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An Oil Well is an economic building used to gather 
Oil from oil patches. It becomes available in the 
Industrial Age, along with Oil itself.
Once built, an Oil Well needs to be operated by a Citizen and gathers Oil at a rate of 35 (per 30 seconds). When an Oil Well is destroyed or razed, the citizen operating it is automatically ejected from it. The citizen can also be ejected manually, leaving the structure without function (it still belongs to the nation, however, and blocks the oil patch from enemy access).
Oil Wells built at sea are called Oil Platforms. They have almost identical stats and operate in the same way, but have a slightly higher ramping cost. They also require a nation to own at least one Dock to allow citizens to embark on transport vessels in order to move to the construction site. Ramping cost for Oil Platforms and Oil Wells are linked together – constructing either structure increases the cost for the other as well.
The gather rate of Oil can be increased globally by building Refineries, with each Refinery adding 33% to the base gather rate of Oil.
Nation powers[]
- The Indian Power of Majesty: Oil Wells do not rise in cost.
- The Maya Power of Architecture: Oil Wells have +25% hit points, are built 20% faster and costs 25% less
Timber.
Wonders[]
- The Eiffel Tower increases Oil gather rate, including from Oil Wells, by 100%.
- The Taj Mahal increases the Oil Well's hit points by 100%.
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