SPE News
Leaders of SPE’s Artificial Lift Technical Section outline the group’s mission, recent technical highlights, and a growing slate of global events shaping the future of artificial lift.
SPE’s newest technical community, the Critical Minerals Technical Section, aims to connect petroleum expertise with emerging opportunities to extract lithium, rare earth elements, and other critical minerals from subsurface reservoirs and industrial brines.
Initiative identified as the single highest-priority action to support geothermal capital market creation following a 2-year expert analysis of financial barriers to exponential-scale geothermal development.
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During my recent visit to Ukraine, I saw firsthand the resilience and strength of the country and its people. Despite the ongoing war, the energy sector and academic institutions continue to thrive, demonstrating unwavering dedication to progress and innovation. -
This paper presents a comprehensive literature review and critical examination of the published modeling and experimental studies regarding the recovery mechanisms of cyclic gas injection and the conditions under which the process can enhance oil recovery with the aim to identify lessons learned and areas in need of further study.
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This case study investigates the reasoning behind the solidification of barite behind the casing with the aim of developing solutions for efficient casing removal and the potential use of settled barite as a barrier material.
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A fundamental research study is conducted to confirm the potential usefulness of chelating agents in dispersing settled barite, emphasize the complex nature of the factors that control this process, and provide a solid basis for future studies aimed at optimizing dispersion methods in industrial applications.
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The SPE Europe Energy GeoHackathon aims at educating and disseminating knowledge to all the participants on how data science applications can support geothermal energy developments and drive the energy transition. Boot camps begin 21 October.
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SPE is celebrating outstanding Associate Editors who have distinguished themselves in managing paper timeliness, responsiveness, and providing high-quality reviewer feedback for the Society’s peer-reviewed SPE Journal.
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Every year, SPE recognizes members who have made an exceptional effort to ensure the technical excellence of the Society’s peer-reviewed SPE Journal.
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SPE welcomes 199 members into the Legion of Honor recognizing 50 years of consecutive membership in the Society.
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In this vodcast and column, Olivier Houzé explores the polarized views among SPE's members about the energy transition, highlighting the geographic and demographic differences. He examines historical perspectives on energy transitions, evaluates future scenarios, and discusses how SPE can adapt its mission to stay relevant.
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This paper proposes a holistic, automatic, and real-time characterization of cuttings/cavings, including their volume, size distribution, and shape/morphology, while integrating 3D data with high-resolution images to pursue this objective for use in the real-time assessment of hole cleaning sufficiency and wellbore stability and, consequently, for the prediction, prev…
