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rotational gas lift
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A gas-lift system that recycles the injected gas using compressors. This closed system does not require an external source of gas for operating the gas-lift system.
gas-lift mandrel
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A gas-lift system component that is assembled with the production tubing string to provide a means of locating gas-lift valves. The position or depth of the gas lift valves is ...
stabilized gas well
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A gas well producing at a constant rate in which wellhead pressure changes no more than a small amount as a function of time. The actual amount of change permitted in a given time ...
nonideal gas
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A gas described by an equation of state of the form pV = znRT, where z is the gas deviation factor dependent on pressure, temperature and gas composition.
synthetic natural gas
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A gas obtained by heating coal or refining heavy hydrocarbons. Synthetic natural gas is abbreviated SNG.
blanket gas
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A gas phase maintained above a liquid in a vessel to protect the liquid against air contamination, to reduce the hazard of detonation or to pressurize the liquid. The gas source ...
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