oil company

English

Noun

oil company (plural oil companies)

1. 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; [...].

Synonyms

• petroleum company

Translations

a company which trades, extracts or processes petroleum or oil

Chinese: Mandarin: 石油公司 (shíyóu gōngsī) Danish: please add this translation if you can 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 (de) f Hungarian: olajtársaság (hu), olajvállalat (hu), olajcég (hu), olajipari társaság/​vállalat/​cég Italian: compagnia petrolifera f Macedonian: нафтена компанија f (naftena kompanija) Portuguese: petrolífera f (Portugal), petroleira f (Brazil) Spanish: petrolera f, compañía petrolera f Swedish: oljebolag (sv) n, oljeföretag (sv) n, bensinbolag (sv) n