US 12,442,263 B2
Liner deployment tool
Jeffrey D. Herndon, Bakersfield, CA (US)
Assigned to Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/478,940.
Application 18/478,940 is a continuation of application No. 17/404,819, filed on Aug. 17, 2021, granted, now 11,788,366.
Prior Publication US 2024/0026744 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 23/06 (2006.01); E21B 33/12 (2006.01); E21B 43/04 (2006.01); E21B 43/08 (2006.01); E21B 43/10 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 23/06 (2013.01) [E21B 33/12 (2013.01); E21B 43/045 (2013.01); E21B 43/08 (2013.01); E21B 43/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of running an operation in a wellbore extending through a subterranean formation, the method comprising:
running a workstring into the wellbore, the workstring initially having:
a liner assembly including a liner, an inner string extending through the liner;
a gravel pack valve attached to the inner string; and
an isolation packer assembly attached to the inner string;
positioning the workstring at a selected location in the wellbore adjacent the subterranean formation;
gravel packing a wellbore annulus around the liner;
setting a packer to seal the wellbore annulus around the liner;
detaching the liner from the workstring;
pulling the workstring with the inner string upwards in the wellbore;
positioning the isolation packer at an upper end of the liner;
fastening the isolation packer to the upper end of the liner;
sealing against flow across the isolation packer;
detaching the isolation packer from the inner string; and pulling the inner string from the wellbore.