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AbstractThe coning problem for vertical wells and the ridging problem for horizontal wells are very difficult to solve by normal methods in the process of producing oil from the reservoir with bottom water drive. For heavy oil reservoirs, this difficult problem becomes more complicated for the non-Newtonian properties. An innovative completion method with downhole water sink was presented by dual-completed in oil and water columns with a packer separating the two completions for vertical wells and dual-horizontal wells that the upper well produce the fluid over the oil water contact (OWC) and down well the lower well produce the water below the OWC. The unique technique may restrain the formation of the water coning and ridging by adjusting production rates upper and lower OWC and enlarges the oil draining area, which in turn improve the oil recovery.In order to evaluate quantatively the production performances by using the new method, numerical simulation technique was employed to find out optimal perforation segment and fittest production rates from the formation of the upper and lower OWC.