Call for Proposals

Behind Every Innovation is a Brilliant Mind

Share Yours at the 2026 SPE/ICoTA Well Intervention Conference and Exhibition

The Program Committee of the 2026 SPE/ICoTA Well Intervention Conference and Exhibition invites you to submit abstracts for this premier event. This annual conference is a cornerstone for sharing innovations, field applications, best practices, and hard-won lessons across the well intervention domain.

Why Submit?
By contributing a paper, you actively advance industry knowledge, foster peer collaboration, and bring attention to practical solutions and technology applications addressing today’s intervention challenges. The committee is particularly seeking case studies that showcase novel technologies, methods, operational insights, and strategic lessons learned.

With increasing pressure on hydrocarbon output and constraints in drilling capacity, the spotlight is on optimizing current assets. We welcome abstracts that detail innovative ways to meet these demands and demonstrate production gains without drilling new wells.

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Focus Areas

Conference sessions will span a diverse range of applications, including:

Coiled and Capillary Tubing
Electric Line and Wireline Powered Intervention
Slickline, Digital Slickline, and Braided Line
Standard, Hydraulic, and Snubbing Workovers interventions
Data Science and Analytics in Interventions

Below is a non-exhaustive list of themes to guide and inspire your submission:

Reducing Carbon Footprint Through Intervention

Highlight intervention technologies that support decarbonization goals, including CCS applications, emission reduction strategies, and equipment innovations aimed at sustainability. Showcase interventions that have extended field life or boosted output as lower-carbon alternatives to new drilling.

Horizontal and Multi-Lateral Solutions

Present developments in tools and techniques for complex well architectures such as extended-reach horizontals and multilaterals. Emphasis on cost-effective and technically robust solutions is encouraged.

Reducing Carbon Footprint while Improving Operational Efficiency, HSE, and Well Control

Operational experiences and lessons learned using both traditional and newly developed downhole and surface intervention systems in unique or more efficient ways; application of redesigned equipment or processes to maximize return on resources or minimize operational time, as well as improve carbon emissions, HSE and/or well control.

Intervention Solutions in Extreme Well Conditions

Operational experiences and technical developments to overcome the challenges presented by ever-more challenging well conditions, including HPHT, ERD, high H2S/CO2 environments, and deepwater offshore wells.

Operational Efficiency, HSE, and Emissions Performance

Demonstrate how novel intervention strategies have reduced non-productive time, enhanced safety, and minimized environmental impact. Include examples of equipment redesigns and streamlined operations with measurable performance gains.

Intervention in Harsh and Extreme Environments

Explore field-proven techniques for overcoming HPHT, sour gas (H₂S/CO₂), deepwater, or extended-reach well challenges. Highlight technology resilience and adaptability in these conditions.

Emerging Equipment and Materials

Showcase innovation in tools or materials used to improve well intervention performance. Include R&D outcomes, trials, and real-world applications that demonstrate step-changes in efficiency or effectiveness.

Light Well Intervention (LWI): Maximum Impact, Minimal Footprint

Share case studies on cost-effective interventions—particularly those that replace the need for traditional workovers. Topics include plug and abandonment, stimulation, and other rigless operations.

Cross-Industry and Non-Traditional Applications

Highlight how intervention technologies are being applied outside oil and gas or in novel ways—such as geothermal, pipeline remediation or utilizing cross-industry technologies to improve intervention efficiency.

Subsea and Offshore Interventions

Address innovations and operational experience in offshore settings, including semi-subs, jack-ups, barges, vessels, and open-sea intervention. Share insights on deployment, logistics, and technology customization for the marine environment.

Production Enhancement and Stimulation

Detail applications of intervention for well stimulation—such as acidizing, fracturing, or perforating, Emphasize lessons learned and performance validation.

Digital Solutions and Data Science in Well Intervention

Explore how machine learning and AI, real-time analytics, and predictive modeling are revolutionizing intervention planning and execution. Share insights on data integration, visualization, and decision-making tools that enhance operational outcomes.

Value Creation Through Innovative Rigless Intervention and Solutions

Make the case for rigless interventions as a strategic and cost-effective alternative to drilling and workover operations. Present quantitative evaluations, economic modeling, and digital tools that help justify, prioritize, and benchmark intervention projects.

Well Abandonment, Decommissioning, and Thru-Tubing Recompletion

Discuss lightweight and cost-effective solutions for aging structures, decommissioning, plug and abandonment, zonal isolation, and thru-tubing recompletions that avoid the cost of rigs or full workovers.Include technology qualifications and field results.Discuss innovative intervention techniques for maintenance and reactivation of aging wells.

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Author Resources

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