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• Cox, S. A., Sutton, R. P., Stoltz, R. P., Barree, R. D. and Conway, M. W.:  “Evaluation of the Effect of Complex Reservoir Geometries and Completion Practices on Production Analysis,” paper SPE 111285, presented at the 2007 SPE Eastern Regional Meeting held in Lexington, Kentucky, USA; 17–19 October 2007.
• Barree, R.D., Conway, M.W.: "Multiphase Non-Darcy Flow in Proppant Packs," paper SPE 109561 presented at the SPE ATCE; Anaheim, CA, USA.; 11-14 Nov. 2007.
• Mullen, M., Roundtree, R., Barree, R.D.: "A Composite Determination of Mechanical Rock Properties for Stimulation Design (What to do When You Don't Have a Sonic Log)," paper SPE 108139 presented at the 2007 SPE Rocky Mountain Oil & GasTechnology Symposium; Denver, CO, USA; 16-18 April 2007.
• Ramurthy, M., Lyons, W., Hendrickson, R.B. Barree, R.D. Magill, D.P.: "Effects of High Pressure Dependent Leakoff and High Process Zone Stress in Coal Stimulation Treatments," paper SPE 107971 presented at the 2007 SPE Rocky Mountain Oil & Gas Technology Symposium held in Denver, CO, USA; 16-18 April 2007.
• Barree, R.D., Barree, V.L., Craig, D.P.: "Holistic Fracture Diagnostics," paper SPE 107877 presented at the 2007 SPE Rocky Mountain Oil & Gas Technology Symposium held in Denver, CO, USA; 16-18 April 2007.
• Green, C.A., Barree, R.D., and Miskimins, J.L.: "Hydraulic Fracture Model Sensitivity Analyses of a Massively Stacked, Lenticular, Tight Gas Reservoir," paper SPE 106270, presented at the 2007 SPE Productions and Operations Symposium held in Oklahoma City, OK, USA; 31 Mar - 3 Apr 2007.
• Green, C.A., Barree, R.D., Miskimins, J.L.: "Development of a Methodology for Hyraulic Fracturing Models in Tight, Massively Stacked, Lenticular Reservoirs," paper SPE 106269, presented at the 2007 Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference held in College Station, TX, USA; 29-31 Jan, 2007.
• Conway, M.W., Lindeman, S.W., and Barree, R.D.: "Selection of Stimulation Fluids and Treatment Design for Low Permeability Reservoirs," paper SPE 106085, presented at the 2007 SPE Hyraulic Fracturing Technology Conference held in College Station, TX, USA; 29-31 Jan 2007.
• Schneider, T.S., Uldrich, D., Hodge, R., Barree, R.D., and Martin, M.W.: "Horizontal Fracture Stimulation Success in the Alpine Formation, North Slope, Alaska," paper SPE 106050, presented at the 2007 SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference held in College Station, TX, USA; 29-31 Jan 2007.
• Sullivan, R.B., Rushing, J.A., Bachman, R.C., Settari, A., Ji, Lujun, Conway, M.W., Barree, R.D.: "Evaluation of Nonlinear Fracture Relative Permeabilities and Their Impact on Water-Frac Performance in Tight Gas Sands," paper SPE 98329, presented at the 2006 Symposium and Exchibition on Formation Damage Control held in Lafayette, LA, USA; 15-17 Feb 2006.
• Miskimins, J.L., Lopez-Hernandez, H.D., and Barree, R.D.: "Non-Darcy Flow in Hydraulic Fractures: Does It Really Matter?" paper SPE 96389 presented at the 2005 SPE ATCE held in Dallas, TX, USA; 9-12 Oct 2005.
• Wiley, C., Barree, R.D., Eberhard, M., and Lantz, T.: "Improved Horizontal Well Stimulations in the Bakken Formation, Williston Basin, Montana," paper SPE 90697 presented at the SPE ATCE held in Houston, TX, USA; 26-29 Sep 2004.
• Barree, R.D. and Conway, M. W.: "Beyond Beta Factors: A Complete Model for Darcy, Forchheimer, and Trans-Forschheimer Flow in Porous Media," paper SPE 89325 presented at the SPE ATCE held in Houston, TX, USA; 26-29 Sep 2004.
• Barree, R.D., Cox, S.A., Gilbert, J.V., Dobson, M: "Closing the Gap: Fracture Half Length from Design, Buildup, and Production Analysis," paper SPE 84491, presented at the SPE ATCE held in Denver, CO, USA; 5-8 Oct 2003.
• Barree, R.D., Cox, S.A., Barree, V.L., Conway, M.W.: "Realistic Assessment of Proppant Pack Conductivity for Material Selection," paper SPE 84306, presented at the SPE ATCE held in Denver, CO, USA; 5-8 Oct 2003.
• Ganong, B.L., Hansen, C., Connolly, P., Barree, R.D.: "Rose Field: A McLure Shale, Monterey Formation Development Story", paper SPE 83501 presented at the SPE Western Regional/AAPG Pacific Section Joint Meeting, Long Beach, CA, USA; 19-24 May 2003.
• Miskimins, J.L., and Barree, R.D.: "Modeling of Hydraulic Fracture Height Containment in Laminated Sand and Shale Sequences", paper SPE 80935 presented at the SPE Production and Operations Symposium; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; 23-25 Mar 2003.
• Strickland, B.D., Purvis, D., Cox, S.A., Brinska, J.C., Barree, R.D.: "Analysis of Stimulation Effectiveness in the Ammo Field Granite Wash Based on Reservoir Characterization & Completion Database," paper SPE 80893 presented at the SPE Production and Operations Symposium; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; 23-25 Mar 2003.
