Meaning of big oil | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The world's largest oil and gas companies (supermajors), understood as a business group having significant political, economic, or social power.
   derogatory, uncountable
2. Alternative letter-case form of big oil.
   alt-of, uncountable

Examples

“Eight years after Kyoto, Big Oil and Big Coal remain in complete and unchallenged power.”

“It follows an inquiry launched by House Democrats in 2021, which focused on big oil’s alleged efforts to mislead the public about the climate crisis.”

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