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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1998
Jerry L Brady, Anchorage, AK (US);
Mark D Stevenson, Anchorage, AK (US);
John M Klein, Anchorage, AK (US);
James L Cawvey, Anchorage, AK (US);
Atlantic Richfield Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for increasing the production of hydrocarbons from a production well producing a mixture of hydrocarbons and water through a wellbore penetrating a formation having a production zone producing a mixture of hydrocarbons and water, and a selected injection zone, by separating, in the wellbore, at least a portion of the water from the mixture of hydrocarbons and water, to produce separated water and a hydrocarbon enriched mixture; injecting, by the use of a pump drivingly connected to a turbine, at least a major portion of the separated water into the selected injection zone; and recovering at least a major portion of the hydrocarbon enriched mixture.