Current Students :: Access to SPE Publications : OnePetro

SPE publications are available online only through OnePetro

The department has purchased a subscription to access only SPE publications on OnePetro. Eight other professional organizations have documents available for purchase from OnePetro. Email maryp@mail.utexas.edu if you need help in obtaining non SPE papers.

There are two ways to access OnePetro. The simplest way is to use an on campus computer. If you use an on campus computer you will be validated by your IP address. With such validation, you do not need to logon. Just go to www.onepetro.org and you will be recognized as a user who is entitled to download papers. When you perform your search, your search results will include links to pdf versions of the papers. Using these links you will download papers without going through the customary checkout procedure (you need never use a cart again). Using this method, you can only download papers while you are on campus. If you have any problem with this process, email me.

The second method for accessing papers is very similar to way users accessed SPE papers in the past. Using the second method, papers can be downloaded from any computer, using your University of Texas email address to validate your access. In order to use the second method you need to follow the steps below.

1. Go to www.onepetro.org
2. Click on the Login in the upper right corner of the webpage
3. Select “New user registration”
4. Enter the University of Texas email address you wish to use as your login
5. Fill out the required fields on the profile page (zip is required for US addresses)
6. If you are an SPE member you can enter your SPE.org login/password on the Membership page.

1. Enter your university/company email address.
2. Go to your university/company email inbox, there will be a confirmation email. Click the link in the email.
3. The link will take you back to a webpage on OnePetro that validates your email address (login required).
4. You will get another confirmation email stating you have successfully registered your email and can now begin using the university/company subscription.

1. Login (with your OnePetro Login). Important first step!
2. You should now see a link to the PDF for SPE papers from the search results.
If you put papers into your cart before logging in:
3. After you login you should see a $0.00 cost for the papers.
4. Click “continue”
5. Enter your first name, last name and email address on the address page.
6. Select the copyright agreement statement
7. You will see the receipt page with a link to the download page.

Mary Pettengill
Petroleum Engineering Reading Room