| 单词 | wildcat drilling |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswildcat drilling wildcat drilling n. the drilling of a wildcat well. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > [noun] > drilling of type of well wild-catting1883 wildcat drilling1937 1937 Bull. Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists 21 1079 A study of wildcat drilling in the Gulf Coast Plains during 1935 and 1936 indicates that between 7 and 11 per cent of all such holes opened new oil or gas pools, the remaining 93–89 per cent having been dry. These figures speak eloquently of the risk involved in wildcat drilling. 1976 Offshore Platforms & Pipelining 60/1 The time span from hard freeze in late autumn to the melt in the late spring leaves an opportunity for no more than about 6,000 ft of wildcat drilling. < as lemmas |
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