My grandfather was an oil wildcatter.

我祖父是位石勘探。

As wildcatters rushed to the region, small refineries started popping up all over the place.

随着盲目开采涌入该地区，小型炼厂开始在各处涌现。

By the early 1860's these wildcatters were drilling for " black gold" all over western Pennsylvania.

截止到19世纪60年代早期，这些冒险为寻找" 黑色金子" 钻探遍了整个宾西法尼亚西部。

Like two wildcatters fighting over a fresh oil strike, these bats battle over a particularly rich feeding spot.

就像采会为一个刚出土矿争夺一样，蝙蝠也会为美食而战。

In 2011, the New York Times reported: Two miles below the ocean floor, on a ridge the size of metropolitan Houston, modern-day wildcatters have pinpointed what they believe is a major oil field.

2011 年，《纽约时报》报道称：在海底两英里处，在休斯敦都会那么脊上，现代野心家们已经查明了他们认为一个主要田。

Oil giants such as ExxonMobil and Chevron trod more gingerly into shalelands such as the Permian basin, not least because the wildcatters' expansionary zeal earned fracking a reputation for torching billions of investors' money.

埃克森美孚和雪佛龙等石巨头更加谨慎地涉足二叠纪盆地等页岩地，尤其是因为这些野心勃勃扩张热情为水力压裂赢得了烧毁数十亿投资资金名声。