Patent ID: 8899336

Claim:
A method of lining a wellbore or patching a casing of the wellbore, comprising: deploying a bottom hole assembly (BHA) into the wellbore using a conveyance, the BHA comprising a latch longitudinally connecting an anchor to a setting tool, the setting tool having a piston locking the latch, the anchor, and an expandable tubular, and the anchor comprising an upper portion having a drag engaged with the casing and a slip retainer connected to the drag, an inner release mandrel, a lower portion having a stop for engagement with a top of the expandable tubular and a slip body connected to the stop, and slips longitudinally coupled to the slip retainer and the slip body and engaged with the release mandrel, thereby longitudinally supporting the lower portion; operating the piston to unlock the latch by pressurizing a bore of the setting tool, thereby releasing the anchor from the setting tool; and after unlocking the latch, pulling the conveyance, thereby: extending the slips into engagement with the casing, pulling an expander of the setting tool through the expandable tubular, and expanding the tubular into engagement with at least one of the casing and the wellbore and retracting the slips.