This paper presents a state-of-the-art, automated gas lifted smart completion design, installed safely using Side Mounted Guns (SMG) to reduce well control risks for a carbonate field in Sarawak with a dominant threat of karst losses. It demonstrates how an SMG system was used to decrease installation time and minimize formation damage. The new 3D finite element software technique represents a step change in the ability to predict shock loading from complicated perforating systems and the subsequent effect on downhole completion components. Several challenges were addressed at the planning phase of the project, including the use of a new 3D finite element software to evaluate dynamic perforating shock loading and determine the optimal distance to safely place the key completion components in the well. A variety of system integration tests (SITs) were also introduced to verify compatibility of the SMG system in highly deviated well conditions and deploying through casing with inner diameter changes. Three wells have been successfully perforated with a long tubing-conveyed SMG system along with the smart well completion components, such as an inflow control valve (ICV), downhole pressure gauges, and seal assembly, which were then tested as fully functional after the gun detonation. During the well cleanup operation, the perforated gas cap was successfully used to lift the oil from the reservoir underneath the gas cap as an in-situ gas lift.