Patent ID: 11905803
Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 7:
8. 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;
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 first pump is configured to pump produced fluids that collect uphole of a pressure packer to the surface; wherein the produced fluids collect above the pressure packer but below the first horizontal wellbore; wherein the first pump is an electric submersible pump, rod pump, or a progressive cavity pump.