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SPE 101
Wat do you tik separates
a ecellet paper roma averae oe?
First o all, excellent papers
contain excellent inormation: new
ideas, methods, data, observation,
analysis, etc. Secondly, all the
inormation needs to be logically
organized so that it is easy or
readers to understand. Ater all, the
purpose o a paper is to eectively
communicate with others.
We readi papers writte
y oter SPE memers, wat do
you tik is te most commo
area or improvemet?
The majority o SPE papers are
very good. Some may have
issues such as being overly long
or have language diculties.
Wat omework sould
a autor do eoreeii a paper?
While planning a paper, it is a good
idea or authors to do a li terature
review on the same or similar
topics in order to know more about
the history and the recent advances
in the particular subject matter.
Do you write a paper wit a
specifc audiece i mid,
suc as or colleaues,researcers, te idustry at
lare, etc.? how mit tis
cae your approac?
Yes. Actually, papers or dierent
audiences are organized in quite
dierent ways. For example, papers
written or the industry at large may
need more introductory material
or general technical discussion.
On the other hand, papers writtenor colleagues and peers who are
already working in the same eld o
study may touch more on technical
details, ranging rom applications
and improvements to detailed
ormulae or experiment analysis.
Wat advice would you ive
to a colleaue wo as ever
writte a paper? Were is a
ood place or tem to start?
Start with a literature review on
your topic o interest and others
related to it. The multisociety
library at www.onepetro.org
is a good place to begin.
Some SPE memers strule
to come up wit a ood topic
or a paper. Do you ave ay
WRITIng SPE TEChnICAL PAPERS
The chie asset o SPE is the knowledge o its members, which is documented primarily in the technical papers
they write. SPE members derive tremendous benets rom papersboth rom reading them and rom writing them.
Authoring papers is a way to share knowledge with the industry and to gain public recognition or ones work.
Presenters o technical papers at conerences have the chance to share their ndings with peers at an industry event
(possibly held in an interesting new place!). The networking benets or authors at these SPE events oten lead to
additional paths o study or learning.
To help potential authors write the best possible papers, SPE has posted a variety o tips on its website at www.
spe.org/papers. Here you can nd advice or writing a quality paper proposal and or ormatting your paper in the
SPE way.Whether you are contemplating gett ing star ted on your rst SPE paper or have already presented several,
you can learn a lot rom the experience o seasoned authors. With this in mind, TWAsat down with 2010 Ferguson
Medal winner Lujun Lou Ji, a senior research engineer at M-I Swaco. The Ferguson Medal recognizes signicant
contributions to the permanent technical literature o the proession by an SPE member younger than 36.
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tips to elp a potetial autor
determie weter or ot
someti tey are worki
o is a wortwile topic?
Good topics usually can be
ound by browsing the oerings
at SPE events. Clues to popular
and interesting topics lie in
calls or papers, in the keynoteand technical presentations
given, and through the networking
experiences among members
at these meetings. This is one o
the great benets o participating
in SPE meetings. Reading SPE
papers and journal ar ticles is
also very helpul in this regard.
how importat are co-autors?
how muc dierece is tere
i te workload take oy te autor as compared
to is/er co-autors?
nEW IDEAS nEW METhODS nEW DATA nEW ObSERVATIOn nEW AnALYSIS
An E xCE LLE nT PAPER COnTAInS ExCELLE nT I nFORMATIOn
Co-authors are as important as
the main authorthey contribute
a lot to the paper and are also
responsible or its content in
the same manner as the author.
That said, an author usually
has a litt le bit more workload
than co-authors do, since she/
he usually handles the overall
organization o the paper and isresponsible or including co-
authors contributions. Co-authors
may write parts o the paper as
well, and they also need to review
the entire paper, making sure
that all o the inormation that
they want to include is present
and clearly organized. Finally, the
paper must be understandable
or all the co-authors, the
rst readers o the paper.
Wat aout posters?
We sould a autor
cosider a poster
istead o a paper?
When authors have enough
data or results but do not
have enough time to put them
into a ull paper, they should
consider putting them into
a poster. A poster briefysummarizes the analysis or
experimental method, outlines
the associated data, results,
etc. and draws conclusions
based on these observations.
Ay fal touts?
Language skills are also
important. Weak language
skills can prevent readers
rom understanding theinormation in the paper. TWA
Iterested i readi Jis medal-wii paper? Go to www.onepetro.org and look up
SPE paper 110845 A Novel Hydraulic Fracturing Model Fully Coupled with Geomechanics
and Reservoir Simulator. Watch or Part II o Writing SPE Technical Papers in the next
issue oTWA, where you will nd more tips to help you write the best possible paper.