Patent ID: 7748449

Claim:
A method of producing a well, comprising: (a) providing a packer with a passage extending through the packer, a valve in the passage, and a tieback receptacle; (b) setting the packer in casing of the well; (c) applying fluid pressure to the portion of the casing above the packer to test the casing, the test being used to determine if the casing leaks; then, if the test is satisfactory, (d) lowering a submersible pump into the well, engaging an intake portion of the pump with the passage in the packer, opening the valve and operating the pump to cause well fluid to flow from below the passage, through the valve and to the surface; and, if the test of step (c) is not satisfactory, (e) before step (d) running a string of conduit into engagement with the tieback receptacle; then (f) performing step (d) by lowering the submersible pump through the conduit.