Oil (disambiguation)

Oil (disambiguation)

In the most general sense, an oil is any liquid not miscible with water.

Oil usually refers to:

It may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

  • Oil (band), a group of Californian heavy metal musicians
  • OiL (band), a band from Pennsylvania that preceded CKY
  • Oil: Chicago Punk Refined, a compilation CD of punk bands from Chicago, U.S.
  • Midnight Oil (band), also known as "The Oils", Australian rock band
  • Oil, the original title of the 1980s American soap opera Dynasty
  • "Oil" (The Young Ones), an episode of The Young Ones
  • Oil!, a novel by Upton Sinclair published in 1927

The acronym OIL may refer to:

See also


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