Method of removing wellbore fluid from well and water removal well

A method for removal of fluid from a subterranean formation comprising the steps of:

• providing a wellbore from the surface to within the formation:
• providing a pump in the wellbore capable of removing fluid from the wellbore to a surface location;
• establishing a pump performance function as pump curves;
• measuring at least one variable that establishes where the pump is operating on the pump curve;
• determining a differential pressure across the pump from the at least one measured variable;
• determining a pressure of liquid pumped by the electric driven pump at a know height of the annular fluid column above the suction of the electric driven pump;
• determining a height of the annular fluid column of liquid above the suction of the pump from the differential pressure across the pump, the know height of the annular fluid column above the suction of the electric driven pump, and the pressure of liquid pumped by the electric driven pump at a know height of the annular fluid column above the suction of the electric driven pump.