Patent ID: 8517098

Claim:
A method of operating a well comprising: providing two sand control devices disposed within a wellbore, each of the sand control devices having a primary flow path through the interior of the sand control device, and each of the sand control devices having a secondary flow path; coupling a packer between the two sand control devices, wherein the packer comprises a primary flow path through the interior of the packer configured to be in fluid communication with the primary flow paths of the two sand control devices and a secondary flow path configured to be in fluid communication with the secondary flow paths of the two sand control devices, the packer secondary flow path comprising a manifold region within the packer, wherein the manifold region is in fluid communication with the secondary flow path of each of the two sand control devices; setting the packer within the wellbore, wherein the sand control devices are adjacent to a subsurface reservoir; gravel packing one of the two sand control devices in a first interval of the subsurface reservoir above the packer; gravel packing the other of the two sand control devices in a second interval of the subsurface reservoir below the packer; and injecting a fluid into at least one of the first interval and the second interval by passing the fluid through the secondary flow paths of the sand control devices and the manifold region and secondary flow path of the packer.