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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SPE Technical Director Hamad Al-Marri shares his outlook of the oil and gas production facilities landscape as it stands on the cusp of a significant transformation. The demand for oil and gas will continue to exist, but the industry will need to adapt to a new reality. -
SPE began an exciting new chapter in its publishing program by consolidating three specialty publications—HSE Now, Data Science and Digital Engineering, and Oil and Gas Facilities—into JPT.
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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 is celebrating outstanding associate editors who have distinguished themselves in managing paper timeliness and responsiveness and in providing high-quality reviewer feedback for the Society’s peer-reviewed SPE Journal.
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This section lists with regret SPE members who recently passed away.
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Three SPE specialty publications are being retired, yet coverage of their respective topics will live on in JPT. The change gives members a single platform for upstream knowledge while streamlining SPE’s publishing operations.
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Jennifer Miskimins shares her vision for the year ahead—rooted in SPE’s new tagline, “Solutions. People. Energy.”—and outlines how the Society can meet growing global energy needs, support members, and shape the industry’s future.
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Each year during its Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE), SPE honors members whose outstanding contributions to SPE and the petroleum industry merit special distinction. Recipients will be recognized at the Annual Awards Banquet on 21 October.
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A 15-year SPE member, he will oversee the Office of Fossil Energy and the National Energy Technology Laboratory, managing a $5-billion R&D portfolio spanning coal, oil, natural gas, and critical minerals with the goal of advancing affordable and reliable energy solutions.
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SPE is navigating one of the most challenging financial periods in its history. In this article, the SPE Officers outline the factors behind ongoing budget pressures, the actions already taken, and the new steps approved by the SPE Board of Directors to ensure long-term sustainability while protecting member value.
