SPE Technical Papers Available for Download — April–May 2025

April 2025

Natural Gas Processing and Handling

Reducing Greenhouse-Gas Emissions by Using Zero-Flare Technology To Enhance Sustainability

Carbon-Capture Options for Gas-Processing Facilities

Completions

Aligning Upstream Operations With Sustainable Technology: High-Power Lasers

Heavy Oil

Case Study: Performance Analysis of Subsurface Safety Valve in Steam-Injection Wells for Thermally Assisted GOGD Heavy Oil Field

Modeling Phase Behavior of Solvents/Water/Heavy Oil Systems Under Reservoir Conditions With the PC-SAFT Equation of State

Scrutinization and Evaluation of Heavy Sludge Formation and In-Situ Tar-Mat Problems Based on Robust Integrated PVT and Openhole Logging Approach: A Case Study of an Oil Field in Pakistan

History Matching and Forecasting

Efficacy Gain From a Deep-Neural-Network-Based History-Matching Workflow

A Deep-Learning-Based Reservoir Surrogate for Performance Forecast and Nonlinearly Constrained Life-Cycle Production Optimization Under Geological Uncertainty

A New Semi-Iterative Well-Test Matching Method Based on Featured Points for Homogeneous Reservoir

May 2025

Deepwater Fields

Virtual Sensor Development To Prevent Hydrate in Deepwater Gas Field

Managing Well-Collision Risk by Disruptive Ranging Technology Without Affecting Rig Time

Abnormal Viscosity and Other Implications of Reservoir Connectivity Inferred From Reservoir Fluid Geodynamics: A Case Study From Deepwater Gulf of Mexico

Intelligent Operations

Digital Transformation Evolution From Zero to AI/ML Smart Production Surveillance

Metaverse: Accelerates Upstream Growth With the Power of Immersive Collaboration

Extended-Reach and Complex Wells

Effective Options Used To Reduce or Eliminate Nonproductive Time in Case of Severe and Total Losses While Drilling Unconventional Horizontal Wells

Multilateral Technology Innovations Ready to Maximize Field Development

Case Study—Efficient Drilling of High-Angle Wells: Overcoming Strength Anisotropy and Enhancing Hole Cleaning by Remote Real-Time Borehole Management

Cementing and Zonal Isolation

Managed Pressure Cementing in Deepwater Environment, Evolving From Saving the Well With Perfectly Executed Challenging Primary Cementing Operations To Bring Back Wells to Productive Life With State-of-the-Art Remedial Cementing Jobs on Controlled Pressure Manner

Improvement in Well Integrity by Mitigating Casing-to-Cement Debonding Using Advanced Technique

Simulating Lost Circulation in a Primary Cementing Job Design

Topics Coming Up in June

Coiled Tubing | Acidizing | Hydraulic Fracturing Operations | EOR Operations.