Technical Paper Downloads
JPT offers SPE members the opportunity to download and read the full-length SPE technical papers summarized in the magazine. Papers are available only for a period of two months. OTC papers that are synopsized in JPT are not available for download; they can be purchased from the OnePetro Library.
October 2013
Field Development Projects
- SPE 162534 – Optimized Shale Resource Development: Proper Placement of Wells and Hydraulic Fracture Stage
- SPE 161591 – Development of Flank Areas in a Giant Carbonate Field With Optimal Well Placement of Horizontal Wells
Tight Reservoirs
- SPE 164018 – Integration of Fracture, Reservoir, and Geomechanics Modeling for Shale Gas Reservoir Development
- IPTC 16400 – Analysis on the Impact of Fracturing Treatment Design and Reservoir Properties on Production From Shale Gas Reservoirs
- SPE 164549 – Optic Imaging of Two-Phase Flow Behavior in Nanoscale Fractures
Data Management and Communication
- IPTC 16394 – Accelerating Time to Autonomy for Technical Staff—Developing the Industry's Best Performers
- IPTC 16752 – Technical Master Classes: A New Approach to Knowledge Transfer
- SPE 160017 – Hands-On Teaching for Petroleum Engineers in the 21st Century: A Balance Between High-Tech and Simple Demonstrators
Sand Management and Frac Pack
- IPTC 16449 – Production Integrated Sand-Control Benchmark for Mature Field Development
- SPE 164645 – Sand-Management Methodologies for Sustained Facilities Operations
- SPE 158326 – Nondestructive Strength Index Testing Applications for Sand-Failure Evaluation
September 2013
Reservoir Performance and Monitoring
- SPE 162910 – Practical Considerations for Decline Curve Analysis in Unconventional Reservoirs—Application of Recently Developed Rate-Time Relations
- SPE 155443 – Instilling Realism in Production Forecasts: Dos and Don'ts
- IPTC 16702 – Deepwater Production Improvement Through Proactive Reservoir Management and Conformance Control
- SPE 159583 – A Distributed Microchip System for Subsurface Measurement
Completions Today
- SPE 159586 – Advancements in Openhole Completion Technology Increase Efficiencies and Production in the Williston Basin
- SPE 164008 – Adopting North American, Multistage Fracturing and Horizontal Completion Technologies Starts To Unlock the Amin Tight Gas Formation in the Sultanate of Oman
- SPE 160060 – First Intelligent Well Completion in the Troll Field Enables Feed-Through Zonal Isolation: A Case History
- SPE 159413 – Evaluation of Established Perforation Cleanup Models on Dynamic Underbalanced Perforating
Drilling Management and Automation
- SPE 163709 – Design of an Automated Drilling Prediction System—Strengthening While-Drilling Decision Making
- SPE 165325 – A Successful Optimization Case of Drilling and Completion Operations Through Management Tools and Strategies
- SPE 164576 – Integrated Technology Approach To Explore Carbonate Reservoirs in Malaysia Enhances PMCD Potentials and Enables Successful Prospect Evaluations
- IPTC 16999 – Remote Real-Time Analysis—A Game Changer for Remote Operation Centers

