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The guidelines, forms and documents you need as an SPE author.
 

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  • The SPE Podcast: Writing Abstracts with Terry Palisch
  • Promote Your Paper on Social Media
This episode, SPE’s former VP of Communications, Glenda Smith, is joined by longtime SPE volunteer, Terry Palisch, who is the Petroleum Engineering Advisor at CARBO Ceramics. They discuss the importance of how to properly write a paper proposal.


Your conference or journal paper has been accepted for publication. How can you best get the word out?

Share it with your professional communities on social media platforms: 

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Best Practices:

  • Choose an interesting image from your paper, or better yet, create a short (30-sec or less) video abstract of your paper.
  • Include a link to your paper on OnePetro.org (preferably the doi number).
  • Incorporate your @s and #s right in your text and keep text short, with a call to actioon.
  • @ your coauthors or sponsoring institutions.
  • Include 3-6 key words and industry hashtags, such as #oilandgas and #research. Include #SPEJournal and #WeAreSPE, so SPE can reshare and promote your paper as well. 
  • Share with your professional colleagues and encourage your co-authors to do the same. If colleagues are not on social media, share your paper in an email and share on your institutional communication channels.
  • Be sure to check the comments section and engage thoughtful comments to keep the conversation going.
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