Call for Proposals

A proper review of your abstract requires that it contain adequate information on which to make a judgement. Written in English and containing a maximum of 450 words, abstracts should be summarised into four (4) specific paragraphs:

• Objective/Scope: Please list the objective 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).

Obtain necessary clearance from your management and start preparing now.  Any issues concerning clearance should be outlined when the paper proposal is submitted.

• Your proposal could be accepted for presentation in a technical or ePoster session.
• Authors whose paper proposals are accepted will be required to provide a manuscript of (3000-7000 words) for inclusion in the conference proceedings no later than 23 January 2025. SPE operates a “no paper, no podium” policy whereby if a manuscript with the associated forms is not received by the due date, it will be withdrawn from the program and not allowed to be presented.
• Invited Presenters (presentation only) whose proposals are accepted will be required to present, however, no manuscripts are required.
• Your session chairpersons will review a draft of your manuscript. The deadline for submitting your draft is 6 January 2025.
• DO NOT UPLOAD YOUR DRAFT INTO THE ONLINE SYSTEM. Send the draft directly to your session chairpersons. They will review and, if applicable, advise you of any revisions that need to be made before submitting your final manuscript and forms on or before 23 January 2025.

• If accepted, your paper proposal may be published in conference media, including on the SPE website.

• SPE assumes no obligation for expenses by authors for travel, lodging, food, or other incidental expenses.
• Accepted authors and invited presenters will be offered a discounted full conference registration fee.

• Please Note: An agreement to present a paper at this SPE conference carries an obligation to participate in the event. For questions regarding the paper process, please visit: SPE's Author Guidelines for Papers.

SPE has a stated policy against use of commercial trade names, company logos or text that is commercial in tone in the paper title, text, or presentation slides. Use of such terms will result in careful scrutiny by the Program Committee in evaluation paper proposals and the presence of commercialism in the paper will result in it being withdrawn from the program.

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

It is the responsibility of the author to obtain company clearance, to ensure the company understands that if the proposal is accepted, you will be required to travel to the event to present. All travel expenses (airfare, hotel, registration) associated with attending the conference are the responsibility of company or individual attending.