Patent ID: 7156182

Claim:
A one trip method for placing and expanding a non-perforated tubular in a cased wellbore comprising: delivering the non-perforated tubular, by direct support from an assembly comprising at least a running tool, a resetting anchor and a swage to a desired location in a single trip, said direct support during delivering coming from said running tool; actuating the resetting anchor to initially grip the tubular while said tubular is still at least partially supported by said running tool so as to allow the swage to be initially advanced; advancing the swage, without initially supporting the tubular against the interior of the wellbore, in a direction from the top of the tubular toward the bottom of the tubular; releasing the running tool of said assembly from direct support of the tubular, so that it can be removed therefrom, as a result of a predetermined movement of said swage, while in contact with the tubular, sufficient to support the tubular from the cased wellbore.