Claims
- 1. A well completion method, comprising:
running in casing having a first inside diameter; providing a shoe adjacent the lower end of said casing; running a tubular string through said casing until the upper end of the tubular string is adjacent said shoe; expanding at least a portion of said tubular string into supporting engagement with said shoe so that a second inside diameter of said tubular string, after expansion, in said shoe is at least as large as said first inside diameter of said casing.
- 2. The method of claim 1, comprising:
providing an initial third inside diameter in said shoe that is smaller than said first diameter in said casing.
- 3. The method of claim 1, comprising:
providing an initial third inside diameter in said shoe that is larger than said first diameter in said casing.
- 4. The method of claim 1, comprising:
providing an initial third inside diameter in said shoe that is substantially the same as said first diameter in said casing.
- 5. The method of claim 1, comprising:
providing an initial third inside diameter in said shoe that is altered downhole.
- 6. The method of claim 5, comprising:
increasing said third diameter by swaging said shoe.
- 7. The method of claim 5, comprising:
increasing said third diameter by swaging said tubing string into said shoe
- 8. The method of claim 5, comprising:
increasing said third diameter by removing portions of said shoe.
- 9. The method of claim 5, comprising:
providing a sleeve in said shoe; removing the sleeve downhole.
- 10. The method of claim 9, comprising:
making the sleeve of a soft material; displacing said sleeve with expansion of the tubular string in said shoe.
- 11. The method of claim 9, comprising:
mechanically removing said sleeve from said shoe.
- 12. The method of claim 9, comprising:
chemically removing said sleeve from said shoe.
- 13. The method of claim 5, comprising:
making said shoe from a shape memory material; providing the input to said shoe to increase said third inside diameter.
- 14. The method of claim 1, comprising:
providing an internal surface within said shoe comprising a plurality of projections and depressions; expanding the tubular string into said internal surface.
- 15. The method of claim 14, comprising:
creating a plurality of projections and depressions on an outer surface of said shoe by virtue of said expansion of said tubular string into said internal surface.
- 16. The method of claim 4, comprising:
expanding said tubular sting and said shoe in a single trip into the wellbore.
- 17. The method of claim 1, comprising:
using at least one seal between said tubular string and said shoe.
- 18. The method of claim 1, comprising:
using a hanger between said tubular string and said shoe.
- 19. The method of claim 8, comprising:
using a mill or drill bit to remove portions of said shoe downhole.
- 20. The method of claim 9, comprising:
removing said sleeve by thermal exposure to fluids downhole.
PRIORITY INFORMATION
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/384,804 on May 31, 2002.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60384804 |
May 2002 |
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