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The Picture

Shouldn't there be another picture, or a picture with the label censored? What I'm trying to say here is that no company should be given the label of being THE oil. Maybe there should be a picture with just the oil in the glass, and no can? -- Eirikizer

What is the solvent of oil?

Article expansion

The article needs extensive expansion:

About the Oil as a source of energy

some good links/material to fold in

Oil shale
Environmental_impact_of_the_oil_shale_industry (kinda, looking for an environmental impact of oil-like article)
fossil fuel

Please add away. JoeSmack ^Talk 16:45, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Extraction

Especially for non-essential oils (e.g. mineral/organic oils), there needs to be a section on extraction, but im not too sure of where it should be put in the layout. There are just a ridiculous amount of oil-related articles, jesus, but here are some important ones to consider in this matter: oil shale, oil sands, oil field, oil well, oil shale reserves unconventional oil, oil tanker, oil refinery, *takes a deep breath and continues*, oil megaprojects, oil depletion, and, are you ready for this one, thermal depolymerization! Phew! I ain't gonna lie people, this article needs some work. JoeSmack ^Talk 18:53, 24 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

alternative fuel oils

Don't forget vegetable oil used as fuel, vegetable oil refining and biodiesel in the fuel section. JoeSmack ^Talk 18:58, 24 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hair

What does it mean for hair to be stabilised?

'It also helps the hair to be stabilised'

89.243.166.179 (talk) 13:44, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"All oils can be traced back to organic sources." ...Except those that can't? E.g. synthetic oils; for example silicone oil <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicone_oil> What point was the original writer trying to make that I may have missed? Jornadigan (talk) 02:30, 20 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]