oil company

English

oil company (plural oil companies)

A company that is dedicated to trade or exploitation of petroleum/oil. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- 1964 May, R. K. Evans, “The Ventura—Paxman's high-speed engine”, in Modern Railways, page 328:
  After the war, the invaluable experience gained with mass production of the TP engines saw Davey Paxman in a favourable position to supply such units almost "off the shelf", a facility found to be of great value by oil companies engaged in well-drilling; [...].

a company which trades, extracts or processes petroleum or oil

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Finnish: öljy-yhtiö (fi)
French: pétrolière (fr) f, compagnie pétrolière f
Galician: petroleira f, compañía petroleira f
German: Mineralölunternehmen n, Erdölunternehmen n, Ölunternehmen n, Mineralölgesellschaft f, Erdölgesellschaft f, Ölgesellschaft f
Hungarian: olajtársaság (hu), olajvállalat (hu), olajcég (hu), olajipari társaság/vállalat/cég
Italian: compagnie petrolifere f
Macedonian: нафтена компанија f (naftena kompanija)
Portuguese: petrolífera f (Portugal), petroleira f (Brazil)
Spanish: petrolera f, compañía petrolera f

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