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nitro shooting

A formation-stimulation process first used about a hundred years ago in Pennsylvania. Nitroglycerine is placed in a well and exploded to fracture the rock. Sand and gravel or cement is usually placed above the explosive charge to improve the efficiency of the shot. Nitro shooting has been largely replaced by formation fracturing.

shot

1. a charge of high explosive, usually nitroglycerine, detonated in a well to shatter the formation and expedite the recovery of oil. Shooting has been almost completely replaced by formation fracturing and acid treatments.

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