Patent ID: 8215409

Claim:
A method of installing downhole at least a second tubular string for support from an opening in a first tubular string, comprising: supporting a second tubular string on a work string, said second tubular string further comprising a shoe fixedly mounted thereto and a swage assembly releasably mounted to said shoe for flow communication therebetween when said swage assembly and said shoe are connected and said work string is engaged to said swage; inserting said second tubular string through an opening in said first tubular string; expanding a portion of said second tubular string that extends beyond said opening in said first tubular string in an uphole direction by initially releasing said swage from said shoe which closes off flow through said shoe to allow driving said swage assembly with pressure delivered through said work string; sealing an annular space around said expanded portion of said second tubular string after said expansion in said uphole direction by engaging said swage assembly to said shoe with said work string; supporting said second tubular string to said first tubular string after said sealing.