| CPC E21B 43/128 (2013.01) [E21B 23/06 (2013.01); E21B 23/14 (2013.01); E21B 47/07 (2020.05); E21B 47/10 (2013.01)] | 23 Claims |
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1. A method comprising:
disposing a packer and an electrical submersible pump assembly (ESP) in a production tubing comprising a production tubing bore,
wherein the ESP comprises a pump device, a discharge, a shroud, and a bypass sub coupled to the shroud,
wherein the shroud comprises a closed end that is coupled to a pumping base of the pump device,
wherein the bypass sub further comprises:
a first flow port configured for fluid communication between the outer surface and a shroud bore,
a first flapper comprising a first valve configured to close the first flow port, and
a pivot system configured to rotate the first flapper from a first position to a second position,
wherein the packer is coupled to an outer surface of the shroud,
wherein the packer is located downstream of the bypass sub, and
wherein the production tubing is in fluid communication with well fluids containing gases and liquids and the production tubing is configured for delivering the gases and the liquids into a wellhead assembly through the production tubing bore;
circulating, using the pump device, the liquids from the pumping base through the discharge, coupled to a pump outlet, to a shroud open end of the shroud, wherein the shroud open end is downstream of the packer;
forming, using the packer, a seal between the outer surface and the production tubing bore;
pumping, using the pump device, the liquids through the production tubing using the bypass sub, wherein pumping the liquids using the bypass sub comprises closing the first flow port using the pivot system to rotate the first flapper from the first position to the second position; and
performing a production operation using the wellhead assembly to obtain an amount of gas production.
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