wildcat well en · NOUN
Meanings
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(qualifier:oil industry) An exploration well to determine the existence of petroleum in a probable hydrocarbon deposit.
[L]ater BP were planning on drilling a wildcat well, or exploration well, in the same region probably with a semi-submersible rig.
2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 164:
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