SPE News
These awards recognize those members who have contributed exceptional service and leadership to the Society, as well as those who have made major professional contributions to their technical disciplines at the regional level.
Twelve young professionals in the energy industry will join the board.
This article from the SPE Artificial Lift Technical Section highlights a positive reality of our industry, one that centers on connecting and collaborating for success.
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Marshall Watson, SPE member, professor, and chair of the petroleum engineering department at Texas Tech, helped train the crew of Paramount’s new series "Landman" to portray the industry authentically. -
This investigation of fluid flow and particles movement uses a coupled CFD/DEM modeling approach to provide new insights into the multiscale mechanism of sand production.
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SPE has launched a new community on SPE Connect for 2025 SPE President Olivier Houzé, the first of its kind. This platform offers members a unique opportunity for direct, open discussions with Houzé.
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This month’s column offers an inside look at SPE’s governance, highlighting the Board of Directors and the selection process for its members. SPE President Olivier Houzé revisits lessons from the 2022 SPE-AAPG merger discussions and wraps up with actionable ideas to boost transparency and member engagement.
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This section lists with regret SPE members who recently passed away.
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Digitalization and automation of the drilling process drive the need for an interoperability platform in a drilling operation, where a shared definition and method of calculation of the drilling process state is a fundamental element of an infrastructure to enable interoperability at the rigsite.
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The 2025 Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition will now be held 20–22 October in Houston at the George R. Brown Convention Center.
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The SPE Distinguished Lecturer (DL) Program is a prestigious opportunity to share your insights on global trends, challenges, and innovations with SPE sections worldwide. The nomination window for the 2026–2027 DL season is now open through 15 March 2025.
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The SPE IOR-EOR Terminology Review Committee has released its recommendations for the use of IOR, EOR, and newly introduced term, assisted oil recovery (AOR).
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This case study uses distributed temperature sensing (DTS) technology to monitor a cemented and plugged well in the Alaska North Slope, highlighting the versatile potential of DTS in long-term monitoring and establishing a workflow that makes the most of that potential.
