Call for Papers

• New Exploration Plays (Subtle Traps, Deep Plays, and Field Satellite Extensions)
• Advances in Regional Geology (Sedimentology, Sequence and Bio-Stratigraphy, Basin and Structural Modelling, etc.)
• Rock Physics and Geomechanics for Conventional Reservoirs
• Advanced Seismic Acquisition/Latest Processing Including Minimisation of Environmental Impact and Enhancement of Vertical Resolution to Image Thin Reservoir Zones
• 3D OBN High-Density Seismic Acquisition
• Interpretation of Porosity/Sequence Stratigraphy and Rock Typing
• Seismic Lead Integrated Reservoir Characterisation
• 4D Seismic Dynamics
• Monitoring Fluids Movement in Real-Time
• Advances in Formation Evaluation and Petrophysics
• Digital Rock Physics
• Advanced Reservoir Imaging
• Integrated Petrophysical Design/Value/Quality/Improved Imaging
• Making Better Decisions: Role of Geoscience in Uncertainty Assessment and Risk Management
• State of Art in Reservoir Characterisation (SCAL, RRT, Core Integration, PNM, Digital Rock Physics)
• Making Better Decisions: Data-Driven Analytics Application in Geoscience
• Advances in Seismic Reservoir Characterisation (Inversion, 4D)
• Role of Geoscience in Energy Transition

• Well Placement/Horizon at Drilling/Long Reach Drilling/Multilateral
• Well Completions and Sand Control
• Advanced Digital Drilling and Completion
• Stimulation and Fracturing
• Well Abandonment Techniques
• Improved Smart Completion
• Drilling Fluids
• Drilling Bit Technology and Deployment
• New Well Designs/Casing/Completion Technologies and Techniques
• Well Intervention
• Drilling Environment Challenges

• Advances in Reservoir Rock Typing
• Challenges of Field Development Plan
• New Technologies and R&D
• Advances in Water Flooding Management
• Reservoir Modelling, Simulation, and History Matching
• Reservoir Surveillance, Well Testing, Production Measurement 
• Compartmentalised, Over-Pressured Reservoirs
• Advanced Techniques of History Matching
• Complex Well Modelling
• Data Mining and Al Techniques
• Field Development—Uncertainty Analysis
• Fracture Identifications and Modelling
• Challenging Developments: Oil Rims, Marginal Fields, Complex Reservoirs, Paleo Oil
• Best Practices in Reservoir Management
• Development Challenges of Sour Gas, HP/HT Reservoirs, and Complex Gas Reservoirs
• Real-Time Reservoir Monitoring
• Artificial Lift Technologies and Optimisation
• Oil and Gas Fields Chemistry: Optimising Chemical Use 
• Production Assurance Challenges and Solutions (Sand Production, Wax, Scale, etc.) 

• ChatGPT Applications 
• AI Applications Subsurface
• AI Applications Drilling
• AI Applications in Oil and Gas Fields
• AI Application in Surface Production and Optimisation 
• Data Analytics and Machine Learning Techniques
• Digital Twin—Case Studies
• Blockchain in Oil and Gas
• AR/VR and Mixed Reality Applications
• Oil and Gas 4.0 Innovative Use Case, Successful Digitally Transformed Businesses
• AI-Driven Preventive Maintenance 
• AI-Driven Network Modelling and Optimisation

• Latest Frontier in EOR Techniques
• Low Salinity Water Injection
• Low Carbon Foot-Print Recovery Technologies

• Well Integrity Management System
• Annulus Pressure Investigation and Remediation
• Well Risk Assessment and Risk Ranking
• Zonal Isolation and Well Integrity Problems
• Sand Production Impact on Well Integrity Barriers and Management
• Process Risk Management and Business Continuity
• Structural/Pipeline Integrity Management
• Safety-Critical Equipment Management System
• Well Integrity Technology

• Facilities Management
• Offshore/Onshore Structural Designs
• Flow Assurance Engineering
• Subsurface-Surface Integrated Production Modelling
• Sand Control Designs and Management
• Integrated Automated Produced and Injection Water Management
• Simultaneous Operations (SIMOPS)—Case Studies

• Project Integration
• Commissioning Matrix/Planning/Execution/Transitional Handover
• Process Design and Quality Control
• Projects Dynamics Optimisation/Value Management 
• Smart Field Technology/Automation and New Technologies Applied to Projects
• Realising Strategic/Economic Benefits of Standardisation
• Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Management: Strategies for Successful Project Execution

• Reliability and Failure Analysis
• Management of Change
• Collaborative Working Output
• Scale of Best Practice Deployment 
• Professional Community with O.E. Framework
• Operational Efficiency and Excellence
• Advances in Facilities Separation Technologies
• Innovative Solutions to Overcome Production Constraints
• Topsides: New Technologies Driving Cost Down
• Innovative Approach to Water Management
• Flow Assurance Challenges and Solutions
• Energy Optimising through Advanced Process Controls
• Improving Facility Performance During the Life Cycle
• Technologies for Production Enhancement

• Sustainable Performance
• Behavioural Safety Practices
• Safety and Integrity at Design Stage
• HSE Predictive Performance
• Automation
• Process Safety and Improving Standards
• Humane Activities Management 
• Environmental Stewardship
• Social Responsibility and Public Awareness
• New Environmental Regulations and its Impact on E&P
• Produced Water, Waste, and Contaminant Management
• Best Practices in Gas Flaring and Emission Reduction

• Transformation of Professionals from Traditional Disciplines to Meet Future Needs
• Talent Management Practices—Development and Retention 
• Competency Assessment/Assurance
• Diversity in Professional Careers 
• Building Leadership
• Future Employment and Industry Transformation
• Agile Teams and Organisation Cultures
• Academic/Industrial Collaboration
• Building an Innovation Framework and Culture 

• Hydrogen Development and Technologies
• CCUS/CCS
• GHG (Greenhouse Gas) Emissions Detection/Monitoring
• The Role of Renewables in Oil and Gas Industry 
• Waste Water Utilisation 
• Circular Carbon Economy (CCE) 
• Net-Zero for Oil and Gas Fields 
• Sustainability and Environment—Reducing CO2 Footprint
• AI Applications Towards Green Operations, Sustainability, and Energy Transition

• Exploration and Development of Unconventional Resources
• AI and Big Data for Unconventional Resources
• Technical and Operational Challenges in Developing Unconventional and Tight Hydrocarbon Reservoirs

Please note that abstract submissions should be formatted into four specific paragraphs:

• Objectives/Scope: Please list the objectives and/or scope of the proposed paper. (25–75 words)
• Methods, Procedures, Process: Briefly explain your overall approach, including your methods, procedures and process. (75–100 words)
• Results, Observations, Conclusions: Please describe the results, observations and conclusions of the proposed paper. (100–200 words)
• Novel/Additive Information: Please explain how this paper will present novel (new) or additive information to the existing body of literature that can be of benefit to and/or add to the state of knowledge in the petroleum industry. (25–75 words)

The following guidelines apply:

• DO NOT include title or author information in your abstract
• Word Minimum: 225
• Word Maximum: 450

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• Authors whose paper proposals are accepted will be required to provide a manuscript for inclusion in the conference proceedings.
• Authors who do not submit a manuscript and the associated publication forms by the manuscript due date will be withdrawn from the program and will not be allowed to present per SPE’s No Paper, No Podium policy
• If accepted, your paper proposal may be published, as submitted, in conference information media, including on the SPE website.
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