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RequeststoPublishFullPapers AuthorsrequestingpermissiontopublishtheirSPEcopyrightedpapersinanonSPEmagazine/journal willbegrantedaonetimepermissiontopublishifthepaperisnotbeingconsideredforpublicationin anSPEjournal.Thepermissionisforonetimejournalpublicationonly,andprovidesfornoother distributionthanpublicationinasingleissue.SPEretainsallotherrightsasprovidedforunderSPE copyright,includingtherighttodistributethepaperinallmedia. DirectrequestsfromthirdpartyorganizationstopublishanSPEcopyrightedpaperinamagazineor journalshallnotbegranted.SPEwillconsidersuchrequestsonlyifmadebyanauthorofthepaper.It isSPEspracticeistoreleasejournalpublicationrightstotheauthor,whomayinturntransfersuch rightstoapublisher. RequestsfromthirdpartiestodistributecopiesofSPEcopyrightedpapers(suchasforshortcourses) ortorepublishSPEcopyrightedpapersinacollection(bookorCDROM)willbegranteduponpayment ofafeetoSPE(seeTable1).PapersmaynotbedistributedviatheInternet.Thefeewillbewaivedfor arequestbythepapersauthororhis/heremployeriftherequestistodistributethepaperwithinthe companyorforlimited(upto50copies)educationalorprofessionalactivities.Employeristhe organizationforwhichtheauthorworkedatthetimehe/shewrotethematerial.Subsequent employersdonotqualify. PerPaperFeesforDistributingorPublishingSPEPapers Individual Individual NotforProfit ForProfit Member Nonmember Organization Organization ResearchFee USD20 USD20 USD20 USD20 1100copies USD100 USD200 USD100 USD400 101500copies USD150 USD300 USD150 USD600 5011,000copies NotPermitted NotPermitted USD200 USD1,000 1,0022000copies NotPermitted NotPermitted USD250 USD2,000 2001+copies NotPermitted NotPermitted USD300 USD3,000 Paperspublishedinalltheabovesituationsshallprominentlydisplaythefollowingstatement: YEARSocietyofPetroleumEngineers PostingFullPapersonaWebsite AcompanyororganizationmaypostSPEcopyrightedpaperswrittenbyitsemployeesonitsintranet, accessibleonlytoemployeesofthecompany,if(a)theauthorwasanemployeeofthecompanyatthe timethepaperwaswritten,(b)thepaperwaswrittenwithinthescopeoftheauthorsemployment, and(c)thefirstpageorscreenincludesprominentacknowledgementofSPEcopyright. AcompanyororganizationmaypostSPEcopyrightedpaperswrittenbyitsemployeesonelectronic sitesestablishedbyseveralcompaniesjointlyworkingonaprojectif(a)thesiteisaccessibleonlyto workinggroupmembers(suchgroupswilltypicallynotincludemorethan50individuals),(b)SPE copyrightedmaterialispostedonlyforthedurationoftheproject,(c)theauthorwasanemployeeof thecompanyatthetimethepaperwaswritten,(d)thepaperwaswrittenwithinthescopeofthe authorsemployment,and(e)thefirstpageorscreenincludesprominentacknowledgementofSPE copyright. AcompanyororganizationmaypostanabstractofSPEcopyrightedpaperswrittenbyitsemployees ongenerallyaccessibleInternetsitesif(a)theabstractisnomorethan300wordslongandwithout illustrations,(b)theauthorwasanemployeeofthecompanyatthetimethepaperwaswritten,(c)the paperwaswrittenwithinthescopeoftheauthorsemployment,and(d)thefirstpageorscreen includesprominentacknowledgementofSPEcopyright.

NootherpostingofSPEcopyrightedpapersonelectronicnetworks,includingtheInternetor electronicbulletinboardservices,ispermittedwithoutthepermissionofSPE. NoSPEcopyrightedpapermaybeheldinordistributedfromanelectronicdatabaseotherthanone developedforSPEitself.

ReproductionofTablesandFigures SPEwillgrantpermissiontoreproducetablesorfiguresfromSPEcopyrightedpapersprovidedthat theseelementsareoriginaltothepaper.Thatis,ifitisapparentthattheSPEpapersauthor republishedthematerialfromanothersource,SPEmaynotgrantpermissionandtherequestormust contacttheoriginalcopyrightholder. EachtableorfigureusedinanotherpapershallreferencethesourceSPEpaperinthereferencesand includethefollowingstatementinthecaption: YEARSocietyofPetroleumEngineersRef.X SPEwillchargearesearchfeeandareproductionfeeforsuchrequests.Thesuggestedscheduleof feesisasfollows: Individual NotForProfit ForProfit IndividualMember NonMember Organization Organization ResearchFee USD20per USD20per USD20per USD20per document document document document DocumentFee USD10pertableor USD20pertableor USD20pertableor figureup,toUSD figure,uptoUSD Nofee figure,uptoUSD 100maximum 200maximum 500maximum Theresearchfeeisforstafftimerequiredtoconfirmcopyrightstatus.Aresearchfeewillbeassessedforeach source(paperorbook)thatmustbeinvestigated.Multipleitemsfromthesamesourcewillbeassessedonly oneresearchfee.Thedocumentfeeisforpermissiontoreproducethematerial. RequestsforpermissiontoreproduceSPEpapersorforexceptionstothispolicyshouldbemadeinwritingto permissions@spe.org or SocietyofPetroleumEngineers Attn:TechnicalPublications POBox833836 Richardson,TX750833836