Oil! is a novel by Upton Sinclair, first published in 1926–27 and told as a third-person narrative, with only the opening pages written in the first person.The book was written in the context of the Harding administration's Teapot Dome Scandal and takes place in Southern California.It is a social and political satire skewering the human foibles of all its characters.

Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of the oil palms. The oil is used in food manufacturing, in beauty products, and as biofuel.Palm oil accounted for about 33% of global oils produced from oil crops in 2014.