SPE Disciplines
We organize our activities into eight primary disciplines, offering news and programs tailored to each area. Many of our members may have interests in more than one area.
Completions
Topics include completion design and installation, intelligent wells, sand control, hydraulic fracturing, acidizing and stimulation, and well integrity. Special interests are supported through technical sections, and peer-reviewed papers are published in the SPE Journal.
Categories include: Completion Selection and Design, Completion Installation and Operations, Completion Monitoring Systems/Intelligent Wells, Sand Control, Hydraulic Fracturing, Acidizing, Completion Fluids, Completions Evaluation, Recompletion, Well Integrity, Fundamental Research in Well Completion
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Data Science and Engineering Analytics
Topics include information systems, data use and management with specializations covered in technical sections and articles published in the Data Science and Digital Engineering online magazine.
Categories include: Information Management and Systems, Research and Development and Emerging Technology Programs
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Drilling
Covers topics from well planning and wellbore design through drilling equipment, systems and operations to casing and cementing. Special interests are supported through technical sections, and peer-reviewed papers are published in the SPE Journal.
Categories include: Well Planning, Wellbore Design, Wellhead Design, Drillstring Design, Drill Bits, Drilling Operations, Pressure Management, Formation Damage, Wellbore Positioning, Drilling Equipment, Drilling Fluids and Materials, Drilling Measurement, Data Acquisition and Automation, Drilling Automation, Casing and Cementing, Fundamental Research in Drilling
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Projects, Facilities, and Construction
Topics include processing, flow assurance and subsea systems, measurement and control, platforms and floating systems, and facilities operations. Peer-reviewed papers, as well as articles, are published in the Oil and Gas Facilities magazine.
Categories include: Processing Systems and Design, Pipelines, Flowlines and Risers, Flow Assurance, Measurement and Control, Offshore Facilities and Subsea Systems, Natural Gas Conversion and Storage, Unconventional Production Facilities, Facilities and Construction Project Management, Facilities Operations, Facilities Decommissioning and Site Remediation, Fundamental Research in Projects, Facilities, and Construction
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Health, Safety, Environment, and Sustainability
Comprises core HSE topics as well as research and sustainability issues. Specializations are covered through technical sections, workshops, publications, and international HSE conferences held in both the US and abroad.
Categories include: HSES Management, Health, Safety, Security, Environment, Sustainability/Social Responsibility, Fundamental Research in HSES
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Asset Management
Topics range from strategic planning to energy economics with specializations covered in Technical Sections. Peer-reviewed papers are published in the SPE Journal.
Categories include: Asset and Portfolio Management, Risk Management and Decision-Making, Strategic Planning and Management, Energy Economics, Professionalism, Training, and Education
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Production and Operations
Focuses include artificial lift, well operations and optimization, surveillance and monitoring, production chemistry, well intervention and decommissioning. Peer-reviewed papers are published in the SPE Journal.
Categories include: Artificial Lift Systems, Well Operations and Optimization, Well & Reservoir Surveillance and Monitoring, Production Chemistry, Metallurgy and Biology, Well Intervention, Well Decommissioning, Fundamental Research in Production and Operations
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Reservoir
Topics range from simulation and formation evaluation to unconventionals and enhanced recovery processes. Specialized topical covered in global events and the peer-reviewed SPE Journal.
Categories include: Reservoir Characterization, Fluid Characterization, Reservoir Fluid Dynamics, Improved and Enhanced Recovery, Reservoir Simulation, Formation Evaluation and Management, Reserves Evaluation, Unconventional and Complex Reservoirs, Non-Traditional Resources, Storage Reservoir Engineering, Fundamental Research in Reservoir Description and Dynamics
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