wildcat well

English Thesaurus

1. an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	oil well, oiler,
definition	:	a well that yields or has yielded oil (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	wildcat,
definition	:	(of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive (adj.all)

derivation	:	wildcat,
definition	:	(of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive (adj.all)