The Executive Committee of the SPWLA NMR SIG, serving as the conference steering committee, together with the Program Committee,
is delighted to invite you to the SPWLA 2026 NMR SIG Conference.
Dates: September 10–11, 2026
Location: Baker Hughes facility, Celle, Germany
This conference is an in-person and off-the-record forum, with no publication or recording
(pictures or videos) of the presented material, ensuring an open environment for sharing ideas and experiences.
Call for Abstracts (pdf)
We welcome abstracts presenting advances and case studies in NMR petrophysics, NMR logging, NMR core analysis,
NMR data processing and correction, and NMR sensor technology, applied to subsurface characterization.
Submission window: April 1 – May 31, 2026 (no extension planned)
Submit by email to: [email protected]
Abstract requirements:
- Format: Word (.doc/.docx) or PDF
- Length: one page maximum
- Include: title; all authors with affiliations; presenting author underlined
- Text length: 250–500 words
- Optional: one figure
Structure (required):
- Introduction
- Procedure
- Results/Observations
- Conclusions
Abstracts should focus on technical content and avoid commercial messaging.
The technical content of submitted abstracts will not be made publicly available. Titles and authors of accepted abstracts will appear
in the publicly available conference agenda. All accepted abstracts will be delivered as oral presentations.
Submitters will be notified of acceptance decisions by mid-June 2026.
Program Highlights
Keynote Speaker: Matthias Appel (Chief Scientist – Physics & Earth Sciences, Shell)
Host Welcome: Sven Krüger (Senior Engineering & Technology Director, Baker Hughes)
Conference Opening: Radu Coman (Conference Chair & SPWLA NMR SIG President Elect)
Confirmed Invited Speakers (alphabetical order):
Ridvan Akkurt, Christoph Arns, Bernhard Blümich, Martin Hürlimann, Philip Singer, Yi-Qiao Song, Boqin Sun, and Harry Xie
Additional speakers are expected to join and will be announced on the SPWLA NMR SIG webpage.
Optional Pre-Conference Activity
As an optional pre-conference activity, we plan a visit to the Baker Hughes test rig on the afternoon of September 9 (details to follow).
Capacity is limited.
Conference Chair: Radu Coman (Baker Hughes)
Program Committee (alphabetical order):
Nate Bachman (SLB), Ron Balliet (Halliburton), Ron Bonnie (SPWLA NMR SIG), Radu Coman (Baker Hughes),
Daan de Kort (Shell), Kris Farmer (Core Laboratories), Saleh Komies (Aramco), Amr Mohamed Serry (ADNOC),
Hege Christin Widerøe (Equinor)
Acknowledgments & Sponsorship
We gratefully acknowledge the support of SPWLA, the NMR SIG Executive Board, the Local Organizing Committee, and our sponsor Baker Hughes.
For further sponsorship opportunities, please contact [email protected].
Stay Informed
For up-to-date information, please visit the SPWLA NMR SIG webpage. Updates are also posted regularly on the SPWLA NMR SIG LinkedIn page.
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