acidizer

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English

Etymology

From acidize +‎ -er.

Noun

acidizer (plural acidizers)

  1. One who treats blocked oil or gas wells with acid.
    • 1962, Walter Lee Summers, The Law of Oil and Gas: With Forms - Volume 4, page 50:
      Cunningham v. Olson Drilling co., C.A.Tex., 1948, 171 F.2d 392 (action against owner, driller, and acidizer of oil well by independent contractor's employee).
    • 1965, Max Waite Ball, Douglas Ball, Daniel S. Turner, This Fascinating Oil Business, page 14:
      Where nature has cemented the oil-bearing zones with limestone, the acidizer may be called on.
    • 1994, Lela Latch Lloyd, Miss Amanda and Mr. Will, page 121:
      That rebirth of clogged wells to flowing ones was especially remunerative to the owner and the acidizer.