Author Kit

Please ensure you allow enough time for your manuscript to be approved by senior management/stakeholders.

Your session chairpersons will be reviewing a DRAFT of your manuscript. This is to improve the quality of the technical programme and avoid any commercialism. The deadline for submitting your DRAFT Manuscript to your session co-chairperson is Thursday 11 January 2024.

DO NOT UPLOAD YOUR DRAFT INTO THE ONLINE SYSTEM. Send directly to your session chairpersons. They will review and if applicable, advise you of any revisions to make before submitting your FINAL manuscript and forms online on or before the Manuscript deadline of Thursday 15 February 2024.

In an effort to further improve SPE’s technical quality standards, all submitted conference papers will be checked for plagiarism.

We expect all authors to credit all sources used in their writings and not to represent work of others as their own. Authors found to have plagiarized the work of another are subject to having their paper removed from the conference programme and from OnePetro. Future submissions from authors found to have plagiarized will be scrutinized carefully. In the case of students found to be plagiarizing the work of others, SPE may inform the student’s university.

In order to maintain the integrity, high quality, and unbiased information in all forms of written and oral presentations at the SPE Conferences, overt commercialism is prohibited outside of the commercial exhibit areas.

Items deemed to be commercial in nature will not be allowed or disseminated. This includes, but is not limited to, Conference Proceedings, presentations, OnePetro, and promotional material.

Use of the following will be carefully scrutinized during evaluation and presentation, and could result in withdrawal from the program:

• Generic descriptions should replace commercial trade names or trademarked materials
• Company logos allowed on title and closing slide only
• Text which is overtly commercial in tone or intent within paper titles, presentation slides, text, tables, figures, animation, audio, and video is prohibited

Repeated violations of this policy may result in the speaker and/or moderator being barred from participating in future SPE Conferences.

If your paper is selected to be delivered as a Technical Presentation, you will have 20 minutes for your presentation and any Q&A (15 minutes presentation time and 5 minutes Q&A). Per the guidelines provided, please be sure to include the following information in the footer on each slide:

• Paper number
• Paper title
• Presenter's name
• Slide number (ex: Slide 1 of 10)
• Only the first and last slide should contain your company name/logo

You must submit your PowerPoint presentation to your session chairperson for review prior to the conference. Please follow the submission deadline in the table above.

Final copies must be submitted to SPE Staff by the stated due date above so they can be preloaded in the technical session rooms. Please bring the final version of the presentation with you to the conference on a USB drive, as a backup copy.

When you arrive at the venue, please report to the “Author Room” to confirm your participation at your scheduled time.

Please be sure to be at the technical session 15 minutes before the start of your technical session. This gives you time to check your presentation and meet with your session chair.

You will have 10 minutes for your presentation and any Q&A (8 minutes presentation time and 2 minutes Q&A). Per the guidelines provided, please be sure to include the following information in the header or footer on each slide:
•    Paper number
•    Paper title
•    Presenter's name
•    Slide number (ex: Slide 1 of 10)

Company logos should appear only on the first slide. The last slide (Acknowledgement, thanks) may include company names but logos should not be used.

You will need to submit your PowerPoint presentation to your session chairperson for review by 8 April 2024.
Please bring the final version of the presentation with you to the conference on a USB drive.

When you arrive at the venue, please report to Speaker Check-In to confirm your participation at your scheduled time. We ask that you be prepared to fill in during a technical session should there be a no-show or late withdraw.

You will need to be at the ePoster station 5 minutes before the ePoster session starts. This gives you time to check your presentation and meet your session chairperson.

Manuscript Template Instructions (pdf) 
Preparing Your SPE Manuscript
SPE Style Guide (pdf)
Preparing a Technical Session Presentation
Tips for Presenting in English (for non-native speakers)
Conference Paper Policies
Authors of Modeling/Simulation Papers - Supplemental Data Request
Instructions for Authors About Inclusion of Forward-Looking Statements 
Peer Review: Get Published In Our Journal