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oil company en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A company that is dedicated to trade or exploitation of petroleum/oil. (This entry is a translation hub.)
   • 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; [...]. 1964 May, R. K. Evans, “The Ventura—Paxman's high-speed engine”, in Modern Railways, page 328:

Forms

Synonyms

petroleum company

Translations (26)

es petrolera (a company which trades, extracts or processes petroleum or oil) · fr compagnie pétrolière (a company which trades, extracts or processes petroleum or oil) · gl petroleira (a company which trades, extracts or processes petroleum or oil) · cmn 石油公司 (a company which trades, extracts or processes petroleum or oil) · ca petroliera (a company which trades, extracts or processes petroleum or oil) · de Mineralölgesellschaft (a company which trades, extracts or processes petroleum or oil) · fr pétrolière (a company which trades, extracts or processes petroleum or oil) · pt petrolífera (a company which trades, extracts or processes petroleum or oil) · es compañía petrolera (a company which trades, extracts or processes petroleum or oil) · hu olajcég (a company which trades, extracts or processes petroleum or oil) · de Ölgesellschaft (a company which trades, extracts or processes petroleum or oil) · de Mineralölunternehmen (a company which trades, extracts or processes petroleum or oil) · hu olajvállalat (a company which trades, extracts or processes petroleum or oil) · gl compañía petroleira (a company which trades, extracts or processes petroleum or oil) · hu olajtársaság (a company which trades, extracts or processes petroleum or oil) · sv oljeföretag (a company which trades, extracts or processes petroleum or oil) · pt petroleira (a company which trades, extracts or processes petroleum or oil) · de Ölunternehmen (a company which trades, extracts or processes petroleum or oil) · sv oljebolag (a company which trades, extracts or processes petroleum or oil) · it compagnia petrolifera (a company which trades, extracts or processes petroleum or oil) · sv bensinbolag (a company which trades, extracts or processes petroleum or oil) · hu olajipari társaság/vállalat/cég (a company which trades, extracts or processes petroleum or oil) · fi öljy-yhtiö (a company which trades, extracts or processes petroleum or oil) · mk нафтена компанија (a company which trades, extracts or processes petroleum or oil) · de Erdölunternehmen (a company which trades, extracts or processes petroleum or oil) · de Erdölgesellschaft (a company which trades, extracts or processes petroleum or oil)