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wildcat wells

wildcat wells is the plural of wildcat well.

Meaning of wildcat well

Noun

wildcat well (plural wildcat wells)

  1. (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

Questions about wildcat wells

What is wildcat wells the plural of?
Wildcat wells is the plural of wildcat well.

Words near wildcat wells in the dictionary

  1. wildcat sandwich
  2. wildcat sandwiches
  3. wildcat strike
  4. wildcat strikes
  5. wildcat well
  6. wildcat wells
  7. wildcats
  8. wildcatted
  9. wildcatter
  10. wildcatters
  11. wildcatting

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