Upgrade Cards
Government
Level 1 - Immediately receive 2 Government Pipe tiles from an open quadrant. At the beginning of each year, receive 1 Government Pipe tile from an open quadrant.
If a new quadrant has not been declared open during this game year, you may choose to declare a new quadrant open, and receive a Government Pipe tile from that quadrant.
Level 2 - Immediately receive 4 Government Pipe tiles from an open quadrant.
Level 3 - Immediately receive 6 Government Pipe tiles from an open quadrant.
Shops
Level 1 - Immediately receive 2 Tank tiles and 1 Pipe tile from either Shop. In the event a Tank tile and/or Pipe tile is not available, you do not receive the tile, even if they become available later.
At the beginning of each year, receive 2 Tank tiles from the Tank Shop.
Level 2 - Immediately receive 1 Machine tile and a total of 2 Pipe tiles from either Shop. In the event a Machine tile and/or Pipe tile is not available, you do not receive the tile, even if they become available later.
Level 3 - Immediately receive 1 Machine tile and a total of 4 Pipe tiles from either Shop. In the event a Machine tile and/or Pipe tile is not available, you do not receive the tile, even if they become available later.
Human Resources
Level 1 - You do not have to pay $10 to take a Secondary Action.
Level 2 - Rather than taking an adjacent Secondary Action, your worker may move up to 2 spaces to take a Secondary Action whose tile is further away. A space is either an Action tile or the empty square space at the center of the Action tiles.
Level 3 - You may take any 2 Actions on your turn. You cannot take any Secondary Actions attached to any of your Main Actions.
Engineering
Level 1 - Your Pipelines gain 1 additional virtual Refinement Value for every 4 Pipe segments.
Level 2 - Your Pipelines gain 2 additional virtual Refinement Values for every 4 Pipe segments. After upgrading to level 2, you must discard your Engineering Level 1 card.
Level 3 - Your standard Pipelines can run 2 barrels of oil of the same Class (including Crude).
Refined Markets
Level 1 - The value of oil is $5 more for all refined oil in the Refined Markets (this does not affect the Crude Market, Contracts, and Orders). This applies for both purchasing and selling.
Level 2 - When taking an Action at any of the Refined Markets (excluding the Crude Market, Contracts, and Orders), you may purchase and sell to ALL Refined Markets.
Level 3 - When selling to any of the Refined Markets (excluding the Crude Market, Contracts, and Orders), the type of oil does not have to match the space. However, the grade of oil must still match or be of a higher grade.
Contracts & Orders
Level 1 - You may fulfill any of your Contracts up to 2 times each year. The Oil barrels from the first fulfillment are placed next to the Contract as a reminder. If you begin a second fulfillment, the Contract must be fulfilled before the end of the current year as per the normal rules.
Level 2 - Earn an additional $10 for each barrel sold to Contracts or Orders.
Level 3 - You may take Orders as if they were Contracts when taking the Contracts & Loans Action. The Order tiles taken are placed next to the player's Contracts and are considered Contracts for fulfillment and for end game Valuation cards. When fulfilling the Orders taken in this way, earn money as if it were a Contract.
Machines
Level 1 - Immediately receive 1 Machine. As a Main Action during the Work Phase, you may place your worker on a Machine in your Pipe Network to run it at no cost.
Level 2 - During the Machine Phase, your Machines cost a total of $5 to run.
Level 3 - You may run your Machines before you take your Actions as well as during the Machine Phase. Machines may only be run once during each phase.
Valuation Cards
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Earn money for the Low-Grade, Mid-Grade, and High-Grade oil in your Tanks according to Step 1 of End Game scoring.
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Earn money for Pipelines according to Step 2 in End Game scoring.
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Earn $10 for each Tank tile you own.
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Earn $100 for each level 3 upgrade owned.
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Earn money for all of your Pipelines attached to Machines according to Step 2 of End Game scoring.
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Earn money for the Silver oil in your Tanks according to Step 1 of End Game scoring. Also earn money for Silver Pipelines in your network according to Step 2 of End Game scoring.
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Earn money for the Orange oil in your Tanks according to Step 1 of End Game scoring. Also earn money for Orange Pipelines in your network according to Step 2 of End Game scoring.
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Earn money for the Teal oil in your Tanks according to Step 1 of End Game scoring. Also earn money for Teal Pipelines in your network according to Step 2 of End Game scoring.
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Earn $10 for each of the Pipelines in your network that refines Crude to Low-Grade oil.
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Earn $20 for each of the Pipelines in your network that refines Crude to Mid-Grade oil.
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Earn $30 for each of the Pipelines in your network that refines Crude to High-Grade oil.
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Earn money for each of your remaining Contracts as if they were immediately fulfilled with oil again.
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Earn money for each of your completed Orders as if they were immediately fulfilled with oil again.
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Earn money for each of the following types of Pipeline you have in your Network. Multiples of the same type are ignored.
- Crude to Low-Grade (Orange)
- Crude to Mid-Grade (Orange)
- Crude to High-Grade (Orange)
- Crude to Low-Grade (Teal)
- Crude to Mid-Grade (Teal)
- Crude to High-Grade (Teal)
- Crude to Low-Grade (Silver)
- Crude to Mid-Grade (Silver)
- Crude to High-Grade (Silver)
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Earn money for each of the following types of Pipeline connected to a Machine you have in your Network. Multiples of the same type are ignored.
- Crude to Low-Grade (Orange)
- Crude to Mid-Grade (Orange)
- Crude to High-Grade (Orange)
- Crude to Low-Grade (Teal)
- Crude to Mid-Grade (Teal)
- Crude to High-Grade (Teal)
- Crude to Low-Grade (Silver)
- Crude to Mid-Grade (Silver)
- Crude to High-Grade (Silver)
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Earn money for each different type of oil in your Fulfilled Contracts and Orders. Each type and grade of oil must be different.
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