Call for Proposals 2026

Drilling is the mechanical process that achieves access to a geological target from a surface location. It requires detailed planning to take account of the physical properties of the rock to be penetrated and the geometrical path required to reach the objective. To be successful, the process requires technical knowledge of the equipment required and of the hydraulic processes essential to enabling rock removal, with many disciplines working together to achieve well-construction objectives. Analysis of well operations, equipment, technologies, and fluids, as well as digitalization and automation, allow operators to improve systems, processes, and well-site execution. 

Showcasing case histories, new technologies, and processes to help the industry work through the challenging aspects of Completions all the while keeping health, safety, and environment as the top priority.  It also examines recent technologies and techniques to stimulate conventional and unconventional reservoirs. Lab-scale research to field studies is welcome to present challenges and offer solutions from technical to environmental aspects.

SPE's Projects, Facilities, and Construction (PF&C) discipline covers processing, flow assurance, corrosion, and sand management; production monitoring; data measurement, process control, and automation; maintenance operations: site decommissioning and remediation, management of capital projects, facilities design, construction, and commissioning for onshore, offshore and subsea systems and applications of robotics and autonomous systems. Technology development for facility design and operations to achieve low carbon and net zero including carbon capture and storage, geothermal, hydrogen, and application of renewable energy technologies in upstream operations will also be considered in PFC. 

This discipline accepts submissions on innovative topics based on emerging Health, Safety, Environment (HSE) and Sustainability themes including, Methane Emissions and Energy Storage, Abatement Technologies and Renewable Energy, Climate Change and CCUS.  New AI/ML techniques including Deep Learning, Sustainability, and ESG Performance Review.  Decarbonization and Climate Finances for Sustainability Business Challenges. Safety in the Oil and Gas Value Chain such as Human Factors, Personnel and Process Safety, Diversity and Inclusion of Communication/Stakeholders and Ergonomics, Management and Leadership.

Business decisions ultimately drive the economic outcomes that are encountered and anticipated from energy resource management. The Asset Management submission topics address the strategic interplay between innovation, the energy transition, pricing uncertainty, and other factors critical to delivering value to successful organizations.  This discipline also looks at new approaches to improve and enhance petroleum engineering education, to discuss and evaluate existing and newly proposed methods of learning for workforce development, and is concerned about maintaining high standards of professionalism in the oil and gas industry to fulfill the future energy demand and sustainability needs.

The DSEA technical section will serve as knowledge sharing and learning forum for all SPE members, from varied disciplines, interested in value creation from data and information leveraging Computing, Data, and Predictive Analytics sciences. The SPE DSEATS is intended to accelerate and enhance the digital asset life cycle management, given the current business dynamics and enable the future strategic energy transformation aspirations. 

Data Science & Engineering Analytics
I. Information Management and Systems
Knowledge Management, Data Integration, Data Security, Data Mining, Metadata Management, Artificial Intelligence, Neural Networks

II. Research & Development and Emerging Technology Program
New Technology Deployment, New Technology Valuation, New Technology Funding

Production and Operations activities are the core of the oil and gas business, therefore, there is a continuous process of searching for more efficient, safer, and more economical fields developments. These sessions will be devoted to showcasing a wide spectrum of best practices being applied and shared case studies that address the main challenges in well operations. Including and not limited to, currently applied and new technologies for Artificial lift, sand control, water management, stimulations, chemical treatments, production surveillance, flow assurance, risk mitigation and so forth.   All of these for producing and injection wells in both offshore and onshore conventional and unconventional operations. 

Reservoir continues to transform the enterprise of subsurface energy exploitation and pivots centrally in the drive to a sustainable energy future. From advancing our understanding of flow dynamics to providing insight into the efficient development of new energy frontiers, reservoir engineering is poised to contribute materially to attaining the world’s energy goals. Focus on Recovery Mechanisms and Flow in Porous Media, Formation Evaluation, Engineering, Geology and Geophysics and Monitoring of conventional and unconventional resources, improved oil recovery, applications in low-carbon solutions, well forecasting and transient analysis, and reservoir simulation and characterization. Case studies on reservoir engineering applications and new technologies will also add tremendous enrichment to our repertoire. We look forward to working with you to transform your submissions into valuable industry contributions.

Development work and operations worldwide in geothermal, sustainable mobility, industrial decarbonization, renewables, climate change, and hydrogen in the energy system of the future.