Patent ID: 8708040

Claim:
A system for producing liquids, solids and gas from the bottom of a hydrocarbon well where the system comprises: a) a wellbore; b) a string of production conduit installed in the well, wherein the string of production conduit includes an open end below a seating nipple, wherein the open end thereof is near the bottom of the well, wherein the open end includes a vent to allow gas that has entered the open end to exit, wherein the string of production conduit has an interior and an exterior and wherein a gas production annulus is defined within the well and around the exterior of the production conduit for natural gas to flow to the surface; c) a pump disposed within the production conduit comprising a barrel and a hollow plunger, wherein the barrel is attached to the production conduit at the seating nipple; and d) a string of hollow rod disposed within said production conduit such that a tubing annulus is formed around the hollow rod string within the interior of the string of production conduit and where the hollow rod string is connected to the plunger via a hollow shear tool that is positioned within the barrel of the pump for movement up and down within the barrel wherein a liquid path to the surface is defined where liquid enters the barrel from the well, moves from the barrel into the plunger and then into the string of hollow rod and then to the surface; such that e) three distinct spaces are defined that extend from at least near the pump to the surface wherein a first space is the gas production annulus, a second space is the tubing annulus for containing a filtered liquid from the surface disposed inside the production conduit and in contact with the hollow rod and the barrel to the plunger and a third space is the liquid path inside the string of hollow rod where the inner diameter of the hollow rod string is smaller than the production conduit.