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Gas Lift

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Continuous gas lift is a method at which gas is injected continuously into the lower part of the production tubing to improve the well flow potential.

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Nguyen, T. (2020). Gas Lift. In: Artificial Lift Methods. Petroleum Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40720-9_2

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