilities.Energy.BLOCK).

??? Administrative Commands

• /admin spawn_oil_pit [true|false]: Spawns a natural oil pit (false) or super-geyser (true) at your coordinates.
• /admin spawn_geyser: Instantly spawns a 1,000,000 mB erupting super-geyser.
• /admin oil_stats: Displays scanned chunks and registered oil wells.
• /admin reset_oil_retrogen: Resets retrogen history for the current save world. (Also mirrored under /refinery ...)

?? Modpack Permissions & FAQ

• Can I include this in my public or private modpack?
  Yes! You are completely free to include Industrial Refinery in any CurseForge, Modrinth, or custom modpack.
• Is this safe to add to existing worlds?
  Yes. The world generation retrogen system automatically and safely places oil pits into newly loaded and explored chunks without corrupting existing structures, with spacing constraints to prevent clustering.
• Where can I report bugs or suggest features?
  Please report issues and feedback on our GitHub Issue Tracker!