| 单词 | wildcatter |
| 例句 | Many wildcatters dug dry wells, or “dusters,” and scurried away in despair. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z A man described, invariably, as larger than life – dynamic, charismatic, audacious; a born wildcatter, constitutionally suited to the volatile industry he dominated. The unexplained death of “fracking king” Aubrey McClendon and a writer’s peculiar bereavement 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z I eyed the warning warily, but the veteran miner leading our group explained that it was a fiction of his own design, one meant to keep out vandals and wildcatters. An Old Hollywood actor created a treasure map. Could it be real? 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Big Oil is hanging back, watching while wildcatters take on the risky exploratory work. Hidden hydrogen: Earth may hold vast stores of a renewable, carbon-free fuel 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z But Tennessee is trying to tap into our greatness like a wildcatter drilling into someone else’s oil field. Column: With In-N-Out, Tennessee officials are double-doubling down on California 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z As Jones told it, he was a 30-year-old wildcatter in oil and gas desperate to win the business of a Houston oil company. Jerry Jones helped transform the NFL, except when it comes to race Money made: Jones struck it rich as a wildcatter in the oil business before plunging most of his fortune into the Cowboys in a $140 million purchase. Dan Snyder and other billionaires who own the NFL’s teams 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z With plans to become a wildcatter, Mr. Mays received a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering from Texas A&M University in 1957. L. Lowry Mays, builder of radio empire, dies at 87 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z It characterizes the wildcatter and oil derrick as "Texas icons." "Patriotic education": Experts say Texas GOP's new "1836 Project" airbrushes oppression and poverty 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z With a mop of unkempt hair and a penchant for elegant double-breasted suits, Souki didn’t look the part of a Houston wildcatter. How One Restaurateur Transformed America’s Energy Industry 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z Jones and Johnson, oil wildcatter and maverick coach, exploited the status quo. The enduring value of the NFL draft’s most famous and misunderstood chart 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z A deal for Chief Oil & Gas, founded and controlled by Texan 'wildcatter' Trevor Rees-Jones, could be announced as soon as this week, the sources said. EXCLUSIVE Chesapeake Energy nears $2.4 bln deal to buy Chief Oil & Gas -sources 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z The wildcatters came; the population boomed; homes and trees were felled to build wells. Huntington Beach and oil were synonymous for decades. Those days are long gone 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z A speedier transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy would hardly be as simple as longtime wildcatters transforming themselves into solar installers. EXPLAINER: Can Biden add energy jobs? Hope mixes with doubt 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z They kept digging even after Brazil in 2005 marked the land as indigenous territory, a measure that prohibited mining despite protests from her family and other wildcatters in her Macuxi tribe. In Brazil, an indigenous woman joins Bolsonaro in fight for mining 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z Texas wildcatters hit oil together, then fight after one marries the other’s sweetheart. Movies on TV this week: 'The Bridge on the River Kwai,' KCET 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z Wright combines tech savvy and a wildcatter’s passion for the oil business, said employees and executives familiar with the company. Can Liberty Oil maverick's corporate culture survive the U.S. shale bust? 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z She was born in 1912 — the year Arizona entered the union — in Muskogee, Okla., the daughter of an oil wildcatter who moved his family to Los Angeles when the twins were young. Opinion | Roberta McCain was a woman who never slowed down 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Other wildcatters followed in Chesapeake’s path, racking up huge debts to find oil and gas in fields spanning New Mexico, Texas, the Dakotas and Pennsylvania. Fracking pioneer Chesapeake files for bankruptcy protection 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z The Texas oil industry is marked by wildcatters who wear optimism on their sleeves whatever the oil price, in part because low oil prices typically stimulate demand, which in turn pushes prices back up. Still Reeling From Oil Plunge, Texas Faces New Threat: Surge in Virus Cases 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z “There were wildcatters, stealing 20 to 30 thousand dollars of coal in a weekend,” Angel says. Kentucky was devastated for decades by mountaintop removal. Now scientists have figured out a way to undo the damage — one tree at a time. 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z “He did things big. He was big in oil and gas. He was a wildcatter. He was a risk taker,” Pollard said. Oilman, former Texas governor candidate Williams dies at 88 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z A cattle rancher’s daughter turns Oklahoma wildcatter with a geologist and an Indian as partners. