Patent ID: 7694741

Claim:
A well, comprising: a primary wellbore section adapted to produce fluid from a fluid bearing reservoir, the primary wellbore section being positioned within said reservoir and comprising a cylindrical member having apertures; at least one flanking wellbore section positioned within said reservoir and running substantially alongside and substantially parallel to the primary wellbore section, wherein a portion of the at least one flanking wellbore section is separated from a portion of the primary wellbore section by part of an earth formation within said reservoir; the at least one flanking wellbore section being in fluid communication with the surrounding earth formation and with the primary wellbore section apertures through said part of the earth formation therebetween; and at least one lateral wellbore section joining and extending laterally from the at least one flanking wellbore section in a direction away from the primary wellbore section, the lateral wellbore section having a side wall in fluid communication with the surrounding earth formation.