Oil drum Emoji
Travel
A vertical, cylindrical metal drum painted with a bold red stripe, typically used for storing and transporting industrial liquids like crude oil, chemicals, or lubricants.
Usage Context
Widely used to discuss energy markets, environmental concerns, the automotive industry, or heavy manufacturing. It is frequently sent alongside ⛽ to signal fuel-related logistics or price fluctuations at the pump.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2014, this emoji was introduced to provide a way to represent the global oil trade within messaging platforms as digital communication began to mirror real-world economic and industrial news cycles.
Details
Glyph
🛢
Unicode
U+1F6E2
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f6e2:
HTML Entity
��
Specifications
Vendor Google
Category Travel
Subcategory transport-ground
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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