01 July 2026 — JPT July Issue
(VOL. 78, NO. 7)

July 2026 Issue of JPT — Now Available to SPE Members 

The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) is excited to announce the release of the July 2026 edition of the Journal of Petroleum Technology (JPT), the flagship magazine serving energy professionals around the globe. Active SPE members can now access the full digital issue online for the latest insights, case studies, and expert perspectives in oil and gas technology, exploration, and production.

What's Inside the July 2026 JPT (VOL. 78, NO. 7)?

Key Features and Editorials

• Energizing Tomorrow: Member Engagement Practices. This month’s column shares practical ideas gathered from professional sections and student chapters worldwide, including fresh approaches to communication and meeting formats as well as creative ways of building community and recognition. These real‑world examples highlight the diversity of SPE and offer plenty of “food for thought” for leaders looking to strengthen engagement and deliver more value to their members.

• Comments: The Continued Rise of the Vaca Muerta. Output is rising fast in the South American shale play, putting Argentina on a course to soon reach 1 million B/D.

•  Guest Editorial: Why Next-Generation Geothermal Systems and High-Temperature Drilling Are Essential to Global Deployment. This guest editorial addresses the need for high-temperature directional drilling technologies as the number of rigs used to develop next-generation geothermal wells is set to rise in the coming years.

• Brazil’s Equatorial Margin Exploration Effort Gains Urgency Amid Decline Concerns. Ultradeepwater prospects along the northern coast of Brazil could help offset decline in legacy basins, though permitting hurdles remain a wild card.

• HP/HT Comes of Age: How the Oil and Gas Industry Is Deploying 20,000-psi Systems. As equipment advances to handle extreme pressures and temperatures, new Gulf opportunities are emerging—alongside increasing operator demands for standardized, scalable, faster, and more affordable solutions.

• The War for Wind: Industry Steels Itself Against Resistance. The US federal government is working to stymie offshore wind power, but proponents aren’t going quietly. Armed with data, they are taking on a sea of misinformation and hostility to defend the burgeoning resource in the US, while the rest of the world moves ahead briskly

• Case Study: Water-Matching of Fracturing Water Predictably Boosts Early-Time Unconventional Production. This case study presents a procedure in which the operator compared production from wells with adjusted wettability to a control group, finding that the adjustments resulted in significant improvements in production and reductions in produced water.

• Case Study: Edge Computing and IIoT Enable Autonomous Artificial Lift and Well Optimization Across Multi-Basin Deployments. This case study describes how edge computing and industrial internet of things platforms were deployed to automate and optimize production operations across four distinct basins.

• 2026–2027 SPE Distinguished Lecturers. Speakers from various disciplines and professions focus on industry trends, challenges, technology applications, and advances. Scheduled DL events are in-person meetings only.

• Global Exploration and Production Updates: FIDs, Discoveries, and New Frontiers. This monthly snapshot of global E&P activity highlights ongoing developments worldwide.

• OGRC Advancing Global Consistency in Reserves Reporting Through PRMS Training. Bridging the gap between foundational guidance and real-world application, SPE’s Oil and Gas Reserves Committee is advancing PRMS education with a new, peer-reviewed training initiative. This article highlights the evolution of the PRMS knowledge base and introduces the PRMS Training Master Slides—a modular, instructor-led framework designed to improve consistency, clarity, and practical understanding across global reserves and resources practice.

Technical Focus Synopses

• Reservoir Simulation by Harshil Saradva, Senior Reservoir Engineer, Sharjah National Oil Corporation

  • Digital Twin and Simulation Studies Driven by Digital Transformation

  • Proxy Models Accelerated Using Physics-Based Reduced-Order Model

  • Fast, Scalable Graph Neural Networks Used for Subsurface in Porous-Media Simulations

• Wellbore Tubulars by Aman Srivastava, Product Owner, Halliburton Landmark

  • In-Pipe Inspection Technologies Enable High-Resolution Downhole Data Acquisition

  • GRE-Lined Tubulars in Caspian Wells Prove Integrity, ESG Benefits

  • 2-Year Review of Project To Repurpose Steel Tubulars To Create Marine Havens

• Unconventional and Tight Reservoirs by Larissa Walker, Senior Energy Leader, Shell/QGC

  • Integrated Approach Enhances Forecasting, Reserves Estimation in Tight Gas Fields

  • Post-Stack Inversion Predicts Tight Sand Reservoir Porosity

  • Acid-Fracture Conductivity Evaluated for Austin Chalk Formation

• Decarbonization by Guoxiang “Gavin” Liu, General Engineer, National Energy Technology Laboratory, US Department of Energy

  • Study Assesses Integrity, Corrosion Risks of CO2 Injection in Oil-Recovery Operations

  • Predictive Analytics Reduce Exploration Risks for High-Potential Geologic Hydrogen Discoveries

  • Direct Lithium Extraction Provides Pathway for Energy Transition and Resource Recovery

Plus:

• SPE Technical Papers Available for Download — June 2026 – July 2026
  The complete SPE technical papers—synopsized in each monthly issue of JPT—are available for download for SPE members for 2 months.

Don’t miss this month’s JPT for unparalleled analysis, technical content, and thought leadership — keeping you at the forefront of the energy industry.