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Wildcat well

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  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field wordnet

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