[Society of Petroleum Engineers SPE Annu
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Jansen, Bård; Dalsmo, Morten; Nøkleberg, Lars; Havre, Kjetil; Kristiansen, Vesle
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Article
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1999
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Society of Petroleum Engineers
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## Abstract Oil production wells on gas lift are sometimes unstable at low gas lift rates, even though steady-state flow analysis gives most efficient production at these gas lift rates. Unstable production, often called heading, may lead to periods of reduced or even no liquid production followed