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Message from the Chairpersons

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of SPE and the program committee, we invite you to submit a paper proposal for the SPE Hydrocarbon Economics and Evaluation Symposium being held 19–20 May 2014 in Houston, Texas, USA. This event brings together technical, business development, and financial professionals in the oil and gas industry who are involved in the economics and evaluation of hydrocarbons and/or energy.

Themed “Hydrocarbon Investment Challenges in a Global Energy Market,” the symposium will include a welcome reception, a plenary session, a thematic technical program, training courses, and a keynote luncheon.

The program committee invites you to submit a paper proposal for this symposium in the areas of interest listed below; other pertinent topics are also welcome.

  • Acquisition and Divestitures
  • Portfolio Management: Evolution of Economics, Risk, and Decision Making
  • Exploration and Appraisal Evaluation
  • Price and Cost Environment and Forecasting
  • Unconventional Evaluation: Shale Gas and Oil
  • Reserves and Resource Evaluation
  • Drilling, Completion, and Operational Impacts on Resource
  • Fiscal and Non-Technical Risk Environment
  • Global and Regional Market Trends: Supply and Demand Dynamics
  • Understanding the Various Classification Systems, Reporting, and Definitions
  • Case Studies: Conventional and Unconventional Resources
  • Impact of Unforeseen Events
  • Other

If you have any questions, please contact Wanda Scoggins, SPE Conference Programs Lead at wscoggins@spe.org.

The deadline for proposal submission is 17 October 2013. Please submit your paper proposals online.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Dan DiLuzio
Shell International

Bernard Seiller
Total SA