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UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFA, THE CROWN PRINCE AND PRIME MINISTER

16 - 18 September 2025
Bahrain

CALL FOR PAPERS

SUBMIT A PAPER PROPOSAL BY 13 JANUARY 2025

Submission topics

Under the theme 'Energy for a prosperous future: leading a sustainable tomorrow', the MEOS GEO 2025 conference will address the following areas of interest:

001. Solar Energy Innovations
002. Wind Energy Developments
003. Bioenergy and Biomass Conversion
004. Hydropower and Marine Energy
005. Energy Storage and Battery Technologies
006. Integration of Renewable Energy Systems
007. Environmental Impact and Life Cycle Analysis
008. Materials and Minerals for Renewable Energy
009. Energy Policies, Economics, Justice, and Sustainability
010. CO2 Enhanced Hydrocarbon Recovery
011. CO2 Mineralisation
012. Exploring CCS Frontiers: Screening and Evaluation
013. Carbon Capture Solutions: Integrated Subsurface Technologies
014. Innovations in Modelling Carbon Storage
015. CO2 Monitoring and Risk Mitigation Techniques
016. Policy and Regulatory Frameworks for CCUS
017. Geomechanics Risks Assessment
018. AI and Machine Learning Applications
019. Digital Twins and Simulation
020. IoT and Smart Devices in Energy
021. Big Data and Analytics
022. Cybersecurity in Energy Industry
023. Automation and Robotics in Upstream Operations
024. Real-Time Data Analytics and Monitoring
025. Blockchain Technology in Energy
026. Digital Platforms for Collaboration
027. GenAI Applications: Use Cases and Lessons Learnt
028. AI for Sustainability Goals: Reducing Emissions and Improving Energy Efficiency
029. Data Augmentation and Augmented Reality
030. Applications in Quantum and Edge Computing
031. Advancements in Drill Bit Technology
032. Drilling Fluids and Hydraulics
033. Directional Drilling and Wellbore Placement
034. Well Integrity and Cementing
035. Stuck Pipe Prevention and Mitigation
036. High-Pressure High-Temperature (HPHT) Drilling
037. Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) and Annular Pressure Drilling
038. Environmental and Safety Considerations in Drilling
039. Underbalanced Drilling
040. Well Design Optimisation
041. Innovation in Wellbore Stability Modelling
042. Wellbore Strengthening
043. Advancements in Seismic Processing and Imaging
044. Applications of HPC
045. Geophysical Methods for Reservoir Characterisation
046. Inversion and Forward Modelling
047. Near-Surface Geophysics
048. Advances in Petrophysics and Rock Physics
049. Marine Geophysics
050. Geophysical Approaches to Natural Hazards
051. Innovations in Geophysical Instrumentation
052. Trap Definition and Modelling
053. Microseismic Monitoring
054. Seismic Geomechanics Solutions
055. Applications on Quantifying the Value of Geophysics (VOI)
056. Portfolio Risking and Ranking Methods
057. Volumetric Assessments Best Practices
058. Basin Modelling
059. Structural Geology: Faults and Fractures Detection
060. Fault Seal Analysis
061. Geomechanics Applications
062. Reservoir Characterisation and Modelling
063. Outcrops and Analogues in Geological Studies
064. Geochemical Analysis and Applications
065. Exploration Frontiers and Case Studies
066. Predictive Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
067. Forward Stratigraphic Modelling
068. Advances in Petrophysics
069. Laboratory Characterisation
070. Global and Emerging Unconventional Plays
071. Shale and Tight Reservoir Exploration and Sweetspotting
072. Unconventional Fields Development and Planning
073. Micro-scale Techniques and Case Studies for Characterising Mudrock and Tight Reservoirs
074. Fluid Characterisation for Unconventionals—Predicting and Mapping Fluid Phase Composition
075. Geomechanics of Shale and Tight Reservoirs
076. Geoscience Integration for Assessing Stimulated Rock Volume
077. Case Studies on Unconventional Fields Lifecycles
078. Artificial Lift Technologies
079. Production Optimisation
080. Flowmetering Technologies
081. Flow Assurance and Pipeline Management
082. Well Stimulation and Intervention
083. Production Data Analytics
084. Sustainable Practices in Production Engineering
085. Environmental and Safety Practices in Production
086. Well Completion
087. Hydraulic Fracturing
088. Completion and Production Monitoring
089. Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Techniques
090. Integrated Reservoir Simulation and Modelling
091. Reservoir Characterisation
092. Reservoir Management and Optimisation
093. Well Testing and Analysis
094. Fracture and Geomechanics
095. Digital Reservoir Engineering
096. Production Enhancement Techniques
097. Formation Evaluation
098. Field Development Planning
099. Integrated Development Projects Case Studies
100. Mature Fields Management
101. Gas Reservoirs Development
102. Case Studies on Reviving Brown Fields
103. Innovation Management
104. Technology Roadmapping
105. R&D Project Management
106. Collaboration and Open Innovation
107. Intellectual Property Management
108. Technology Transfer and Commercialisation
109. Funding and Investment Strategies
110. Risk Management in R&D
111. Sustainability in R&D
112. Educating Next Generation of Engineers and Scientists for Energy Transition
113. Technology Valuation
114. Lessons Learnt in Technology Licensing
115. Pathways to Commercialisation
116. Licensing and Technology Transfer
117.  Venture Capital Trends in Energy
118. Risk Management in Commercialisation
119. Sustainable Business Models
120. Investment Strategies and Fundraising
121. Market Entry and Scaling
122. Lifecycle Assessment of Energy Production Systems
123. Advancing Safety in the Petroleum Industry
124. Environmental Impact Mitigation
125. Health and Safety Innovations
126. Risk Assessment and Management
127. Sustainable Development Practices
128. Regulatory Compliance and Best Practices
129. Hydrogen Production Technologies
130. Towards Green Hydrogen and Seawater Electrolysis
131. Hydrogen Storage Solutions
132. Hydrogen Infrastructure Development/Repurposing the Existing Infrastructure
133. Hydrogen Fuel Cells, Hydrogen Blending, Hydrogen Combustion, and Technology Readiness and Applications
134. Safety and Regulatory Frameworks for Hydrogen
135. Natural Hydrogen Exploration
136. Laboratory Characterisation of Hydrogen on Rock Properties
137. Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS)
138. Direct Use Applications of Geothermal Heat
139. Geothermal Exploration and Resource Assessment
140. Geothermal Drilling Technologies
141. Environmental Impact and Risk Assessment of Geothermal Energy Projects
142. Integrated Geothermal Projects Management and Feasibility
143. Drilling Fluid Formulations and Additives
144. Cement Chemistry for Well Integrity
145. Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Chemicals
146. Scale and Corrosion Inhibitors
147. Production Chemicals for Flow Assurance
148. Stimulation Fluids
149. Chemical Water Shutoff
150. Chemical EOR: Surfactants, Polymers, and Nanotechnology
151. Environmental Impact and Mitigation of Oilfield Chemicals
152. Analytical Techniques in Oilfield Chemistry
153. Innovations in Chemical Water Treatment
154. Chemical Solutions for Sand Control
155. Foaming Agents
156. Green Chemistry in Oilfield Operations
157. Mining Exploration in the Middle East
158. Advances in Mining Prospecting Methods
159. Mining of Strategic Elements from Produced Water
160. Economics of Mining in Produced Water
161. Advances in Mining Chemical/Physical Processes
162. Produced Water Treatment
163. Produced Water Reuse
164. Produced Water Injection
165. Industrial Water Treatment and Management
166. Forever Chemicals (PFAS) and Water Contamination/Purification
167. Nanotechnology
168. Computational Chemistry
169. Encapsulation Technologies
170. Advances in Coating Material
171. Corrosion Resistance Materials

