Commingling flow between transport tubes of a multi-transport tube shunt system

A method, comprising:

• positioning a shunt system along a sand screen system;
• deploying the shunt system and the sand screen system into a borehole;
• depositing a gravel slurry along the sand screen system via a plurality of packing tubes coupled with a plurality of gravel slurry transport tubes via a manifold;
• and
• commingling gravel slurry, flowing through the plurality of gravel slurry transport tubes, within a commingler located along the sand screen system at a position separated from the manifold.

A system, comprising:

• a shunt system for use in facilitating gravel packing of a wellbore, the shunt system comprising:
• a plurality of transport tubes;
• a plurality of packing tubes;
• a manifold coupled to the plurality of transport tubes and to the plurality of packing tubes to provide an interface for separating a portion of a gravel slurry flowing through the plurality of transport tubes into the plurality of packing tubes;
• and
• a commingler separated from the manifold and coupled with the plurality of transport tubes to provide commingling of gravel slurry, flowing along the plurality of transport tubes, independently of the interface for separating the portion of gravel slurry into the plurality of packing tubes.