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
  • Oklahoma Intercollegiate Legislature, a collegiate political education organization
  • 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

  • Oil lamp
  • Langues d'oïl (in Romance languages)
  • OYL (disambiguation)