wildcat

IPA(Pronunciation)

Verb

(oil industry) To drill for oil in an area where no oil has been found before.

Japanese Meaning

油が発見されていない地域で、採油のために掘削を行うこと

The energy company decided to wildcat a promising but unexplored tract off the coast.

そのエネルギー会社は、有望だが未探査の沖合地帯で石油の探鉱を行うことに決めた。

Sense（1）

(oil industry) To drill for oil in an area where no oil has been found before.

You'd have to be very rich or very desperate to go wildcatting that far east.

wildcats

（ present singular third-person ）

wildcatting

（ participle present ）

wildcatted

（ participle past ）

wildcatted

（ past ）