Call for Papers

Welcome to the 2025 SPE Oil and Gas Symposium. A great venue to present your innovation!

For over 50 years, the Oil and Gas Symposium in Oklahoma City has encouraged individuals to present new methods to enhance the development of our world’s energy resources.

Don’t miss this opportunity to publish and present your hard work.    

Submission Deadline: September 30th 2024

Authors will be notified of the status of their paper proposals by November 5. The manuscript submission deadline is February 12, 2025.

Why Submit Your Abstract?

  • Raise your profile among 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 other companies

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.

For more information on preparing your paper proposal, and help with writing your manuscript, please visit the SPE website below.

Authoring Conference Papers (spe.org)

Technical Categories

Please indicate category designation on the online form where indicated

  • Operator’s Forum / Case Studies

  • Exploration – new or near-field exploration

  • Logging and Formation Evaluation

  • Drilling Operations and Well Construction

  • Well Integrity and Accessibility

  • Completion Design and Optimization

  • Completion Operational Efficiency and Diagnostics

  • Production Operations – Flow Dynamics

  • Production Operations – Artificial Lift

  • Drilling, Completion and Production Chemistry

  • Reservoir Engineering and Management

  • Improved and Enhanced Oil Recovery

  • Energy Transformation – Geothermal and Carbon Capture & Storage

  • Sustainability and Reducing Environmental Footprint

  • Brine Water Treatment and Remediation

  • Data Driven Solutions and Artificial Intelligence

Author Resources

  • 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

  • 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 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 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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    • 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.Description text goes here

  • 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.

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