recoyeq- are bliooting nit11 nitroglycerin and the application of x-acuiiiii tn tlie ~ ~ 1 Sometimes 1 ~ . a dry hole is converted into an oil producer liy shootiiig -1new nietliod is tlie use of li-drochloric acid, especially in
linrestoiie formatioils. The a7-erage increase in oil production on three thousand atidized n-ell. oii ~ d i i c hrecords were kept, was 448 per cent. ;1n~nnI)erof dry holes l i a i e lieen tiirnetl into eonniiercial producer^ hy acidizing. It is estiiirated that over 200,000,000 lmrrel. of eniulsified oil are produced yearly. \-ear. ago, tlii.: eniul4fied oil n-as riin into sunips, rewlting in heavy loss. Howe.,-er, diligent re*earcli dereloped coniniercial mean.: for recovering cleaii oil fr(in1 these emul.ioiiIiiies, .llorithiy Pefroietcm S f n l e n ? t n f128 ( F e h . 5 , I!) RECEIVED.\pril 1, 11135. Presented before the Ilivision of Petroleum Chemistry a t the 8 9 t h Xeeting of t h e ;\meri
