Patent ID: 6684956
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: E21B

Abstract:
An apparatus for producing hydrocarbons from first and second production zones intersected by a well, the apparatus comprising;a first packer positioned in the well above said first production zone; a second packer positioned in the well between said first and second production zones, wherein said first packer comprises a dual packer; a first flow conduit for communicating a first production fluid from said first production zone between said first and second packers into an interior of said well above said first packer; a second flow conduit extending from said first packer to said second packer for communicating a second production fluid from said second zone below said second packer into said interior of said well above said first packer wherein said first and second production fluids are commingled in said interior of said well above said first packer; and a pumping system lowered into said well on a production tubing, wherein the commingled first and second production fluids are communicated into the production tubing and urged upwardly therein.