Call for Papers

SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference

2123 May 2014 | Maracaibo, Venezuelawww.spe.org/events/lacpec

Strategic Opportunities in Latin AmericaConventional and Unconventional Oil and Gas Systems

LACPEC 14

Message From the Technical Program Committee Chairpersons

We welcome your participation in the 2014 SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference (LACPEC), to be held in Maracaibo, Venezuela, 21 23 May 2014.

Our theme for LACPEC 2014 is Strategic Opportunities in Latin AmericaConventional and Unconventional Oil and Gas Systems. It emphasizes the large resource base and potential for production and reserves growth in our regionparticularly for deepwater, mature and heavy oiland world-class potential in shale gas and liquids-rich petroleum systems.

The program committee invites you to submit your technical advancement, new method, case study, or practical application as a conference technical paper. Please submit your paper proposal online at www.spe.org/events/lacpec.

If your paper is selected, you will have the opportunity to present it to an audience of your peers at LACPEC 2014. The submission deadline is 10 September 2013. All abstracts should be written in English.

As your Technical Program Committee Chairpersons for LACPEC 2014, we invite you to showcase your technical achievements at SPEs premier technical conference in our region.

Dave Bantz Tom Blasingame Nestor SaavedraChevron Texas A&M University Ecopetrol

Society of Petroleum Engineers222 Palisades Creek DriveRichardson, TX 75080-2040 USA

Abstract Submission Categories

Paper Proposal Submission Deadline is 10 September 2013. Submit your paper online at www.spe.org/events/lacpec

Integration of geoscience technologies Reservoir characterization and

description Reservoir management, planning,

and testing Deepwater developments Well construction and stimulation Digital oilfield Enhanced oil recovery (EOR), improved

oil recovery (IOR), and mature fields Flow assurance and production

chemistry

Heavy oil Health, safety, social, and

environmental concerns Production and facilities Risk analysis and evaluation

of oil and gas developments Unconventional resources Water and CO2 management Sand control and sand

production management Regional play assessment in

Latin America