Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for production from oil wells. More particularly, the present invention relates to an apparatus that utilizes at least one injection pumping device (9), positioned in the interior of a petroleum well (10) to provide hydraulic fluid to a hydraulic pumping device (3) positioned in the bottom of the petroleum well (10), in order to cause a flow of fluids originating from a reservoir (14).

Abstract: A method and apparatus for exploiting oilfields involving the installation of a well network in the form of an open or non-open ring that is generally non-circular. Horizontal well sections (3) are drilled from vertical injection (1) or producing (2) wells that already exist, to interlink them. The vertical wells that are located in the same line are used as injection wells, thereby promoting oil sweeping in the reservoir (R) towards the ring-shaped producing wells (P1) or (P2). In another embodiment, vertical service wells are drilled for monitoring the characteristics of the reservoir (R). From these wells, horizontal wells are drilled in a ring-shaped form to obtain concentric well rings from the periphery to the central region of the reservoir (R). The outermost horizontal well is used as injection well and the innermost annular horizontal wells are used as producing wells.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mandrel for a gas lift valve which comprises an elongated body provided with means of connection at its ends. The body is provided with a side pocket (17) and a side receptacle (16) in the interior of which may be housed a gas lift valve (13) which injects gas into the interior of the body of the mandrel for the gas lift valve (15) by means of orifices (22) positioned in a nose (18). The mandrel for the gas lift valve (15) comprises additionally a lower body (23) provided on the lower part of the valve receptacle (16) of the mandrel of the side pocket (15) in that the lower body (23) is configured in a manner to seal the lower part of the valve receptacle (16) to form a chamber (24) and the lower body is provided with at least one injection orifice to inject gas into the interior of the body of the mandrel of the gas lift valve (15).