Patent ID: 7500525

Claim:
A well arrangement ( 50 ) for recovering formation liquids from a well ( 8 ), said arrangement comprising: a tubing string ( 13 ) disposed within a well bore ( 8 ), where an annulus ( 32 ) is defined between an outer wall of said tubing string ( 13 ) and an inner wall ( 11 ) of said well bore ( 8 ), said tubing string ( 13 ) having an upper end portion and a lower end portion ( 30 ) with said lower end portion ( 30 ) extending to a bottom tip of said tubing string ( 13 ), a lowermost packer ( 14 ) disposed within said annulus ( 32 ) and positioned between said upper end portion and said lower end portion ( 30 ) of said tubing string ( 13 ) such that no additional packer is positioned between said lowermost packer ( 14 ) and said bottom tip of said tubing string ( 13 ), and a plurality of flow regulators ( 34 , 36 , 38 ) disposed in said lower end portion ( 30 ) of said tubing string ( 13 ) between said lowermost packer ( 14 ) and said bottom tip of said tubing string ( 13 ), said plurality of flow regulators ( 34 , 36 , 38 ) providing fluid communication between said annulus ( 32 ) and said tubing string ( 13 ) and being arranged and designed to systematically lower any level of formation liquids in said annulus ( 32 ) between said lowermost packer ( 14 ) and said bottom tip of said tubing string ( 13 ) to a level adjacent said bottom tip of said tubing string ( 13 ) by controlling flow of formation liquids into said tubing string ( 13 ).