This article details the planning and execution phases of the first openhole gravel-pack (OHGP) operation performed with the alpha-/beta-wave deposition technique using a nonaqueous system as a carrier fluid. The operation was performed at Marlim field, offshore Brazil, and constitutes the first field implementation of a research and engineering effort that started two years ago.The idea in this first field operation was to avoid many changes in the original well design for the area and to concentrate novel steps in the fluid for gravel packing openhole design, friction loss evaluation, fluid substitution, and rheology characterization. On the basis of these results, optimized procedures were proposed for the operation. A broad description of the technical aspects, field pumping profiles, and packing quality is also presented.