DOWNHOLE FLUID SEPARATOR IN A MULTILATERAL WELL

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Inventor(s)

Zac Arackakudiyil Suresh of Dhahran (SA)

Muhammad Arra'uf Abdul Shukor of Dhahran (SA)

DOWNHOLE FLUID SEPARATOR IN A MULTILATERAL WELL

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250084748 titled 'DOWNHOLE FLUID SEPARATOR IN A MULTILATERAL WELL

Original Abstract Submitted

a multilateral well system comprises a fluid separator to be positioned at a junction between a main bore and a lateral well of a multilateral well, wherein the fluid separator is configured to receive a formation fluid and to separate the formation fluid into production fluid and nonproduction fluid. the multilateral well system includes a pump to be positioned at the junction and configured to pump the nonproduction fluid to the lateral well for injection of the nonproduction fluid into a subsurface formation surrounding the at least one lateral well. the multilateral well system includes a first flow channel configured to be a conduit for delivery of the production fluid to the surface of the multilateral well and a second flow channel configured to deliver an injection of a surface fluid from the surface of the multilateral well into an injection zone downhole in the multilateral well.