Call for Papers

We are now accepting paper submissions for this event. Deadline to submit is 7 October 2013.

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Technical Categories

Case Histories Challenges from HP/HT, high salinity, high scaling waters Chemical placement Environmental solutions EOR and scale risks Lessons learned Multifunctional treatments Sampling and preservations Scale diagnosis and monitoring Scale inhibitor residual analysis Scale management in carbonate reservoirs Squeeze life enhancements Subsea application, deep water experiences, and cold climate applications Innovative Solutions to Scale Control Modelling work New scale inhibitor evaluation methods Novel chemical placements Novel treatment designs Scale treatment management

Emerging Chemistries and Technologies New chemistries and new understanding Scale control under turbulent conditions Scale management in MEG regeneration systems Unconventional methods Unconventional Scale and Scale Removal Desulphation Naphthenate NORM/LSA Scale dissolvers Sulphide and other exotic scales Unconventional Production Scale management and fractured wells Scale Challenges in shale gas and shale oil reservoirs Ultra deep conditions Ultra sour conditions

General Guidelines

1. Obtain necessary clearance from your management.
2. The paper proposal must be a minimum of 200 words and no more than 300 words in length and should include a description of the proposed paper, results/conclusions, and the technical category most applicable to your paper.
3. The paper proposal must be received by 7 October 2013.
4. Submit your paper here
5. Do not include title or author names in the body of the abstract. Title and author information will be requested separately through the submission system.
6. Please note that, if accepted, your paper proposal may be published, as submitted, in conference information media, including the SPE website.
7. Authors whose paper proposals are accepted will be required to provide a manuscript for inclusion in the conference proceedings. Authors who do not submit a manuscript and the associated publication forms by the manuscript due date will be withdrawn from the programme and will not be allowed to present. Manuscripts will be due at SPE no later than 14 February 2014.

Changes, Cancellations, and Withdrawals

SPE and the Programme Committee consider an accepted abstract as a commitment to present. If extenuating circumstances prevent the author from making the presentation, it is that author’s obligation to find an alternate presenter and notify their SPE Programme Lead and their session chair(s) (if applicable).

Withdrawals must be made in writing to the SPE office as soon as possible. Under no circumstances can a submitted abstract be changed once it has been submitted. The failure of SPE conference authors to have at least one designated individual present the paper at the conference will result in the conference paper being permanently withdrawn from the SPE technical paper archive in OnePetro. Cancellations, particularly after a paper has been accepted and publicised, are viewed by the Programme Committee as highly unprofessional.

A Word about Commercialism

SPE has a stated policy against use of commercial trade names, company logos, or text that is commercial in tone in the paper title, text, or slides.

Use of such terms will result in careful scrutiny by the Programme Committee in evaluating abstracts and the presence of commercialism in the paper may result in it being withdrawn from the programme.

Copyright

All authors of papers presented at the conference will be required to complete and submit a copyright release form to SPE or submit the copyright exemption form where applicable.