Method and apparatus for installing infield flexible liner of downhole tubing

Abstract

A method of lining a tube using a spoolable liner. The method includes: connecting a connector to a distal end of the spoolable liner; inserting the connector and spoolable liner into the tube and advancing the connector to a tube engagement point at an interior of the tube; forming a distal connection between the spoolable liner and the tube by attaching the connector to an engagement mechanism at the tube engagement point; establishing a proximal end of the spoolable liner; forming a proximal connection between the proximal end of the spoolable liner and the tube; plugging the spoolable liner with a deployable plug in a vicinity of the distal end; plugging the spoolable liner with a termination in a vicinity of the proximal end; and filling an interior area defined by an interior of the spoolable liner, the termination, and the deployable plug with a fluid such that the fluid expands the spoolable liner against an interior wall of the tube.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.