Society of Petroleum Engineers Style Guide

The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). — Richardson, Texas, USA. 30 March 2010. — 41 p.The Society of Petroleum Engineers produces print and electronic publications and marketing materials that are distributed to engineers and others in the oil and gas industry worldwide. Because SPE disseminates technical information for a worldwide readership, it is particularly important to avoid local terminology and to adhere as closely as possible to recognized and widely accepted modes of English expression. Clear writing is essential to enhance the comprehension of SPE publications by readers from a number of geographic areas, nationalities, and language backgrounds.
SPE‘s rules of style are intended to promote clarity, conciseness, accuracy, and consistency in the society‘s publications. Guidelines on customary abbreviations for engineering units; numbering of references, figures, tables, equations, and appendices; language usage; nomenclatures and references lists; and punctuation are included in this booklet