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SPE Workshop: The Future of Drilling and Completion Technologies – From Data to Design
22–24 April 2025 | Rimrock Resort Hotel | Banff, Alberta, Canada

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SPE Workshop: The Future of Drilling and Completion Technologies – From Data to Design
22–24 April 2025 | Rimrock Resort Hotel | Banff, Alberta, Canada

Call for Presentations

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Call for Presentations

Call for Presentation Proposals is Now Open!

Questions: contact Shannon Bowen-Kelsick at the SPE Canada office

Barriers to Innovation / Adoption of Technology

Casing Design

Data and Analytics

Drilling and Completion Automation

Extended Reach

Parent/Child

Stage Architecture & Design - Perf and Frac Design

Water / Fluid Systems / Chemistry

Proposal Information

A proper review of your abstract requires that it contain adequate information on which to make a judgment. Written in English and containing maximum 450 words minimum of 225 words, all proposals must consist of 4 blocks and should include the following:

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)

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 (3000-7000 words) for inclusion in the conference proceedings on or before 30 September 2024.
  • Authors who do not submit a manuscript and the associated publication forms by the manuscript due date will be withdrawn from the program and will not be allowed to present per SPE’s No Paper, No Podium policy.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.
  • Invited Presenters whose Presentation Only proposals accepted will be required to present, however, no manuscripts are required. 
  • A proper review of your paper proposal requires that it contain adequate information on which to make a judgment. Download our instructions guide to assist you with preparing your paper proposal.
  • Your paper or presentation only proposal could be accepted for presentation in a technical or ePoster session. 
  • Detailed instructions on the preparation of manuscripts and presentations will be sent to a corresponding author of each accepted paper. 

A Word on 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 the evaluation of paper proposals, and the presence of commercialism in the paper will result in it being withdrawn from the program.

Plagiarism Check

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

ORCHID ID

SPE is adopting ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID), a widely accepted unique identifier for authors, giving them control over their content and eliminating ambiguities. All SPE authors will be required to have an ORCID iD during abstract submission starting 1 January 2023.

If you already have an ORCID iD, you can add it to your SPE Member/Customer Profile. Login to SPE.org and update your profile today!

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