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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1999
Steven C. Kennedy, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Roy R. Fleshman, Morrison, OK (US);
Nathan Thompson, Tomball, TX (US);
Camco International, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A system for producing production fluids from a wellbore while removing gas that collects in pockets within the wellbore. The system includes an electric submergible pumping unit. The unit includes a submergible pump powered by a submergible motor. The fluid discharged by the pump is forced through a pressure reduction device, such as a jet pump, to create a low pressure area. This low pressure area is coupled via a conduit to a gas pocket creation area within the wellbore. For example, gas pockets may develop beneath a packer disposed above the electric submergible pumping system. The low pressure area at the pressure reduction device draws the gas into the discharged production fluid and delivers the mixture to a collection at the earth's surface.