But for the moment, at least, none of this deters the wildcatters along Wyoming's Powder River.

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Thanks to a decision by the Supreme Court, more people could soon be joining the wildcatters.

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Entrepreneurs of the sort you'd want in most business sectors (they are called wildcatters in resource industries) are discouraged.

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The wheeler-dealers and quasi-wildcatters who pioneered the field have been replaced by engineers talking efficiency and managers describing manufacturing processes.

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You know prices are high when wildcatters get sheepish.

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In the 21st century production managers have replaced wildcatters.

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The effect of such an oil spike would be to line the pockets of OPEC nations (and U.S. wildcatters and Russian potentates) with greenbacks while applying a brake to any nascent growth in the world economy.

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