Acidizing may be more useful than hydraulic fracturing in some situations. Hydraulic fracturing–also called fracking–is a process that creates channels in underground rock formations by ...

And there are hints that the process, known as "acidizing" a well, may work better than hydraulic fracturing in California's Monterey Shale, estimated to hold 15.4 billion barrels of oil.

Acidizing is when an oil or gas company pumps acid into a well to dissolve the rocks lining the walls of the well. This can extend the life of the well and make it easier to extract the oil and gas.

Well acidizing is achieved by pumping acid into the well to dissolve limestone, dolomite and calcite cement between the sediment grains of the reservoir rocks. There are two types of acid ...

Readers may want to know that on September 24, nine members of the U.S. House of Representatives weighed in to register their and their constituents’ concerns about the impacts of acidizing and ...

Although acidizing is the oldest method of well stimulation, it is often applied with mixed results. It remains, however, a valuable tool for improving well productivity. The key to acidizing ...

Matrix acidizing is an oil extraction method performed by pumping acidic fluids into a well at a low pressure. Operators use acid to dissolve minerals and avoid damaging the rock layer around the ...

"New Acidizing Techniques Prove Useful in the Offshore Environment," Paper No. SPE 39481, SPE International Symposium on Formation Damage Control, Lafayette, La., Feb. 18-19, 1998.