Patent ID: 8002050

Claim:
A method of completing a subterranean onshore well with a coiled tubing unit after a production string has been cemented in the well comprising setting completion equipment in the production string and thereafter fracing a zone through the production string; after fracing the zone, drilling up the completion equipment with a cutting element on coiled tubing from the coiled tubing unit; circulating a completion liquid through the production string and through coiled tubing from the coiled tubing unit and thereby removing solids including frac sand from the production string; passing the completion liquid and solids into a tank and separating the completion liquid from the solids; redelivering the completion liquid from the tank through the production string and through coiled tubing from the coiled tubing unit; discharging solids from the tank; and mixing cotton motes with the frac sand and sorbing free liquid from the frac sand; disposing of a mixture of the cotton motes and solids by trucking the mixture to a commercial landfill.