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

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

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