Patent ID: 8448699

Claim:
A system for lifting fluids in a well, comprising: a first electric submersible pumping system within an encapsulating structure having an opening for communication of a well fluid to an intake of the first electric submersible pumping system; a second electric submersible pumping system; a dual path structure positioned in cooperation with the first electric submersible pumping system and the encapsulating structure and the second electrical submersible pumping system, the dual path structure defining two independent flow channels, the independent flow channels being arranged to prevent contact between either of two fluids; a first extension connected to the dual path structure and the first electric submersible pumping system for communication of one of the two fluids to one of the independent flow channels; a second extension connected to the dual path structure and the second electric submersible pumping system for communication of the other of the two fluids to the other of the independent flow channels; and a support attached to the first extension and the second electric submersible pumping system for support of the second electric submersible pumping system.