oil plant — ▪ botany any of the numerous plants, either under cultivation or growing wild, used as sources of oil. Oil plants include trees such as palm, herbaceous plants such as flax, and even fungi (Fusarium). Vegetable oils are used… … Universalium
Oil palm — African Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis) Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae … Wikipedia
Oil depletion — per major producing country. This model assumes world oil depletion remains constant at the 2004 level of 80 million barrels per day.[1] However, world oil depletion is currently (as of 2008) at 85 million barrels per day … Wikipedia
Oil & Gas UK — Abbreviation (former UKOOA) Motto The Voice of the Offshore Industry Formation April 2007 Legal status Non profit company Purpose/focus Offshore oil … Wikipedia
Oil and gas industry in the United Kingdom — This article sets out the role of the UK oil and gas industry in the economy, energy supply and technology. It also covers the industry’s safety and environmental record and its prospects for the future. Contents 1 Location 2 Exploration and… … Wikipedia
Oil Depletion Analysis Centre — The Oil Depletion Analysis Centre (ODAC) is an independent, UK registered educational charity. The centre is working to raise international public awareness and promote better understanding of the world s oil depletion and peak oil problem. ODAC… … Wikipedia
oil — n. & v. n. 1 any of various thick, viscous, usu. inflammable liquids insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents (see also essential oil, fixed oil, mineral oil, volatile oil). 2 US petroleum. 3 (in comb.) using oil as fuel (oil heater). 4 … Useful english dictionary
Ramtil oil — is used mainly in cooking but also for lighting. In India it is pressed from the seed of Guizotia oleifera of the family Asteraceae. A very similar oil is made in Africa from G. abyssinica . The oil is used as an extender for sesame oil, which is … Wikipedia
Tung oil — Major fatty acid composition of tung oil[1] Palmitic acid 5.5% Oleic acid 4.0% Linoleic acid 8.5% alpha Eleostearic acid 82.0% Tung oil or China wood oil is a drying oil obtained by pressing the seed from the nut of the … Wikipedia
Cohune oil — is pressed from the seeds of the cohune palm, which is native to Central and South America. Along with other byproducts of the palm, cohune oil is believed to have been used by cultures in southern Mesoamerica since the pre Columbian era, in… … Wikipedia