Reliant Park

One NRG Park

1 show hosted · 1 upcoming

Reliant Park, One NRG Park, Houston, TXDirections

About this venue

URTeC 2027 will be held at Reliant Park in Houston, the NRG Park complex that also hosts the Offshore Technology Conference. NRG Park, formerly Reliant Park, is a complex named after energy company NRG Energy, encompassing 350 acres and consisting of four venues: NRG Stadium, NRG Center, NRG Arena, and NRG Astrodome. Conventions are typically hosted in NRG Center, the complex's convention center. NRG Center is one of the largest convention centers in the United States; its total building area is about 1,400,000 square feet, and it features over 706,000 square feet of contiguous single-level exhibition space divisible into 11 separate halls. The center contains 61 meeting rooms configurable into over 100 variations, 2 major conference centers, and over 150,000 square feet of registration space, and is equipped with high-speed internet, a fiber-optic backbone, on-site production facilities, and web-casting abilities.

Parking

NRG Park includes one of the world's largest parking lots, with about 26,000 spaces on site. The complex provides parking areas near NRG Center. Paid on-site parking is generally available for event attendees; check the official event and venue websites for the most current daily rates and lot assignments.

Getting there

NRG Park is easily reached from central Houston. The complex is located on Kirby Drive at the South Loop West Freeway (I-610). It is served by the Stadium Park / Astrodome station on the Red Line of the METRORail light rail system. Houston METRO and its METRORail operate various routes near and around NRG Park. Houston is served by two major airports—George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to the north and William P. Hobby Airport (HOU) to the southeast—both accessible by taxi and rideshare services.

Nearby hotels

NRG Park sits in Houston's South Loop / Texas Medical Center area, which offers a range of hotels within a short drive of the venue. Official URTeC 2027 room-block and housing details are published on the event's Accommodations page as the show approaches; attendees should book through the official housing link once available to secure negotiated group rates. (Note: hotels used for the 2026 downtown edition, such as the Hilton Americas-Houston and Home2 Suites near the George R. Brown Convention Center, served that location rather than NRG Park.)

Upcoming shows

General

URTeC | Unconventional Resources Technology Conference 2027

May

The **Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTeC)** is a premier technical event focused on the science and technology used to explore and develop unconventional oil and gas resources such as shale and tight formations. The conference emphasizes the integration of technical and professional disciplines, bringing geologists, geophysicists, engineers, and business managers together on the same asset-team footing. URTeC is jointly produced by three sponsoring organizations: the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG). Attendees include reservoir, drilling, completions, and production engineers; geoscientists; data scientists; and executives from operators, service companies, national oil companies, and research institutions. It is a premier event focused on the latest science and technology applied to unconventional resource development, and organizers position it as a leading opportunity to exchange information, formulate strategic ideas, and solve problems to optimize unconventional resource plays. The next edition, **URTeC 2027**, marks a significant change in format. URTeC and the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) will be co-located 3–5 May 2027 at Reliant Park in Houston, Texas, bringing together two of the energy industry's most influential technology communities in a single, integrated setting. Each event will retain its distinct technical focus while the co-location creates new opportunities for expanded access, broader networking, and increased visibility.

Houston, TX

May 3, 2027

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