oil company
Fuel extraction business
An oil company is a business that explores for, extracts, refines, or sells petroleum and related products.
The term covers operations from drilling crude oil to running gas stations.
Major oil companies—sometimes called Big Oil—are among the world's largest corporations: The oil company reported record profits.
The industry attracts both investment and criticism for its environmental impact.
- BPCardiovascular force measurement
- drillingHole-making by rotation
- refineryIndustrial purification facility
- downstreamAlong the current's path
- ChevronSan Ramon giant
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- Energy Industrywind farm, coal plant, nuclear plant, hydroelectric, natural gas
- nationalized sectorsrailways, postal service, national bank, national railway, public utilities
- businessesbusiness, bank, bakery, enterprise, firm
- 19th Century Industriessteel mill, textile mill, coal mine, factory, sawmill
- Fuel Sellersgas station, petrol station, filling station, service station, BP
- producersproducer, manufacturer, maker, fabricator, factory