Please note:

All paper proposals, manuscripts, and presentations must be submitted in English, as it is the official language for SPE conferences and publications. Submissions in any other language will not be accepted.

SPE must comply with all applicable sanction laws, including those of the United States and the United Kingdom. This includes screening individuals and entities against applicable lists of restricted parties to determine whether SPE is prohibited from, among other things, providing services to or receiving services from such parties.

As a result, your abstract will go through a compliance review and if identified one or more authors or the entity they represent is listed on the SDN sanction list, we must regretfully inform you that your paper will not be considered in forming the conference programme. We appreciate your submission and your understanding SPE legal compliance criteria.

Call for papers submission process

Please note that abstract submissions should be formatted into four (4) specific paragraphs:

  • Objectives/scope: Please list the objectives and/or scope of the proposed paper. (25-75 words)
  • Methods, procedures, process: Briefly explain your overall approach, including your methods, procedures and process. (75-100 words)
  • Results, observations, conclusions: Please describe the results, observations and conclusions of the proposed paper. (100-200 words)
  • Novel/additive information: Please explain how this paper will present novel (new) or additive information to the existing body of literature that can be of benefit to and/or add to the state of knowledge in the petroleum industry. (25-75 words)

The following guidelines apply:

  • DO NOT include title or author information in your abstract
  • Word minimum: 225
  • Word maximum: 450

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  • Obtain the necessary clearance from your management, your partners, and customers before submission.
  • It is mandatory for authors whose paper proposals are accepted,  to provide a manuscript with minimum 3000 words, for inclusion in the conference proceedings.
  • Authors who do not submit a manuscript and the associated publication forms by the manuscript due date of 1 July 2025 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 proposal may be published, as submitted, in conference information media, including on the SPE website.
  • 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.

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.

To further improve SPE’s technical quality standards, all submitted papers will be checked for plagiarism.

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