PAPER ABSTRACTS SUBMISSION

The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) is pleased to announce the 46th edition of her Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition (NAICE), scheduled to hold from July 31-02 August 2023 at Eko Hotels & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.

NAICE is Africa’s foremost energy industry event and focuses on policy discussions, innovative application of technology, processes/industry best practices, new products and operational excellence to maximize value from hydrocarbon assets. NAICE attracts industry regulators, high level government officials, energy industry professionals at all levels and other key oil and gas industry stakeholders.

The theme for NAICE 2023 is “Balancing Energy Accessibility, Affordability, and Sustainability: Strategic Options for Africa.” Highlights of the event will include Technical Sessions, Panel Sessions, Exhibition, Topical Issues Workshop, Women Leadership Programme, Luncheons/Industry Dinners and Awards, Young Professionals Workshop and Pre-Conference Regional Section Officers Workshop and Short Courses.

We hereby invite you to submit abstracts in the following categories for the technical sessions:

Deep Water Development & Operations
Well Design, Drilling & Completions
Marginal Fields Development & Operations
Reservoir Description, Engineering & Management
Asset Management and Information
Production Optimization & Operations
Reservoir Geology & Geophysics
Recovery Mechanism & Processes
Formation Evaluation
Project Economics & Financing
Health, Safety and Environment

Renewables and Unconventional Energies
Local Human Resources Development
Gas Utilization & Operations
Facility Design & Construction
Community Development /Corporate Social Responsibility.
Supply Chain Management and Operational Excellence
Refining and Petrochemical Technology
Petroleum Policy Development and Analysis
Artificial intelligence and Data Science
Energy Transition and Decarbonization

Submission Guides

To write a good (SPE) Paper, you must have read ( SPE) papers on OnePetro
Develop your abstract carefully and submit text files on the portal https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/NAICE2023. Please note that you MUST create a profile on the portal.
Kindly reference NAICE papers FAQ in order to get further clarifications.
Kindly also read SPE paper policies on https://www.spe.org/events/papers/policies.php
Your abstract should be a maximum of 450 words OR 900 characters.
You MUST ensure that you run personal plagiarism test which includes self plagiarism
Select the appropriate subject area during your submission
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Abstracts MUST BE submitted as plain text via SPE Nigeria online portal. ABSTRACTS NOT SUBMITTED THROUGH THE ONLINE PORTAL WILL NOT BE PROCESSED.
Use SPE standard templates for the preparation of your manuscripts (draft & full) and slides. Download acceptable templates here: Authors’ kit at https://www.naice.spenigeriacouncil.org/authorkit to see acceptable templates for submission. Visit https://www.spe.org/en/authors/resources/prepare-paper/ to for a proper guide on preparing your final paper
There are policies guiding papers submission at SPE Conferences. See a complete list of the policies at the link https://www.spe.org/events/papers/policies.php

For enquiries, email Chairman,

Technical Programme Committee, SPE NAICE 2023 at TPC@spenigeriacouncil.org and or The SPE Nigeria Council Secretariat at

spenc-secretariat@spenigeriacouncil.org

Deadlines:

Site Open for Submission of Abstracts: September 15, 2022
Extended Submission Deadline: January 14, 2023
Notification of accepted Abstracts: January 20-25, 2023
Extended Deadline for Draft Manuscript Submission: April 10, 2023
Notification of accepted Draft Manuscripts: May 25, 2023
Deadline for Submission of Final Manuscripts*: June 01, 2023
Deadline for Submission of Presentation Slides: July 25, 2023

*Completed TOC and PIFs required along with submissions at this stage.

Contact Person: Udochukwu Akunna | +234 812 186 0374 | tpc@spenigeriacouncil.org