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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Every year, SPE recognizes members who have made an exceptional effort to ensure the technical excellence of the Society’s peer-reviewed journals. For their contributions, the following individuals are recipients of the 2023 Outstanding Technical Reviewer Service Award.
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SPE is recognizing high-performing Associate Editors who have distinguished themselves in terms of ability to manage a paper’s timeliness and their overall responsiveness and quality of reviewer feedback. For their contributions, these individuals are awarded the SPE Outstanding Associate Editor Service Award.
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This section lists with regret SPE members who recently passed away.
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Former SPE Board Member and SPE Distinguished Service Award recipient died June 23.
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In this podcast episode and transcript, Terry Palisch talks about the impact of the energy transition on the industry and technology and how SPE is helping its members adjust to the shifting landscape.
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The three companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore the development of an energy-specific large language model.
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Oil and gas professionals from 70 countries turned out for the 2023 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE) in San Antonio, Texas.
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The computer vision startup from Porto Alegre, Brazil, earned both the People’s Choice award with a prize of $3,000 and the Best in Show award of $25,000.
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SPE recently became a supporting organization of the Aiming for Zero Methane Emissions Initiative, which aims to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas operations to near zero by 2030.
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Advanced technologies for hydrogen production took center stage at the recent event, with presentations covering both blue and green hydrogen production methods, achieving improved efficiency and reduced costs, innovations in electrolysis, and advancements in steam methane reforming.