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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Timothy John Frank, Houston, TX (US);
Robert Joe Coon, Houston, TX (US);
David Martin, Rijswijk, NL;
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 2/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 2/300 ;
Abstract
A method of creating a wellbore in an underground formation comprising drilling a borehole in the underground formation using a drilling tubular, capable of being expanded, to which a downhole motor driving a drill bit has been connected, and, after drilling to the desired casing setting depth, expanding the drilling tubular into place to line the borehole by applying a radial load to the drilling tubular and removing said load from the drilling tubular.