SPE News
Go behind the scenes at the SPE Distinguished Lecturer Program’s 2026 Eastern Hemisphere Presentation Review Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, where candidates competed for selection as 2027–2028 SPE Distinguished Lecturers.
SPE's new Asset Integrity Technical Section brings together industry experts to advance best practices in reliability engineering, asset integrity, risk reduction, and infrastructure performance. The global community will focus on the safe, reliable, and sustainable operation of energy assets across both traditional and emerging energy sectors.
This section lists with regret SPE members who recently passed away.
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A novel approach uses the heart-shaped signal in low-frequency distributed acoustic sensing measurements to estimate the hydraulic fracture tip distance before the hydraulic fracture intersects the monitor well, offering critical insight into the characterization of hydraulic fracture propagation. -
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.
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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).
