acid treatment

acid treatment

[′as·əd ′trēt·mənt] (chemical engineering) A refining process in which unfinished petroleum products, such as gasoline, kerosine, and diesel oil, are contacted with sulfuric acid to improve their color, odor, and other properties. (petroleum engineering) In petroleum-bearing formations, use of acid to enlarge the pore spaces and passages through which the reservoir fluids flow.