Oil (disambiguation)

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Oil is any of a number of nonpolar, hydrophobic, and viscous liquids.

Oil most often refers to:

Big Oil, a name used to collectively describe major oil corporations
Cooking oil, any liquid fat used in food preparation
Lubricant, a substance that reduces friction between surfaces
- Lubrication, using a lubricant to reduce friction
- Motor oil, any lubricant used in internal combustion engines
Petroleum (crude oil), naturally occurring liquid found beneath the Earth's surface, or a derived product:
- Fuel oil, liquid fuel burned for heat or power
- Heating oil, liquid fuel

Arts, entertainment, and media

Art

Oil paint, paint with pigments suspended in an oil
Oil painting, the process of using paints based on oils

Music

Oil (band), a group of Californian heavy metal musicians
OiL, a band from Pennsylvania now called CKY
Oil: Chicago Punk Refined, a compilation CD of punk bands from Chicago, U.S.
Midnight Oil, also known as "The Oils", an Australian rock band

Television

Series

Oil, an early title of the U.S. TV series Blood and Oil
Oil, the original title of 1980s soap opera Dynasty

Episodes

"Oil" (Dynasty), the debut episode of Dynasty
"Oil" (The Young Ones), a 1982 episode of The Young Ones

Other arts, entertainment, and media

Oil (film), a 2009 Italian documentary
Oil!, a novel by Upton Sinclair published in 1927

Organizations

OIL (incorporations and corporate services), a company
Office of Infrastructure and Logistics (European Commission) in Luxembourg
Oil India Ltd
Oil Insurance Limited, a mutual insurance company
Oilexco (TSX: OIL, LON: OIL), an oil company

Technology

Ontology Inference Layer or Ontology Interchange Language, an ontology infrastructure for the Semantic Web
OSEK Implementation Language, a description language used in OSEK systems

See also

Langues d'oïl (in Romance languages)

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