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Dual string automatic gas lift valve

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5076558
An automatically operated, pressure responsive gas-lift injection valve is described for use in a dual zone string. The device employs a pressure-operated switching valve for delivering injection gas to the tubing string having the highest column of fluid. The switching valve is responsive to the tubing pressure in each of the 2 production strings and, sensing the higher of the 2 tubing pressures, opens that string to lift gas injected through the casing annulus. (15 claims)
Assignee:
Dresser Industries Inc.
Patent Number(s):
US 3851997
OSTI ID:
5076558
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English