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wildcatter::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | oilman |
Examples of wildcatter
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This is one blaze even an old wildcatter from Denver will find difficult to put out.
From the businessweek.com
For five years as a wildcatter, Strake drilled dry well after dry well.
From the time.com
Kelly is known as a long-term strategist and a bit of a wildcatter.
From the kansas.com
Jones, the Texas wildcatter turned multimillionaire, is a sharpie.
From the usatoday.com
T. Boone has re-invented himself as a green wildcatter.
From the newsweek.com
Texas had few natural resources to recommend it until a wildcatter struck oil in Spindeltop in 1901.
From the economist.com
Pickens, 84, made billions of dollars as a hedge fund manager and wildcatter drilling for oil and gas.
From the sfgate.com
Yet Hamm, a self-made wildcatter, is a bright spot in an industry suffering a public relations nightmare.
From the forbes.com
The wildcatter once placed a $200,000 bet on a football game.
From the forbes.com
- An oilman who drills exploratory wells in territory not known to be an oil field
- A wildcatter is a person who drills wildcat wells, which are oil wells drilled in areas not known to be oil fields. A wildcatter notable for his success was Texan oil tycoon Glenn McCarthy.
