SPE Middle East Artificial Lift Conference and Exhibition
20–21 Oct 2026 | The Gulf Hotel Bahrain | Manama, Bahrain
The SPE Middle East Artificial Lift Conference and Exhibition Program Committee invites you to submit a paper proposal for potential inclusion in the technical program. Contribute to the future of the drilling industry and create an impact in the drilling community.
Submission Deadline: 9 April 2026
Technical Topics
Reliability
01. Operational Best Practices and Performance Analysis
02. Preventive Maintenance Strategies
03. Failure Analysis and Investigation
04. Iterating and Capitalising on Lessons Learned
05. Engineering Solutions and Robust Designs for Reliability Material Selection
06. Power Quality
07. Performance Evaluation and KPI's
08. AI to Improve Reliability
Emerging Artificial Lift Applications/Solutions
09. Rigless Deployment
10. Downhole Water Separation
11. Disruptive AL Technologies
12. Overcoming the Limits of AL methods (Gas, Water, Solids, and Scale Handling, etc.)
13. Redundant Systems
14. Experience Sharing/Case studies
15. Permanent Magnet Motor
16. Completions
Integrated Digital Surveillance and Prediction Solutions
17. Reservoir and Wellbore and Surveillance
18. Fibre Optics
19. Digital Transformation
20. Failure Prediction
21. Machine Learning and Optimisation
22. Big Data
23. Performance Evaluation
24. Automation/Autonomous Control
25. Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT)
26. Real-Time Monitoring and Control
27. Cybersecurity for Artificial Lift Controls
Health and Safety in Artificial Lift
49. HSE Initiatives and Best Practices
50. Safe Interventions with Hazards (Electrical, Temperature, Pressure, Chemical, Radioactive, etc.)
51. Minimising Human Exposure
52. Risk Mitigation Through Engineering Solutions
53. AI to Improve Safety
54. Artificial Lift Safety – PMM
Manufacturing/Supply Chain-in-Country Value and Value Creation
64. Inventory Management Systems and AI Supply Chain
65. Resilience and Business Continuity
66. Cost Escalations
67. Commodities Challenges
68. Workforce Development
69. Additive Manufacturing
70. Circular Economy for AL Equipment
71. Business/Contracting Models
72. In country Value and Value Creation
73. Global Supply Chain Challenges
74. Local Content and Industrialisation: Building ICV in Artificial Lift
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As a result, your abstract will go through a compliance review and if identified one or more authors or the entity they represent is listed on the SDN sanction list, we must regretfully inform you that your paper will not be considered in forming the conference programme. We appreciate your submission and your understanding of SPE Middle East Artificial Lift Conference and Exhibition legal compliance criteria.
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