Patent ID: 7213643

Claim:
A method of positioning a solid tubular in a borehole utilizing a bottom hole assembly including a downhole motor having an upper section with an upper central axis and a lower bearing section with a lower bearing central axis offset at a selected bend angle from the upper section central axis by a bend, the bottom hole assembly further including a bit assembly including a bit, the method comprising: securing a gauge section above the bit, the gauge section having a uniform diameter cylindrical bearing surface thereon along an axial length of at least about 60% of a cutting diameter of the bit; rotating the bit and the gauge section to drill the borehole by one of pumping fluid through the downhole motor and rotating the drill string from the surface while passing fluid through the downhole motor; inserting a first tubular with a run-in internal diameter at a desired depth within the drilled borehole; expanding the first tubular within the drilled borehole to an expanded internal diameter less than about 6% greater than the first tubular run-in internal diameter; inserting a second tubular with a run-in internal diameter less than the run-in internal diameter of the first tubular at a desired depth within the drilled borehole; and expanding the second tubular within the drilled borehole to an expanded diameter less than about 6% greater than the second tubular run-in internal diameter.