Patent ID: 7610667

Claim:
A method of connecting expandable tubulars comprising: expanding an end of a first tubular segment; expanding an end of a second tubular segment; creating a pin member with interengageable thread means on said expanded end of said first tubular segment; creating a box member with interengageable thread means in said expanded end of said second tubular segment, whereby said interengageable thread means of said box member are suitable for threadedly engaging said pin member of said first tubular segment; inserting said pin member of said first tubular segment into said box member of said second tubular segment; and connecting said first tubular segment and said second tubular segment together, wherein a diameter of the ends of the first and second tubular segments is selected such that the ends of the first and second tubular segments, including the thread means of the first and second tubular segments, are expanded less than the first and second tubular segments after the expandable tubulars are inserted downhole.