Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To treat with an acid; render acid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To impregnate with
acid ;acidify . - verb To treat a limestone or sandstone formation with HCl or HF to enlarge its void spaces (petroleum geology).
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Examples
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As the old WESTERN Oil Services oil service company said in the old TV commericals in the Late 1970, If you have a oil & gas well, call us and we can fix cemment, frac , acidize ect.
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Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in operating pumping and bleeding equipment to cement, acidize, and fracture oil and gas wells.
Discover What You’re Best At Linda Gale 1998
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Once complete, this will enable us to acidize the well with a solution of 4,000 gallons of 15% Hydrochloric Acid, as well as acid solvent, iron control, acid inhibitor, surfactant, and sulfide control which will be pumped into the well.
unknown title 2012
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If you want to acidize a well, you call Europe and you get something shipped out of Europe with a mobilization charge that's in the hundreds of thousands of Euros.
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