Oil (disambiguation)
# 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

## 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

### 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
