Wellbore Method and Apparatus For Completion, Production and Injection

A packer apparatus associated with the production of hydrocarbons comprising:

• a tubular member having a first opening for fluid flow through the interior of the tubular member;
• a sleeve disposed around the tubular member, wherein a second opening is formed between the tubular member and the sleeve;
• a plurality of support members disposed between the tubular member and the sleeve;
• and
• an expansion element disposed around the sleeve, wherein the expansion element is configured to expand when set within a wellbore to at least substantially prevent fluid flow outside the sleeve.

A system for producing hydrocarbons comprising:

• a tubular barrier disposed within a wellbore;
• a first packer connected to the tubular barrier, wherein the first packer separates a first annulus between a wall of the wellbore and the tubular barrier;
• at least two sand control devices disposed within the tubular barrier, wherein each of the at least two sand control devices have a primary flow path and a secondary flow path;
• a second packer connected between the at least two sand control devices and configured to isolate a second annulus between the at least two sand control devices and the tubular barrier, the second packer having a primary flow path in communication with the primary flow path of the at least two sand control devices and a secondary flow path in fluid communication with the secondary flow path of the at least two sand control devices;
• a first gravel pack formed between the tubular barrier and one of the at least two sand control devices;
• and
• a second gravel pack formed between the tubular barrier and another of the at least two sand control devices.

A method of producing hydrocarbons from a well comprising:

• disposing at least three sand control devices and at least two packers within a wellbore adjacent to a subsurface reservoir, wherein each of the at least three sand control devices includes at least one shunt tube and each of the at least two packers includes a primary and a secondary flow path, wherein the secondary flow paths of the at least two packers are in fluid communication with the at least one shunt tube of the at least three sand control devices;
• positioning at least one of the at least three sand control devices upstream of the at least two packers and at least one of the at least three sand control devices downstream from the at least two packers;
• setting the at least two packers within an open-hole section of the wellbore;
• gravel packing at least one of the at least three sand control devices, wherein at least one of the at least three sand control devices remains unpacked, wherein at least two of the at least three sand control devices are downstream from at least one of the at least two packers, at least one of the at least one gravel packed sand control devices is gravel packed downstream from at least one of the at least two packers, and at least one of the at least one unpacked sand control devices is downstream from at least one of the at least two packers and downstream from at least one of the at least one gravel packed sand control devices;
• and
• producing hydrocarbons from the wellbore by passing hydrocarbons through the sand control devices.