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 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