acidize
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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"Oil companies will not be allowed to frack or acidize in California unless they test the groundwater, notify neighbors and list each and every chemical on the Internet," Pavely said.
From Reuters ● Sep. 21, 2013
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and acidizing is also used to ‘stimulate,’ or enable production from a significant proportion of wells.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2018
The activists want Gov. Jerry Brown to ban hydraulic fracturing, acidizing and other controversial methods of oil extraction in California.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2015
California’s oil and gas industry uses more than 2 million gallons of fresh water a day to produce oil through well stimulation practices including fracking, acidizing and steam injection, according to estimates by environmentalists.
From Reuters ● Apr. 1, 2015
Oil company executives have previously said acidizing could be even more useful than fracking in getting at the Monterey Shale reserves.
From Reuters ● Sep. 11, 2013
Oil promised money through work on drilling rigs and frac crews and acidizing units, and it meant people were willing to live here whatever the deprivation.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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