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AbstractThis paper discusses a new sand-face completion design suitable for stacked/multi-zone completions. Although the technique targets multi-zone applications, it is applicable to cased hole, a mix of cased and openhole, or openhole horizontal single-zone well scenarios. This design provides significant flexibility and optimizes tubular dimensions used to reduce the mechanical skin typically induced by completion components. The system is suitable for multi-zone completions that incorporate traditional mechanical zonalselectivity mechanisms or integration of intelligent zonalselectivity completion equipment.Given adequate planning, the well may also be converted at a later date to or from intelligent well configurations without disturbing the actual sand-face completion.In deepwater fields with heavy oil, the flexibility of this design and its potential for reducing the negative effects of mechanical skin on life of field production provides a positive economical impact. To date, one completion has been performed using the new configuration. From the success of that completion, others have been planned.