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The terms of this license equally apply to, without limitation, renamings and other logically equivalent reformulations of the content of this OWL file (or portions thereof) in any natural or formal language, as well as to derivations of this content or inclusion of it in other ontologies. externalID A unique, language-neutral, variable-sized identifier for a concept that can be used to refer unambiguously to that concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. label A natural-language representation for a concept that is both human readable and readable by the Cyc inference engine. These terms are not guaranteed to refer to the same concept across time but are guaranteed to be consistent within a particular OWL export. Use 'cycAnnot:externalID' for unambiguously referring to a concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. oil company A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkIkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SellingOrganization</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvuJd15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OilCompany</a> is a commercial organization whose primary business consists in bringing petroleum products (see the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr1JJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PetroleumProduct</a>) to market. OilCompany oil companies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_industry (CollectionSubsetFn OilCompany (TheSetOf ?OBJ (hasHeadquartersInCountry ?OBJ UnitedStatesOfAmerica))) oil company whose headquarters is in the United States oil company whose headquarters is in Western Europe (CollectionSubsetFn OilCompany (TheSetOf ?OBJ (residenceOfOrganization ?OBJ WesternEurope))) the Syrian Petroleum Company SyrianPetroleumCompany Northern Oil Company NorthernOilCompany-Iraq the Turkish State Petroleum Company <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP0xZpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TPAO</a> is the Turkish State Petroleum Company. It is the largest company involved in domestic oil production in Turkey, accounting for nearly 80% of the country's oil output in 1997. TPAO IsraelNationalOilCoLtd Israel National Oil Co. Ltd. Japex Japex-OilCompany JapanNationalOilCorporation Japan National Oil Corp. MitsuiAndCo Mitsui Petronas Petronas StarEnterprise Star Enterprise The organization controlling the Saudi Arabia oil market. SaudiAramco Saudi Aramco Samsung Samsung Gazprom-OilCompany Gazprom YPF-OilCompany YPF NationalIranianOilCompany National Iranian Oil Company Arab Oil and Gas Company ArabOilAndGasCompany Unocal Unocal NesteOy Neste Oy SaudiPetroleumInternationalInc Saudi Petroleum International Inc. Royal Dutch Shell RoyalDutchShell Enterprise Nationale de Commercialisation et de Distribution des Produits Petroliers Naftel-Algeria Amoco Corp AmocoCorporation SumitomoPetroleum Sumitomo Louisiana-OilCompany Louisiana Wintershall Wintershall-Corporation This is a joint venture of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvwAnbpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LukoilCorporation</a> (a Russian owned company) and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvuD0TpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agip</a> (an Italian owned company). It holds a majority in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwOv09pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CIOC</a>, which is involved with oil and gas fields in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CaspianSea</a>, particularly the Karabakh fields in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvfLfM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Azerbaijan</a>. LukAgip LukAgip SOCAR is the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic, a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP3ld5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NationalOrganization</a> of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvfLfM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Azerbaijan</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwN7JaJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SOCAR</a> is one of three state-run companies concerned with the maintenance of Azerbaijan's energy industry. the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic SOCAR Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation EgyptianGeneralPetroleumCorporation MitsubishiPetroleumDevelopmentCorporation The petroleum products division of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUS5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MitsubishiCorp</a>. Mitsubishi Petroleum Development Corporation Japan Energy JapanEnergyCorporation Naftec-Algeria Enterprise Nationale de Raddinage des Produits Petroliers OilRefineriesLimited-Israel Oil Refineries Limited Waha-OilCompany Waha IPC-Canada IPC Sonatrach-Algeria Sonatrach is a company owned by the Algerian state for exploration, transport and marketing of petroleum, natural gas and related products. Sonatrach-Algeria Marathon MarathonOilCompany LukoilCorporation Lukoil Statoil-Norway Statoil AIOC, the Azerbaijan International Operating Company, is an international organization consisting of major and middle-sized oil industry companies. AIOC is concerned with the price of, commerce in and marketing of petroleum (crude oil) and natural gas in Azerbaijan. It is the main broker in oil and gas contracts in Azerbaijan. AIOC the Azerbaijan International Operating Company BritishGas British Gas Deminex-OilCompany Deminex JordanPetroleumRefineryCompany Jordan Petroleum Refinery Co. Itochu ItochuCorporation Occidental OccidentalPetroleum CosmoOil Cosmo Oil MobilCorporation Mobil Corp A U.S. oil corporation. Phillips PhillipsPetroleumCompany NationalPetroleumCo-Jordan National Petroleum Co. AbuDhabiNationalOilCompany Abu Dhabi National Oil Company Arco Arco Teikoku Oil TeikokuOil NipponOil Nippon Oil Zueitina Zueitina-OilCompany National Oil Distribution Company NationalOilDistributionCompany-Qatar ElfAquitaine Elf Aquitaine LibyanNationalOilCompany Libyan National Oil Company Talisman Talisman-OilCompany Oryx Oryx-OilCompany Delta-OilCorporation Delta British Petroleum BritishPetroleum Ramco Ramco PennzoilCompany Pennzoil SunOil Sun Oil Partex Partex-PetroleumCo Nimir NimirPetroleum Petroleum Development Oman Ltd. PetroleumDevelopmentOmanLtd ArabianOilCompany A Japanese owned oil company that