Word: acidizing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Acid Doctors...
First attempts in sandstone failed. When experiments in limestone began to look promising, Vandergrift decided to confine his practice to the limestone formations of West Virginia, moved to Spencer, arriving there in 1934 with a few gallons of acid, a few dollars, no orders, much confidence. Now he has dozens of admiring customers, including subsidiaries of Standard Oil of New Jersey, South Penn Oil Co.. Columbia Gas & Electric. Carnegie Steel, Chesebrough Manufacturing Co. Some Vandergrift results...
...well in Roane County was yielding a dribble of twelve barrels per month. Acid treatment boosted production to 628 bbl. per month. The company gained $12,000 for a treatment costing...
...Clay County, 1,450 gal. of acid was driven into a well and rammed home with 165 bbl. of crude. The acid fanned out in a 90° arc, increased the yield of six adjoining wells in addition to the one treated. In ten months production...
...business since he started. Because he knows his trade from the ground down and is willing to go out on a case at any hour, in any season, over any sort of roads, James Vandergrift has the eastern field to himself. Dow Chemical Co. is having comparable success with acid treatment in Oklahoma, Chemical Process Co. in Texas...