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020: 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' and more 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z The wildcatters seethed with anger as the miners were forced to destroyed their operations. In Indonesia, Outlaw Gold Miners Poison Themselves to Survive 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z This quote, aside from laying out Republic Cantina’s ethos, is ample evidence that with enough time, Washington will turn anyone into a diplomat, even a Texan from the wildcatter wilderness of Houston. Review | Republic Cantina puts a fun, refined spin on Tex-Mex 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z But after a few years, the wildcatters were mostly gone, and landslides from active mines mostly stopped. Kentucky was devastated for decades by mountaintop removal. Now scientists have figured out a way to undo the damage — one tree at a time. 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z In classic wildcatter style, Mr. Pickens’s fortunes rose to prodigious heights and then collapsed, only to resume their roller coaster course in later years. T. Boone Pickens Is Dead; Oil Magnate and Corporate Raider Was 91 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Frustrated by the stodgy corporate culture, he quit in 1955 with $1,500 in the bank and a growing family to support to set out as a wildcatter. T. Boone Pickens, Texas oil tycoon who led legendary corporate raids, dies at 91 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z In the depths of the Great Depression, Charles County, Md., got 15 percent of its income from wildcatters breaking the wrecks. Perspective | Jagged remains of more than 100 ghostly ships rest forever in Mallows Bay 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Like dozens of other Permian startups, the firm then pursued a classic wildcatter’s strategy - borrowing to buy up acreage, acquire competitors and quickly boost output in the booming shale field. Texas shale pioneers struggle to appease investors, compete with... 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z The son of a Canadian wildcatter, Mr. Bowlen was 40 when he acquired a majority stake in the Broncos in 1984. Pat Bowlen, influential NFL owner who guided Broncos to excellence, dies at 75 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z By the early 1960s, Bush was making is transition from wildcatter to politician. Letters from Houston law firm outline Bush’s business acumen 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z He was ultimately persuaded by friends who were alumni — or “former students,” in the university’s parlance — including the legendary wildcatter Michel T. Halbouty, who, like many Aggies, wore his treasured class ring long after graduating. Bush Found ‘Kindred Spirits’ at Texas A&M, His Final Resting Place 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z Hunt’s wildcatter father provided a trust for her and the operating company was The Rosewood Corporation in Dallas. Caroline Rose Hunt, Texas oil heiress, philanthropist, dies 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Her father was an oil wildcatter of Irish descent and a major in what is now the Air Force. Kitty O’Neil, deaf daredevil who became ‘world’s fastest woman,’ dies at 72 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z As one investor put it: “All of the acquisitions of shale assets done by the majors and by international companies have been disasters. The wildcatters made a lot of money, but the companies haven’t.” How the US fracking boom almost fell apart 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z They grew up traveling the country with their father, a successful oil wildcatter who retired young to raise his children. John McCain’s remarkable mother: At 106, Roberta McCain has outlived her son 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z Yet amid this Boy Scout good behaviour, the wildcatter spirit remains—all couched in typical industry hyperbole. American shale-oil producers are on a roll 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z In 1983, The Washington Post noted that his “clients range from the wildcatters of independent oil to the establishment conservatives of E.F. Hutton.” J.D. Williams, who cut Texas-size swath through Washington lobbying, dies at 80 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Patrick Moran sees the cannabis business as a natural extension of Texas’ history of wildcatters and cowboys. In reliably red Texas, cannabis entrepreneurs hope for green 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z A devilish Arkansas wildcatter who owns the league’s most valuable team, Jones, 75, fashions himself the biggest, swingingest member of the membership. Where Does the N.F.L. Go After a Season of Division? 