Call for Proposals

• Mechanisms, impacts, and mitigation strategies around parent-child well interactions
• Subsurface processes and benefits involved with optimization through co-development
• Field case studies
• Highlight latest technologies to economically develop unconventional assets including
  • Area selection
  • Wells length/landing/design
  • Completion designs
  • Flowback/production schemes
  • Asset integration and optimization strategies

• Technology
• Automation
• Field Optimization through field case studies

• Workflows and application to address current oilfield challenges

• Chemical and Gas EOR treatments
• Pilots
• Case Studies

• New plays in the Permian Basin: Strawn, Barnett, Woodford, Wolfcamp
• Exploration derisking strategy
• Data Acquisition
• Planning

• Technologies and best practices to increase production and improve economics
• Production optimization practices
• Artificial lift strategy
• Formation damage and stimulation
• System capacity and takeaway
• Separation efficiency improvement

• Latest technologies and field results from surveillance and diagnostic tools
• Impact towards improving subsurface understanding and influencing development

• Produced water handling and disposal
• Water recycling and reuse
• Pressure management, subsurface containment, and well integrity
• Seismicity mitigation and response protocols, regulatory
• Gas gathering challenges
• Water quality, standardization of testing, water constituents for extraction purposes

Please note that abstract submissions should be formatted into four (4) 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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More Information 

• Obtain the necessary clearance from your management, your partners, and customers BEFORE submission
• 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.
• An agreement to present a paper at this SPE conference carries an obligation to participate in the event. Please review SPE's Author Guidelines for Papers.

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