Gas lift valve failure mode analysis and the design of a thermally-actuated positive-locking safety valve

Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2010. === Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. === Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-135). === Gas-lifted oil wells are susceptible to failure through malfunction of gas lift valves. This is a growing c...

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Main Author: Gilbertson, Eric (Eric W.)
Other Authors: Franz Hover.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/64599