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z But some investors and analysts remain skeptical that U.S. wildcatters will fulfill promises to live within their means, saying that higher prices have almost always led them to boost drilling. Frackers Could Make More Money Than Ever in 2018, If They Don’t Blow It 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z It was a remarkable admission from a wildcatter who, even at 89 years old, was still drilling. T. Boone Pickens, a Texas-Size Businessman, Calls It Quits 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z Too high, and the wildcatters in Texas would drill for fresh supply. Why the oil price is so high 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z So if Jones is acting like “a crazy wildcatter” again, and I’m an NFL owner, I go with him. Perspective | In Jerry Jones v. Roger Goodell, NFL owners should choose sides wisely 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z We want to think that oil is found by Texas wildcatters. Opinion | We Used to Build Things 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z In a posting to LinkedIn, the corporate raider and legendary oilfield wildcatter said that he is still mentally strong but that as far as his life goes, “I clearly am in the fourth quarter.” Legendary wildcatter Boone Pickens takes a Texas-sized fall 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z A confident Texas wildcatter is about as uncommon as a member of the House Majority that wants to raise taxes on the oil industry, but only one of them is actually good for Alaska. Alaska editorials 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z Business associates describe Mr. Efromovich as like a wildcatter, given his diverse investments that span not just South America but also a variety of industries, including energy, shipbuilding and telecommunications. As Avianca Weighs Bids, Hedge Fund Plays Unusual Role: Diplomat 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z Jones seemed like a crazy wildcatter yet again when he built his marbled $1.2 billion palace with a giant scoreboard fit for Vegas and put so much of his own money in it. Perspective | In Jerry Jones v. Roger Goodell, NFL owners should choose sides wisely 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Like the Allen brothers and Sam Houston, like wildcatters and astronauts, Cooley thrived in this brash, open city. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z Apollo's investment in Double Eagle represents a new tack by private equity firms - backing modern wildcatters to gradually build portfolios of mineral rights. Double Eagle Energy, a Texas unicorn, preps for a rare oil IPO 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z In another spot, hundreds of wildcatters had dug out a gaping maw of red and white soil. Hard Times in Venezuela Breed Malaria as Desperate Flock to Mines 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z He’s been a wildcatter in shows in Drumright and even did a few shows as Teddy Roosevelt. From Pawnee Nation College faculty to ‘Rooster Cogburn’ 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z Art was the son of a Texas wildcatter. The Big Fight Over Fossils 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z The 56-year-old wildcatter helped launch a renaissance in U.S. energy production by leasing land around the country to extract oil and gas trapped in shale-rock formations through hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Crash That Killed Aubrey McClendon Was Accident 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z McClendon, a 56-year- old wildcatter, helped launch a renaissance in U.S. energy production by leasing land around the country to extract oil and gas trapped in shale rock formations through hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Police Probe Finds Nothing to Suggest Aubrey McClendon Committed Suicide 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Its longtime chairman, James R. Moffett, an oil wildcatter who helped build Freeport into a commodities powerhouse, agreed to step down last year. Freeport-McMoRan Formally Cancels Plans to Take Oil-and-Gas Business Public 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z The gangs charge wildcatters a share of production, ranging from 5% to 50% based on the richness of the vein, gang leaders said. Armed Gangs Confound Venezuela’s Bid to Exploit Gold Mines 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Struggling SandRidge Energy LLC, a former high flyer once led by legendary wildcatter Tom Ward, said it would not be able to file quarterly results on time. U.S. energy bankruptcy wave surges despite recovering oil prices 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z Life before, after Driller: Stephens is as rugged as any wildcatter. Golden Driller model celebrates Tulsa statue’s 50th birthday 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z Unlike our wildcatters, auto titans and steel magnates, the wage earning jobs created by the technocrats either go overseas or are largely nonexistent. Energy Agenda for President Trump or President Clinton 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z The technology being used to tap the lake’s gas is cutting-edge; but this generation of wildcatters is not the first to see power beneath its placid waters. What lies beneath 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Around them, hundreds of wildcatters dug pits with shovels amid blaring salsa music. Armed Gangs Confound Venezuela’s Bid to Exploit Gold Mines 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Aubrey McClendon, the onetime billionaire wildcatter whose meteoric rise and swift fall traced the arc of the shale revolution, died in a car crash in Oklahoma City. Business recap: Week of Feb. 29 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z Fellow wildcatter T. Boone Pickens, with whom McClendon championed the use of natural gas in place of oil, called him a "charismatic" entrepreneur. A flawed visionary, McClendon ignited shale revolution, courted controversy 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Mr McClendon, the great-nephew of a former Oklahoma governor, was not a typical wildcatter. A gambler on shale 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z McClendon, a prominent wildcatter and champion of America’s “energy revolution,” was indicted Tuesday on a charge of orchestrating a