a prospector for oil or ores in areas having no proved resources
wildcatter in the Oil and Gas Industry
(waɪldkætər)
Word forms: (regular plural) wildcatters
noun
(Extractive engineering: Exploration)
A wildcatter is someone searches for oil or gas in an area which is not known to have any reserves.
A wildcatter is to the oil business what the cowboy was to the wild West - independent, self-reliant,and dedicated to a single passion: the sniffing out of elusive oil and gas deposits.
The operator was a wildcatter, prepared to drill the first well in unproven territory.
A wildcatter is someone searches for oil or gas in an area which is not known to have any reserves.