CPC E21B 21/103 (2013.01) [E21B 34/10 (2013.01)] | 34 Claims |
1. A method of performing an operation in a subterranean well, the method comprising:
closing a bypass valve of a circulating valve assembly, thereby blocking fluid communication between an internal flow passage of the circulating valve assembly and an annulus external to the circulating valve assembly; and
then applying a first longitudinally tensile force to the circulating valve assembly while a fluid flow passes longitudinally through the flow passage, the bypass valve remaining closed when the first longitudinally tensile force is applied to the circulating valve assembly.
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