SPE is closely monitoring the impact of Covid-19 on travel and events. Authors, if your paper is accepted for presentation at the conference and plans for this conference change, SPE will pursue all alternatives available to still allow you the opportunity to present your paper.


Call for Papers

The Call for Papers is now closed.

Those that submitted abstract(s) will receive a notification email, on 8 September, that will provide information on the status abstract(s).

Submission Categories

  • Drilling & Completion Fluids
  • Cementing
  • Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids
  • Acid Stimulation
  • Inorganic Scales
  • Organic Deposits
  • Other Production Chemistry Challenges
  • Water Management
  • Geochemistry
  • Chemistry of Enhanced Oil Recovery
  • Oilfield Chemistry and the Environment​

General Guidelines

  • Obtain necessary clearance from your management and start preparing now
  • Authors whose paper proposals are accepted will be required to write a manuscript for inclusion in the conference proceedings by 17 November 2020.
  • Authors who do not submit a manuscript and the associated publication forms by the stated deadline will be withdrawn from the program and will not be allowed to present per SPE’s No Paper, No Podium policy.
  • If accepted, your paper may be published, as submitted, in conference media, including on the SPE website

Please Note: An agreement to present a paper at this SPE conference carries an obligation to participate in the event.

Please review SPE's Author Guidelines for Papers.

A Word On 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 presentation slides. Use of such terms will result in careful scrutiny by the Program Committee in the evaluation of paper proposals, and the presence of commercialism in the paper will result in it being withdrawn from the program.