Patent ID: 11913322
Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. A production well system, comprising:
a main wellbore extending from a wellhead and penetrating a subterranean hydrocarbon-bearing formation;
a lateral wellbore extending from the main wellbore;
production tubing arranged within the main wellbore and in fluid communication with a production fluid present in the subterranean hydrocarbon-bearing formation;
a separator arranged within the production tubing and operable to separate the production fluid into a hydrocarbon stream and a water stream, wherein the hydrocarbon stream is conveyed to the wellhead within the production tubing and the water stream is conveyed to the lateral wellbore; and
a pump arranged uphole from the separator and operable to receive and convey the water stream into downhole portions of the lateral wellbore.