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ORIGINAL: spence

I've actually noticed this several times over the course of various games.

Playing as Allies if I order a tanker to "Load Oil" it will do so on the turn so ordered but then will just take up dock space and stop loading at around 35% full. On subsequent turns the "Load Oil" button is grayed out so re-ordering it is not an option. It would seem this is not an issue for Japanese Players. Is there some special secret to get one of your tankers to fill up?

ORIGINAL: Chris H

Bases (refineries) use oil.  For this reason the game prevents emptying a bases' oil tanks below a certain level dependant upon how much oil a base requires. If you do not have a excess of oil at the base then you'll never fill the tankers.  You probably reached this limit.

ORIGINAL: HansBolter
This is what's happening. Especially at LA. I have experienced the same thing at this port.

ORIGINAL: General Patton

Try turning off your Refineries. That will allow oil to build up....GP

13.2.1 - RESOURCES/OIL/SUPPLY:

You shouldn't need to move oil around in US. Manufacturing industry uses fuel rather than oil now. The only places where you want oil is places with refineries. The game is also pretty efficient about shipping fuel, oil, resources, and supply across the built up rail network in the US.
Los Angeles has a lot of industry and may have a high "minimum required oil". I believe it is somewhere around 25,000. Bases will generally hold on to the minimum required values of oil and resource and not allow them to be loaded onto TFs.

ORIGINAL: spence

Actually I've never moved oil before this particular game. I just wanted to do it. Supposedly the Australian heavy industries need oil to function and the Australian a/c factories need something from the heavy industries. Maybe not.

In any case there are presently 58000+ oil pts stored at Los Angeles. Two thousand pts are produced there per turn and the refineries use 2900+ per turn (must be some oil pts produced elsewhere or Los Angeles could never accumulate any oil pts).

In any case the tanker loaded oil pts on the initial turn but wouldn't load any more after that. If all I've read here about oil needing to accumulate is true it would seem it never would have loaded any oil at all. Just curious about this situation.

ORIGINAL: spence

Actually I've never moved oil before this particular game. I just wanted to do it. Supposedly the Australian heavy industries need oil to function and the Australian a/c factories need something from the heavy industries. Maybe not.

In any case there are presently 58000+ oil pts stored at Los Angeles. Two thousand pts are produced there per turn and the refineries use 2900+ per turn (must be some oil pts produced elsewhere or Los Angeles could never accumulate any oil pts).

In any case the tanker loaded oil pts on the initial turn but wouldn't load any more after that. If all I've read here about oil needing to accumulate is true it would seem it never would have loaded any oil at all. Just curious about this situation.

ORIGINAL: GetAssista

ORIGINAL: HansBolter
This is what's happening. Especially at LA. I have experienced the same thing at this port.

Why ship oil from LA anyway? Getting fuel to Oz is more efficient
I cannot recall any occurence when Allies would ship oil. Except of course that initial running to the hills, where xAKs load up with supplies and fuel and tankers can get them some oil if no fuel is left.

ORIGINAL: HansBolter

ORIGINAL: GetAssista

Just something I experimented with a long time ago as a rookie making the presumption that the huge stockpile was 'there for the picking".

I know many players downplay any effort to maximize the Allied economy as a waste as the economic juggernaut will produce more than enough fuel and supply if you leave it alone, but finding ways to maximize one's play is an essential quality for many wargamers.

As a result, I look to find ways to fill the gaps in Allied production. There are some easy ways with a couple of quick examples coming to mind:

Pearl needs resources, which can be had in Hilo. Set up a CS convoy with an xAKL or two running a coastal route.

Christchurch needs fuel. If you're using Auckland as a SoPac fuel/supply hub use a YO or two to siphon a little fuel off to Christchuch.

You can find simple ways to supply needs in various locales, if as an Allied player, you actually look at the industry interface and identify the locales where shortages are preventing production.

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I do all that and ship oil at the start from the USA to Aus. Once supply/fuel distribution gets going properly in case Aus get isolated I stop oil from US. Res I rarely bother with except for the above mentioned and possible a few other minor locales.