- Source: Oil (disambiguation)
Oil is any of a number of nonpolar, hydrophobic, and viscous liquids.
Oil also often refers to:
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
Oil or OIL may also refer to:
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 released by Thick Records
Midnight Oil, also known as "The Oils", an Australian rock band
"Oil," a Gorillaz track featuring Stevie Nicks, released on the 2023 album "Cracker Island."
= Television
=Series
Oil, an early title of the U.S. TV series Blood & 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
Big Oil, a name used to collectively describe major oil corporations
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
All pages with titles containing OIL or OILs
All pages with titles beginning with Oil
All pages with titles beginning with OIL
Langues d'oïl (in Romance languages)
OYL (disambiguation)