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Special interests are supported through technical sections, and peer-reviewed papers are published in the <a href="https://www.spe.org/publications/journals/"><em>SPE Journal</em></a>.<br> <a href="/disciplines/completions/" target="_self" class="btn btn-warning" style="opacity: 1.0;">Visit Completions</a></p> <p> </p> <h3> <div> <a href="/disciplines/dsea/" > <div class="foreground-pic"></div> <img src="/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/b1/d3/b1d30023-9dd4-4dff-86bd-40e288620da6/dsea-discipline.jpg__145.0x145.0_q85_subsampling-2.jpg" width="125" class="img-fluid img-responsive float-left pull-left mr-3" alt="discipline icon" > </a> </div> <a href="/disciplines/dsea/" target="_self" class style="opacity: 1.0;">Data Science and Engineering Analytics</a></h3> <p>Topics include information systems, data use and management with specializations covered in technical sections and articles published in the <em>Data Science and Digital Engineering</em> online magazine.<br> <a href="/disciplines/dsea/" target="_self" class="btn btn-warning" style="opacity: 1.0;">Visit DSEA</a></p> <p> </p> <h3> <div> <a href="/disciplines/drilling/" > <div class="foreground-pic"></div> <img src="/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/35/2c/352c53a9-8d8b-431a-9de8-69be24b39b7f/drilling-125x125.png__125.0x125.0_subsampling-2.png" class="img-fluid img-responsive float-left pull-left mr-3" alt="discipline icon" > </a> </div> <a href="/disciplines/drilling/" target="_self" class style="opacity: 1.0;">Drilling</a></h3> <p>Covers topics from well planning and wellbore design through drilling equipment, systems and operations to casing and cementing. Special interests are supported through technical sections, and peer-reviewed papers are published in the <a href="https://www.spe.org/publications/journals/"><em>SPE Journal</em></a>. <br> <a href="/disciplines/drilling/" target="_self" class="btn btn-warning" style="opacity: 1.0;">Visit Drilling</a></p> <p> </p> <h3> <div> <a href="/disciplines/pfc/" > <div class="foreground-pic"></div> <img src="/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/44/c2/44c2f7c6-8f18-4a60-8f6e-2f749cd1eaac/projects-facilities-construction-125x125.png__125.0x125.0_subsampling-2.png" class="img-fluid img-responsive float-left pull-left mr-3" alt="discipline icon" > </a> </div> <a href="/disciplines/pfc/" target="_self" class style="opacity: 1.0;">Projects, Facilities, and Construction</a></h3> <p>Topics include processing, flow assurance and subsea systems, measurement and control, platforms and floating systems, and facilities operations. 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