With the 2019 Legislative session ending soon, the Florida Legislature hasn’t, and probably won’t, pass legislation to ban fracking this year. As the voice of Florida business, Associated Industries ...

There are two basic types of acid treatments applicable to carbonates. They are characterized by injection rates and pressures. Acid treatment with injection rates below formation fracturing pressure ...

Last week, one day after a report was released claiming that Venoco Inc. was using a technique known as matrix acidizing to stimulate production from the wells that it accesses from Platform Holly off ...

The Florida Legislature is considering bills to outlaw certain types of fracking in Florida; but advocates for clean water warn that the ban excludes one oil and gas extraction technique that could ...

TALLAHASSEE — Two forms of fracking for oil and natural gas exploration would be banned in Florida under a bill that cleared a state House panel Tuesday, leaving in place a third technique opponents ...

It is sometimes necessary to break down perforations by temporarily pumping acid above fracturing pressure to initiate production or injection of a subsequent treatment, such as hydraulic fracturing.

Carbon dioxide (CO 2) pumped ahead of an acid treatment preconditions the formation and overcomes sandstone acidizing problems that may occur with conventional treatments. Conventional treatments can ...