Method and apparatus for producing an oil, water, and/or gas well

A method of producing oil well fluid that includes one or more components that are oil, gas, and water with contained solids from a wellbore, comprising the steps of:

• a) providing a wellbore that is lined with casing to provide an annulus and having a first production pipe inside the casing;
• b) placing a second production pipe inside the wellbore;
• c) introducing a gaseous flow that is selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbon or non-hydrocarbon to one of the production pipes at a rate of flow that is sufficient to produce a combination of flow regimes that includes slug flow (approaching a gas continuous phase flow regime) and gas continuous phase flows in at least a majority of the other production pipe, and without the use below ground level of a gas lift valve or valves or a mandrel or mandrels.

A method of producing oil well fluid that includes one or more components that are oil, gas, and water with contained solids from a wellbore, comprising the steps of;

• a) providing a wellbore that is lined with casing to provide an annulus and having a first production pipe inside the casing;
• b) placing another production pipe inside the first production pipe wherein the space between the pipes defines an annulus that is the second production pipe;
• c) introducing a gaseous flow to one of the production pipes at a rate of flow that is sufficient to produce a gas continuous-phase flow regime in at least a majority of the other production pipe, and at a pressure that is not less than atmospheric pressure.

A method of producing oil well fluid that includes one or more components that are oil, gas, and water with contained solids from a wellbore, comprising the steps of;

• a) providing a wellbore that is lined with casing to provide an annulus and having a first production pipe inside the casing;
• b) placing another production pipe inside the first production pipe wherein the space between the pipes defines an annulus that is the second production pipe;
• c) introducing a gaseous flow that is selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbon or non-hydrocarbon to one of the production pipes at a rate of flow that is sufficient to produce a combination of flow regimes that includes slug flow (approaching a gas continuous phase flow regime) and gas continuous phase flows in at least a majority of the other production pipe, and without the use below ground level of a gas lift valve or valves or a mandrel or mandrels.

A method of producing oil well fluid that includes one or more components that are oil, gas and water with contained solids from a wellbore, comprising the steps of;

• a) providing a wellbore that is lined with casing and having a first production pipe inside the casing;
• b) wherein the space between the casing and production pipe defines an annulus that is a second production pipe;
• c) introducing a supplemental gaseous flow that is selected from the group consisting of (hydrocarbon or non-hydrocarbon) to one of the production pipes at a rate of flow that is sufficient to approach a gas continuous-phase flow regime in at least a majority of the other production pipe and at a pressure that is not less than atmospheric pressure.

A method of producing oil well fluid that includes one or more components that are oil, gas and water with contained solids from a wellbore, comprising the steps of;

• a) providing a wellbore that is lined with casing and having a first production pipe inside the casing;
• b) wherein the space between the casing and production pipe defines an annulus that is a second production pipe;
• c) introducing a gaseous flow that is selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbon or non-hydrocarbon to one of the production pipes at a rate of flow that is sufficient to produce a combination of flow regimes that includes slug now (approaching a gas continuous phase flow regime) and gas continuous-phase flows in at least a majority of the other production pipe, and without the use below ground level of a gas lift valve or valves or a mandrel or mandrels.

A method of producing oil well fluid that includes one or more components that are oil, gas and water with contained solids from a wellbore, comprising the steps of;

• a) providing a wellbore that is lined with casing to provide an annulus and having multiple production pipes inside the casing, one or more of the production pipes defining a first production pipe;
• b) one or more of the other production pipes defining a second production pipe;
• c) introducing a gaseous flow to one of the production pipes at a rate of flow that is sufficient to produce a gas continuous-phase flow regime in at least a majority of the other production pipe, and at a pressure that is not less than atmospheric.

A method of producing oil well fluid that includes one or more components that are oil, gas and water with contained solids from a wellbore, comprising the steps of;

• a) providing a wellbore that is lined with casing to provide an annulus and having multiple production pipes inside the casing, one or more of the production pipes defining a first production pipe;
• b) one or more of the other production pipes defining a second production pipe;
• c) introducing a gaseous flow that is selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbon or non-hydrocarbon to one of the production pipes at a rate of flow that is sufficient to produce a combination of flow regimes that includes slug flow (approaching a gas continuous phase flow regime) and gas continuous-phase flows in at least a majority of the other production pipe, and without the use below ground level of a gas lift valve or valves or a mandrel or mandrels.