SPE News
Each year during its Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE), SPE honors members whose outstanding contributions to the Society and the petroleum industry merit special distinction. Recipients will be recognized at the Annual Awards Banquet on 22 October.
After years of market shocks, technological breakthroughs, and rising uncertainty, ATCE 2026 will provide new insights on how industry leaders and technical experts are preparing for the next era of the upstream business.
Get more from ATCE 2026 with a strategic plan for learning, networking, technology scouting, and career growth. Susan Howes shares how to maximize the value of SPE's premier annual event.
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The SPE Ecuador Section brought the excitement of robotics and energy education to life through an intensive 1-day Energy4me training, reaching 1,324 children from rural Quito.
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Fourteen SPE student chapters, ranging by category and size, have been selected for recognition.
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This paper presents a comprehensive literature review of perforate, wash, and cement techniques that compares new methods with traditional ones and uses field cases and computational fluid dynamics to find the most cost- and time-effective practices without sacrificing safety.
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Organized by YPs for YPs, this initiative offers a safe and inspiring space where learning meets leadership, and where the future of energy is not only discussed, but co-created.
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The urgency of methane emissions reduction in the oil and gas sector demands a strategic approach to change management. Success hinges on fostering a shift in industry mindset, where emissions reduction is embedded into operational design and decision-making rather than seen as a regulatory burden.
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This study combines preshear degradation, permeability, and oil presence effects to evaluate and improve polymer injectivity using acrylamido tertiary butyl sulfonate (ATBS) polymer in carbonate rock.
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Gautam Swami, manager of corporate R&D at NOV and SPE member, shares his experiences in building a career in oil and gas R&D, discusses how innovation is shaping the industry, and offers guidance to young professionals.
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This paper presents a fundamental research study with the main objective of building a mechanistic numerical model that captures the important mechanisms of polymer flooding through various mechanistic equations using a combined reservoir flow and geochemical numerical simulator.
