ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,134, issued on Jan. 13.

"Method for acidizing a formation" was invented by Ashley Cameron Kalenchuk (Calgary, Canada), John Michael Green (Calgary, Canada), Blaine Richard Roth (Calgary, Canada) and David Maceachern Thompson (Calgary, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for perforating a formation and stimulating the formation with an acidic composition is provided. In particular, the method comprises using a separation layer to separate the acidic composition from perforating tools during perforation. The present invention can be used in combination with fracturing such as hydraulic fracturing."

The patent was filed on M...