A system associated with production of hydrocarbons comprising: a wellbore utilized to produce hydrocarbons from a subsurface reservoir ; a production tubing string disposed within the wellbore; a plurality of sand control devices (138a-138n) coupled to the production tubing string and disposed within an open-hole section of the wellbore, wherein each of the plurality of sand control devices has a primary flow path isolated from the wellbore by a filter medium, wherein each of the plurality of sand control devices comprises at least one shunt tube and wherein the at least one shunt tube provides a secondary flow path; at least one packer (134a-134(n-1), 400, 504) having a tubular member and coupled between two of the plurality of sand control devices, wherein the at least one packer is configured to provide a primary flow path in fluid communication with the primary flow path of each of the two of the plurality of sand control devices and a secondary flow path through the at least one packer and between the at least one shunt tube of each of the two of the plurality of sand control devices, and wherein the at least one packer is configured to substantially prevent fluid flow in at least a portion of an annulus between the tubular member and a wall of a wellbore; a first gravel pack (140a-140n) disposed at least partially around at least one of the plurality of sand control devices upstream from the at least one packer; and a second gravel pack (140a-140n) disposed at least partially around at least one of the plurality of sand control devices downstream from the at least one packer, wherein the at least one shunt tube of each of the plurality of sand control devices and the secondary flow path through the at least one packer are configured to dispose the second gravel pack, characterized in that : the at least one packer comprises a manifold region that commingles and redistributes flow within the secondary flow path of the at least one packer. a wellbore utilized to produce hydrocarbons from a subsurface reservoir ; a production tubing string disposed within the wellbore; a plurality of sand control devices (138a-138n) coupled to the production tubing string and disposed within an open-hole section of the wellbore, wherein each of the plurality of sand control devices has a primary flow path isolated from the wellbore by a filter medium, wherein each of the plurality of sand control devices comprises at least one shunt tube and wherein the at least one shunt tube provides a secondary flow path; at least one packer (134a-134(n-1), 400, 504) having a tubular member and coupled between two of the plurality of sand control devices, wherein the at least one packer is configured to provide a primary flow path in fluid communication with the primary flow path of each of the two of the plurality of sand control devices and a secondary flow path through the at least one packer and between the at least one shunt tube of each of the two of the plurality of sand control devices, and wherein the at least one packer is configured to substantially prevent fluid flow in at least a portion of an annulus between the tubular member and a wall of a wellbore; a first gravel pack (140a-140n) disposed at least partially around at least one of the plurality of sand control devices upstream from the at least one packer; and a second gravel pack (140a-140n) disposed at least partially around at least one of the plurality of sand control devices downstream from the at least one packer, wherein the at least one shunt tube of each of the plurality of sand control devices and the secondary flow path through the at least one packer are configured to dispose the second gravel pack, characterized in that : the at least one packer comprises a manifold region that commingles and redistributes flow within the secondary flow path of the at least one packer. <EOS>