Patent ID: 7066271

Claim:
A method of drilling a deviated portion of a borehole and positioning a fluid permeable tubular therein, comprising: positioning a bottom hole assembly downhole, the bottom hole assembly including a downhole motor with a drill shaft having an upper section with an upper central rotational axis and a lower central rotational axis offset at a bend having a selected bend angle from the upper central rotational axis, a bit having a bit face, and a gauge section, the bit face defining a bit cutting diameter, the gauge section having an axial length of at least 60% of the bit culling diameter; rotating the bit and the gauge section to drill a deviated portion of a borehole; inserting a fluid permeable tubular having a run-in diameter at a desired location within the deviated portion of the borehole, the axial length of the fluid permeable tubular being at least 150 times the run-in diameter of the fluid permeable tubular; and radially expanding the fluid permeable tubular within the drilled borehole portion to an expanded diameter greater than the run-in diameter.