Dual well, dual pump production
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsDonn J. Brown, Trevor A. Kopecky
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Abstract
Methods and systems for producing hydrocarbons. An example method includes producing a non-hydrocarbon liquid from a first horizontal wellbore, the first horizontal wellbore extending from a vertical wellbore and through a hydrocarbon producing formation. The method further includes pumping the non-hydrocarbon liquid with a first pump into a second horizontal wellbore, the second horizontal wellbore extending from the vertical wellbore and disposed downhole and underneath the first horizontal wellbore. The method additionally includes pumping a hydrocarbon liquid uphole to a surface with a second pump disposed downhole of the first horizontal wellbore.
Claims20
A method for producing hydrocarbons comprising:
- producing a fluid from a first horizontal wellbore with a first pump, the first horizontal wellbore extending from a vertical wellbore and through a hydrocarbon producing formation;
- wherein the first pump is configured to pump fluids produced from the first horizontal wellbore;
- separating the fluid into a hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon liquid;
- and
- pumping the non-hydrocarbon liquid with a second pump into a second horizontal wellbore, the second horizontal wellbore extending from the vertical wellbore and disposed downhole and underneath the first horizontal wellbore;
- wherein the second pump is configured to pump a non-hydrocarbon liquid to the second horizontal wellbore, wherein the first and second pumps are disposed on distinct conduits.
A system for producing hydrocarbons comprising:
- a vertical wellbore descending from a surface and through a hydrocarbon producing formation;
- a first horizontal wellbore extending from the vertical wellbore and through the hydrocarbon producing formation;
- a second horizontal wellbore extending from the vertical wellbore and disposed downhole and underneath the first horizontal wellbore;
- a first pump disposed downhole of the first horizontal wellbore;
- wherein the first pump is configured to pump fluids produced from the first horizontal wellbore to the surface;
- and
- a second pump disposed downhole of the first pump and proximate to a pressure packer;
- wherein the second pump is uphole or downhole of the pressure packer;
- wherein the second pump is configured to pump a non-hydrocarbon liquid to the second horizontal wellbore,
- wherein the first and second pumps are disposed on distinct conduits, and
- wherein the pressure packer is disposed downhole of the first horizontal wellbore and isolates the second horizontal wellbore from the vertical wellbore.
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