operates oil fields in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvieadZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CityOfRasAl_KhafjiSaudiArabia</a>. Arabian Oil Company PetroleosdeVenezuelaSA Petroleos de Venezuela S.A ShellOilCompany Shell Oil Agip Agip Repsol-Corporation Repsol NorskHydroAsa Norsk Hydro PectonOilCo Pecten Tullow Oil TullowOil Texaco TexacoInc Total Total-OilCompany Saudi Basic Industries Corp. SaudiBasicIndustriesCorp Qatar Petrochemical Company QatarPetrochemicalCompany Yukong YukongLtd Ssangyong Oil Refining Co. SsangyongOilRefiningCo ENI-Agip Eni-Agip Qatar General Petroleum Corporation QatarGeneralPetroleumCorporation Petra Oil PetraOil Sirte-OilCompany Sirte PazOil-Corporation Paz Oil oil company A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkIkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SellingOrganization</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvuJd15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OilCompany</a> is a commercial organization whose primary business consists in bringing petroleum products (see the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr1JJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PetroleumProduct</a>) to market. OilCompany A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> (q.v.). Moreover, each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a> is a collection that is temporally stuff-like (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVitN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalStuffType</a>) but physically-spatially object-like (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVirnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ObjectType</a>) -- i.e. object-like with respect to some physical-spatial part-whole predicate (e.g. some specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r8a2smPXcQdiEoJhcx65EiQ" class="cyc_term">properPhysicalDecompositions</a>). Consider the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a>. Further, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is temporally stuff-like: any one of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWn4OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">timeSlices</a> of a given copy <code>COPY</code> of (say) "Moby Dick" is still a copy of "Moby Dick". (Most collections of tangible objects are temporally stuff-like in this way.) But <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is spatially object-like: if we take a scalpel and slice <code>COPY</code> into ten pieces, each piece is not a copy of "Moby Dick". So <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVir35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StuffType</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVny6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingStuffType</a>. ExistingObjectType type of object oil company A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkIkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SellingOrganization</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvuJd15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OilCompany</a> is a commercial organization whose primary business consists in bringing petroleum products (see the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr1JJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PetroleumProduct</a>) to market. OilCompany oil company A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkIkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SellingOrganization</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvuJd15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OilCompany</a> is a commercial organization whose primary business consists in bringing petroleum products (see the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr1JJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PetroleumProduct</a>) to market. OilCompany EnergyOrganization energy organization The collection of all <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>s that are primarily or significantly engaged in the energy industry or whose activities focus on that industry. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6VwUZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EnergyOrganization</a> include both the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjLtZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExxonCorporation</a>. Pretty String (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> TERM STRING) means that STRING is the English word or expression (sequence of words) commonly used to refer to TERM. The predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> is used by the code which generates CycL to English paraphrases, but its applicability is not restricted to this use. prettyString oil company A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkIkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SellingOrganization</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvuJd15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OilCompany</a> is a commercial organization whose primary business consists in bringing petroleum products (see the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr1JJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PetroleumProduct</a>) to market. OilCompany A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvj_RK5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Vendor</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkIkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SellingOrganization</a> is an organization whose main function is to sell things by conducting sales activities. Specializations include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVitqZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SalesDepartment</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViK6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AdvertisingAgency</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjeUZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RetailOrganization</a>. SellingOrganization vendor The collection of all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r_4bScKNtQdiVw7XtX-HN0Q" class="cyc_term">ClarifyingCollectionType</a> that are used by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvYbXiJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">QueryAugmentationApplication</a> to resolve natural language ambiguities. QAClarifyingCollectionType QA clarifying collection type