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oil company

company involved in production and distribution of petroleum products
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oil company

Summary

oil company ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (47 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • oil company is a type of business[2].
  • oil company is a type of company[3].
  • oil company is part of petroleum industry[4].
  • oil company's Commons category is recorded as Petroleum companies[5].
  • oil company's industry is recorded as petroleum industry[6].
  • oil company's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Oil companies[7].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include business[2] and company[3].

Use and Application

oil company is part of petroleum industry[4].

Why It Matters

oil company ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (47 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

Related Entities

Anglo-Persian Oil Company BP business Chevron Corporation Elf Aquitaine Equinor ASA ExxonMobil Repsol Shell TotalEnergies

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Industry → petroleum industry
    Topic's main category → Category:Oil companies
    Industry → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 17010, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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