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

&#xD83D;&#xDEE2;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Travel

Subcategory transport-ground

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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