scheme to keep bid prices low for oil and natural gas leases. Former Chesapeake Energy CEO dies in crash a day after price-fixing indictment 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z About three years ago, to diversify its business, Freeport plunged into oil and gas under the leadership of its chairman, the Texas wildcatter James Moffett. Freeport-McMoRan Battles the Oil Slump 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z “This will introduce a kind of healthy competition that all players will benefit from, as early wildcatters and smaller companies did early on in the development of the U.S. shale industry.” YPF, American Energy Partners to Develop Argentina Oil, Gas Projects 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z The board approached the wildcatter, who is known as “Jim Bob,” about resigning, after nearly half a century with Freeport and its predecessors. Supermines Add to Supply Glut of Metals 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z Take the U.S. shale industry, where easy money drove wildcatters from North Dakota to Texas to unlock vast new reserves of natural gas and oil locked in shale formations. Fed Move Adds to Pressure on Commodities 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z It is an unusual fight for the former wildcatter. For Pickens, Wind Claim May Be Last Power Play 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Others made fortunes supplying those wildcatters with pipelines, trucks and equipment for “fracking.” The Families Funding the 2016 Presidential Election 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z The Bass family, heirs to Texas oil wildcatter Sid Richardson’s fortune, hired the Stanford Business School graduate from Goldman Sachs to manage its investments when Rainwater was 26, the statement said. Texas Philanthropist-Investor Richard Rainwater Dies at 71 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z America’s first successful wildcatter had a lot in common with fiction’s most famous whaler. How the American Oil Industry Got Its Start 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z He’s rebuilt the company along lines that would make a Texas wildcatter proud: spreading bets and relying on other people’s money to find winners. Life After Loeb: Ligand Pharmaceuticals Prospers In Stripped-Down Mode 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z America’s wildest wildcatter, Aubrey McClendon, found new life — and new billions — after his spectacular plunge from the top of the oil game. Aubrey McClendon: Fracking's Cowboy Rides Again 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z In energy, some were latter-day wildcatters, early to capitalize on the new drilling technologies and high energy prices that made it economical to exploit shale formations in North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas. The Families Funding the 2016 Presidential Election 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z National Guardsmen were sent in to replace the wildcatters. Do We Need a Postal Service? 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Quicksilver Resources, the Fort Worth wildcatter that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week, also made a big bet on the Barnett. Barnett Shale play on hiatus 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z The descendants of the 1930s wildcatters are today’s producers of oil from shale, who are driving down the world price of crude by flooding the market with millions of barrels of new oil each day. The Relentless Production of Shale Oil Is Breaking OPEC’s Neck 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z McClendon may have fallen far off the list since then, but he’s done nothing to diminish his reputation as the world’s wildest wildcatter. Aubrey McClendon: Fracking's Cowboy Rides Again 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z “It was a huge gamble, but he was a wildcatter and a risk taker,” Tough said. Planned community faces crossroads at 40 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z Sarah Vogel, a former Industrial Commission member, said she considered it a startling admission that current policy was based on “the treatment of a small wildcatter from an earlier era.” The Downside of the Boom 2014-11-22T05:00:00Z Meantime, supply is way up, helped by U.S. wildcatters riding the “fracking” boom in the prairies of North Dakota and the plains of Texas. The Hummer is back. Thank falling oil prices. That’s why wildcatters–entrepreneurs who are always searching for new oil sources or finding ways to extract more oil from supposedly spent wells–are a U.S. phenomenon. What Washington Politicians -- and Those of Other Countries -- Can Learn from the U.S. Energy Miracle 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z Hunt, an eccentric oil wildcatter, gambler and a self-made billionaire. Nelson Bunker Hunt, Texas oil baron who lost much of his fortune, dies at 88 The town, named for a wildcatter, counted a population of about 3,000. Vexed by earthquakes, Texas calls in a scientist 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z Drilling 17 straight dry holes, as Hamm once did, can make a wildcatter realize he isn’t as wily as he thought. This Oil Billionaire Needs a Lucky Break in Divorce Court 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z They allowed the wildcatters to do as they pleased while insisting that Erbil’s politicians negotiate oil-revenue sharing and political unity with Baghdad. Oil and Why America Is Dropping Bombs to Defend Erbil 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z Now he’s at the forefront of a push by major energy companies and wildcatters to take fracking global. John Browne, former chief executive at BP, becomes the face of fracking in Britain 2014-04-25T14:14:31Z With no college degree and little experience, it's possible to land a job with a six-figure salary as a wildcatter, living in a "man camp". Life in a US boomtown 2014-03-12T00:52:03Z Peru's government estimates that more than 100,000 illegal miners are now working in the country of 30 million, though others say the true number of wildcatters is closer to 500,000. 