Patent ID: 6550539
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: E21B

Abstract:
A method of completing a well comprising:running a liner into a cased wellbore; locating an upper potion of the liner proximate a lower portion of the cased wellbore, leaving an overlapping area therebetween; expanding the liner in the overlapping area whereby an outer surface of the liner is placed into contact with an inner surface of the cased welibore, whereby the liner is bearingly fixed within the cased wellbore; running a length of tubular into the well, a lower portion of the tubular being expandable and an upper portion having a polish bore receptacle formed therein; expanding the lower portion of the tubular into the expanded liner whereby the tubular is fixed within the liner; and running a tubular string into the well to tie into the polish bore receptacle, thereby forming a fluid path to a surface of the well.