Hybrid artificial lift system and method

A hybrid artificial lift method that comprises:

• anchoring a pump body downhole at the end of a production tubular in a well;
• attaching a pump plunger to a pump tubular, the pump tubular having a central bore;
• providing the pump tubular with one or more gas injection ports;
• positioning the pump tubular within the production tubular, thereby defining an annular conduit;
• reciprocating the pump tubular to drive the pump plunger within the pump body and thereby create a fluid flow to a well head via the central bore or the annular conduit;
• and
• concurrently with said reciprocating, injecting gas into the fluid flow via the one or more gas injection ports.

A well that comprises:

• a production tubular terminated by a pump body anchored downhole;
• a tapered continuous tubing string positioned inside the production tubular and terminated by a plunger;
• and
• a surface pump unit that reciprocates the tapered continuous tubing string to reciprocate the plunger in the pump body, thereby pumping fluid to a well head via a bore of the tapered continuous tubing string or via an annular conduit between the production tubular and the tapered continuous tubing string,
• wherein the fluid is pumped via the bore.