'Ethical gold' aims to curb mining's toll in South America 2014-03-04T08:54:28Z How experiments by wildcatters tapped into shale — and environmental controversy. Science Best Sellers: Science Bookshelf 2013-12-09T22:06:44Z The son of Greek immigrants to the US, he worked as a "wildcatter" in Texas drilling speculative holes in areas where oil had not formerly been found. Been and gone: Co-inventor of Twister and the father of fracking 2013-08-04T00:43:52Z U.S. wildcatters, who started the shale boom in the middle of the last decade, are ready to pounce now that Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has opened his country to foreign petroleum investment. John Browne, former chief executive at BP, becomes the face of fracking in Britain 2014-04-25T14:14:31Z In his early days he struck a deal with a Chicago bookmaker to buy rights to a piece of land known as “the wildcatter’s graveyard”, and quickly drilled 13 gushers. Schumpeter: The father of fracking 2013-08-01T15:03:34Z When a Chicago bookie offered the fledgling company a deal for an area north of Fort Worth known as “the wildcatters’ graveyard,” they bit. George Mitchell, a Pioneer in Hydraulic Fracturing, Dies at 94 2013-07-27T00:54:12Z Like wildcatters exploring for oil, American scientists grasped desperately around them, striving to find the next weapon of the future. We tried to weaponize the weather 2013-04-27T19:00:00Z A California wildcatter oil company, Citadel Exploration, is seeking to drill up to 15 steam injection wells on a cattle ranch south of the park. Oil drilling could be new nadir for Pinnacles National Park 2013-03-03T16:00:00Z Mr. Pickens, 84, made billions of dollars as a hedge fund manager and wildcatter drilling for oil and gas. In a Natural Gas Glut, Big Winners and Losers 2012-10-20T18:57:52Z Pat Garrard spent nearly $20,000 of the money of his boss — a unnamed West Texas rancher, “a self-made wildcatter” with a passion for books, as he calls him. The Great Book Sale of Texas: Larry McMurtry Gives Up His Collection 2012-08-15T13:35:29Z They aren’t that much different than oil wildcatters or explorers for natural gas. What Ails Geothermal? Let Me Count the Ways 2012-05-24T18:21:31Z The wildcatter label captures the entrepreneurial qualities he brought to his work. Reuters Magazine: Jack Shafer: Wikileaks' 16th minute 2012-01-26T15:15:40Z He’s a wildcatter, the sort of oil hunter unafraid to lease land and put a drill bit in the ground where there might or might not be crude. The Man Who Bought North Dakota 2012-01-19T23:30:19Z That tantalizing possibility prompted the British wildcatter Cairn Energy to launch an expensive effort to drill exploratory wells with the hope of bringing billions of barrels of oil. How a $600 Million Search for Arctic Oil Came Up Dry 2011-12-02T12:06:45Z The National Energy Administration in Beijing is reportedly looking at ways to keep a lid on coal wildcatters in the high-flying market. Where Coal Is King in China 2011-11-04T21:15:05.253Z A century ago “wildcatters” put everything they had on the line to drill oil wells, hoping to discover a gusher. Hedge funds in Texas: Stetsons and spreadsheets 2011-07-27T18:45:42Z I mean no disrespect to Assange by calling him a wildcatter - or by calling him a journalist! Reuters Magazine: Jack Shafer: Wikileaks' 16th minute 2012-01-26T15:15:40Z He started as a wildcatter in 1956; three decades later his Mesa Petroleum was the largest independent exploration company in the U.S. BW Archive: There Will Be Water 2011-07-14T20:07:02Z What kind of independent, insubordinate wildcatters do they think they are? High-school officials in whistle flap deserve better 2011-05-23T05:05:33Z Using new drilling methods pioneered by a Texas wildcatter, companies have been able to tap enormous quantities of gas from shale, leading to rock-bottom prices for natural gas even as oil soars. The Gas Dilemma 2011-03-31T07:05:00Z But with an infinite number of naming possibilities, an industry of Web wildcatters is racing to grab these potentially lucrative territories with addresses that are bound to provoke. Rush is on for custom domain name suffixes 2011-02-07T02:14:00Z These circumstances have also subtly redefined what it means to be a wildcatter and changed too the oilman’s relationship with risk. The Will to Drill 2011-01-14T19:13:05Z The trouble which follows from over-investment in real-estate futures is attributable, not so much to the wildcatters, as to the unknown author of the multiplication table. Seeds of Pine While this precious pair of "wildcatters" are thus employed, a good opportunity is given us to describe their retreat. The Kentucky Ranger Shale wasn't worth the trouble — until a veteran wildcatter named George Mitchell began experimenting with the Barnett Shale in Texas in the 1980s. The Gas Dilemma 2011-03-31T07:05:00Z He was no horseman, but as a perpetual-motion conversationalist the old wildcatter broke records. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West They had the shrewd, keen look of the driller and the wildcatter. 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