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plunger lift
Oil & gas; Oilfield
An artificial-lift method principally used in gas wells to unload relatively small volumes of liquid. An automated system mounted on the wellhead controls the well on an ...
intermittent gas lift
Oil & gas; Oilfield
An artificial-lift method, used in relatively low-productivity wells, in which the gas-lift system is operated on an intermittent basis to enable the buildup of liquids in the ...
balanced array
Oil & gas; Oilfield
An array induction whose transmitters and receivers are arranged to produce a null reading in free space, that is, which has the mutual signal balanced to zero.
continuous gas lift
Oil & gas; Oilfield
An artificial-lift method in which the gas-lift system is operated on a continuous basis to sustain liquid production at an efficient rate.
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