Patent ID: 8898018

Claim:
A method of hydrocarbon production from a well, comprising: a first analyzing step of analyzing phases of hydrocarbon oil, gas and water in a mixture at flowing conditions as the mixture is extracted from the well to determine a relative amount of the hydrocarbon oil with respect to the mixture as a whole, a relative amount of the gas with respect to the mixture as a whole, and a relative amount of the water with respect to the mixture as a whole; and substantially separating the mixture into a hydrocarbon oil portion, a water portion, and a gas portion, wherein each respective portion contains substantially only the hydrocarbon oil, water or gas, respectively; a second analyzing step of analyzing the hydrocarbon oil portion and determining if the hydrocarbon oil portion meets a predetermined hydrocarbon oil standard, and treating any hydrocarbon oil portion that does not meet the predetermined hydrocarbon oil standard to meet the predetermined hydrocarbon oil standard; and a third analyzing step of analyzing the water portion to determine if the water portion meets a predetermined water standard and treating any water portion that does not meet the predetermined water standard to meet the predetermined water standard, wherein each of the first, second, and third analyzing steps occur simultaneously.