Cable bypass and method for controlled entry of a tubing string and a cable adjacent thereto

A method for running a tubing string downhole in a wellbore and a cable adjacent the tubing string in the wellbore comprising:

• providing a stationary housing having a bore with an upper portion, a lower portion in fluid communication with the wellbore, and a sealing surface therebetween;
• passing the tubing string through a sealing assembly;
• passing the cable through a cable bypass sub for establishing a wellbore portion of the cable for running in the wellbore;
• inserting the tubing string and sealing assembly and the wellbore portion of the cable into the bore of the stationary housing;
• laterally displacing the wellbore portion of the cable from the bore into a cable access formed in a side wall of the stationary housing, the cable access extending from the upper portion of the bore above the sealing surface to the lower portion of the bore, the cable clearing the bore and extending from the upper portion of the bore to the lower portion of the bore;
• fitting the sealing assembly to the sealing surface of the bore with the cable bypassing the sealing assembly in the cable access;
• and
• sealing the sealing surface at the cable access for isolating the wellbore below the sealing assembly.