Patent ID: 9739127
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: E21B

Claim:
1. A method for operating a downhole tool, the method comprising the steps of: (a) running an actuator and a downhole tool downhole simultaneously, the downhole tool disposed on tubing, the actuator operatively associated with an inner string located in the tubing, the actuator and the downhole tool being arranged so that, on running the actuator and the downhole tool downhole, the actuator is located downhole from the downhole tool; (b) pulling the actuator uphole using the inner string operatively associated with the actuator; (c) engaging the downhole tool with the actuator; (d) pulling the actuator uphole to perform a first operation of the downhole tool; (e) changing the configuration of at least one of the downhole tool and the actuator; and (f) pulling the actuator to perform a second operation of said downhole tool.