HYDROCARBON RECOVERY START-UP PROCESS

摘要

A process startup of hydrocarbon recovery utilizing a well including a generally vertical section and a generally horizontal section extending into a hydrocarbon-bearing formation. The process includes injecting a fluid through a tube that extends through the generally vertical section and the generally horizontal section of the well, the fluid exiting the tube in the generally horizontal section of the well, lifting the fluid utilizing artificial lift, after transferring heat to the hydrocarbon-bearing formation, to a head of the well to thereby circulate the fluid prior to production, discontinuing circulating the fluid and beginning production of hydrocarbons from the hydrocarbon-bearing formation.