Meaning Wildcat well
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Wildcat wellA well drilled in an area where no current oil or gas production exists.
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Wildcat wellA well drilled in an unproven area. Also known as an “exploration well”. [The term comes from exploration wells in West Texas in the 1920s. Wildcats were abundant in the locality, and those unlucky enough to be shot were hung from oil derricks.]
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Wildcat wellAn exploratory well drilled in an attempt to discover a new field or pool in an area in which there has been no previous record of oil or gas production.
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Wildcat wellAn exploratory well being drilled in unproven territory, that is, in a horizon from which there is no production in the general area.
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Wildcat wellA well drilled in an unproven area. Also known as an "exploration well". [The term comes from exploration wells in West Texas in the 1920s. Wildcats were abundant in the locality, an [..]
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Wildcat wellA well drilled for the purpose of discovering a new field or reservoir.
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Wildcat wellA well drilled in an unproven area, far from a producing well; an exploratory well in the truest sense of the word.
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Wildcat wellA well drilled in an area where no current oil or gas production exists. Also called a “rank wildcat.”
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Wildcat wellExploratory well drilled in an area where no production exists
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Wildcat wellAn exploration well drilled in an unproven area. A rank wildcat is a well that is drilled in an area where no well has ever been drilled before.
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