Paper proposal categories (listed below) are used to direct the paper proposals to the appropriate subject-matter experts for evaluation. Topics of interest include：

• Alternative energy

• Drilling technology

• Facilities and production operations

• Field development  

• Floater and mooring systems

• Flow assurance

• Geoscience developments

• Geoscience in offshore projects

• Global governance and regulation

• Health, safety, and environment

• Installation/construction/pipelay and operations

• Integrity management

• Marine mining

• Marine terminals and transportation

• Materials technology

• Megaprojects

• Ocean engineering resources

• Offshore pipelines

• Production sharing and handling contracts

• Project management and economics

• Reservoir engineering

• Riser systems

• Subsea production and processing systems

• Unconventional resources and EOR

• Well completion technology