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SPE/ICoTA Symposium and Exhibition: Well Intervention
2–3 December 2025 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Call for Papers

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Call for Papers

Why Submit Your Paper Proposal?

  • Raise your profile amongst industry peers
  • Showcase your technical expertise and achievements
  • Opportunity to publish your technical paper on OnePetro, the online library of technical literature for the oil and gas industry
  • Network with the participants from various countries

Submission Information

A proper review of your paper proposal requires that it contains adequate information on which to make a judgment. Download our instruction guide to assist you in preparing your paper proposal.

The paper proposal should have the necessary clearance before being submitted to 2025 SPE Symposium and Exhibition: Well Intervention and Abanadonment. Prospective authors should advise of any clearance problems when submitting the paper proposal. Learn more about conference proposals and papers.

Technical Categories

The paper proposal categories below are used to direct paper proposals to the appropriate subject matter experts for evaluation. Please indicate category designation on the online form where indicated.
  • Coil Tubing
  • E-line
  • Slickline
  • Well Logging
  • Fishing Operations
  • Production Enhancement - Artifical Lift, Stimulation, Sand Management
  • Well Integrity
  • Well Abandonment
  • Workover (Coiled Tubing Drilling)
  • Rigless Completion
  • Subsea Intervention

Additional Information

Paper Proposal Information

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

ORCHID

SPE is adopting ORCiD (Open Researcher and Contributer ID), a widely accepted unique identifier for authors, giving them control over their content and eliminating ambiguities. All SPE contributors are encouraged (but not required) to have an ORCID iD.

Anyone can register an ORCiD ID for themselves for free using a simple online registration form on the orcid.org website. The initial process takes less than 2 minutes. Once the account is created, SPE members can also add their ORCiD iD to their SPE member profile.

If you already have an ORCiD ID, please add it to your SPE Member/Customer Profile. Login to SPE.org and update your profile today!

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General Guidelines

  • 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

A Word About Commercialism

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.

Plagiarism Check

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.

Author Resources

If you are interested in writing a paper, SPE has a variety of resources to help you contribute to the knowledge and future of the upstream oil and gas industry.

Find out more

Company Approval

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 the company or individual attending.

Contact Information

Should you have further questions regarding the Call for Papers process, please contact SPE Asia Pacific office at klprog@spe.org or +60.3.2182.3000