• Wang, J., Joseph, D.D., Patankar, N.A., Conway, M.W., and Barree, R.D.: "Bi-Power Law Correlations for Sediment Transport in Pressure Driven Channel Flows," International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 29, 475-494, 2003.
• Patankar, N.A., Joseph, D.D., Wang, J., Barree, R.D., Conway, M.W., and Asadi, M.: "Power Law Correlations for Sediment Transport in Pressure Driven Channel Flows," Journal of Multiphase Flow, 28, 1269-1292, 2002.
• Vaziri, H.H., Barree, R.D., Xiao, Y., Palmer, I.D., and Kutas, M.: "What is the Magic of Water in Producing Sand?" paper SPE 77683, presented at the SPE ATCE; San Antonio, TX, USA; Oct 2002.
• Barree, R.D., Fisher, M.K., and Woodroof, R.A.: "A Practical Guide to Hydraulic Fracture Diagnostic Techniques," paper SPE 77442 presented at the SPE ATCE; San Antonio, TX, USA; Oct 2002.
• Miskimins, J., Graves, R., Hurley, N., and Barree, R.D.: "Extrapolation of Rock Mechanical Properties from a Cored Well to an Uncored Well Through the Use of Electrofacies," paper SPE 78250 presented at the SPE/ISRM Rock Mechanics Conference; Irving, TX, USA; Oct 2002.
• Asadi, M., Conway, M.W., Barree, R.D.: "Zero Shear Viscocity Determination of Fracturing Fluids: An Essential Parameter in Proppant Transport Characterizations," paper SPE 73755 presented at the International Symposium and Exhibition on Formation Damage Control; Lafayette, LA, USA; Feb 2002.
• Merkel, R.H., Barree, R.D., and Towle G.: "Seismic Response of Gulf of Mexico Reservoir Rocks with Variations in Pressure and Water Saturation," The Leading Edge, March 2001.
• Jones, J.F., Taylor, G.D., and Barree, R.D.: "Successfully Managing Drilling-Fluid Losses in Multiple Highly Depleted Sands," paper OTC 13107, presented at the Offshore Technology Conference; Houston, TX, USA; 30 Apr - 3 May 2001.
• Barree, R.D. and Conway, M.W.: "Proppant Holdup, Bridging, and Screenout Behavior in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs," paper SPE 67298, presented at the SPE Production Operations Symposium; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Apr 2001.
• Craig, D.P., Eberhard, M.J., and Barree, R.D.: "Adapting High Permeability Leakoff Analysis to Low Permeability Sands for Estimating Reservoir Engineering Parameters," paper SPE 60291, presented at the Rocky Mountain Regional/Low Perm Reservoir Symposium; Denver, CO, USA; 12-15 Mar 2000.
• McGowen, J.M., Barree, R.D. and Conway, M.W.: "Incorporating Crossflow and Spurt-Loss Effects in Filtration Modeling Within a Fully 3D Fracture Growth Simulator," paper SPE 56597, presented at the SPE ATCE; Houston, TX, USA; 3-6 Oct 1999.
• Conway, M.W. and Barree, R.D.: "Hydraulic Fracture Stimulation Design and Well Performance in Nonconventional Reservoirs," paper SPE 49080, presented at the SPE ATCE; New Orleans, LA, USA; 27-30 Sep 1998.
• Barree, R.D. and Winterfeld, P.H.: "Effects of Shear Planes and Interfacial Slippage on Fracture Growth and Treating Pressures," paper SPE 48926 presented at the SPE ATCE; New Orleans, LA, USA; 27-30 Sep 1998.
• Barree, R.D.: "Applications of Pre-Frac Injection/Falloff Tests in Fissured Reservoirs - Field Examples," paper SPE 39932, presented at the Rocky Mountain Regional/Low Perm Reservoir Symposium; Denver, CO, USA; 5-8 Apr 1998.
• Conway, M.W., Barree, R.D. Hollingshead, J., Willis, C., and Farrens, M.: "Characterization and Performance of Coalbed Methane Wells in Drunkards Wash, Carbon County, Utah," paper 9736, presented at the International Coalbed Methane Symposium; Tuscaloosa, AL, USA; 12-16 May 1997.
• Conway, M.W., Barree, R.D., Hollingshead, J, Willis, C., and Farrens, M.: "Characterization and Performance of Injection Wells in the Wingate and Navajo Sandstones," paper 9737, presented at the International Coalbed Symposium; Tuscaloosa, AL, USA; 12-16 May 1997.
• Ayoub, J.A., Barree, R.D., and Chu, W.C.: "Evaluation of Frac-and-Pack Completions and Future Outlook," paper SPE 38184, presented at the European Formation Damage Symposium; 1997.
• Jones, J.F. and Barree, R.D.: "Mechanical Stability Analysis from Drilling Data Alone," paper SPE 36443 presented at the SPE ATCE; Denver, CO, USA; 6-9 Oct 1996.
• Barree, R.D. and Mukherjee, H.: "Determination of Pressure Dependent Leakoff and Its Effect on Fracture Geometry," paper SPE 36424, prsented at the SPE ATCE; Denver, CO, USA; 6-9 Oct 1996.
• Barree, R.D., Rogers, B.A., and Chu, W.C.: "Use of Frac Pack Pressure Data to Determine Breakdown Conditions and Reservoir Properties," paper SPE 36423 presented at the SPE ATCE; Denver, CO, USA; 6-9 Oct 1996.
• Conway, M.W., Barree, R.D.: "Effect of Proppant Transport on Hydraulic Fracture Geometry," paper presented at 42nd Annual Southwestern Petroleum Short Course, Texas Tech University; Lubbock, TX, USA; 19-20 Apr 1995.
• Barree, R.D., Mukherjee, H., Poe, P., Heidt, H., and Watson, T.: "Effect of Pressure Depletion on Fracture Geometry Evolution," paper SPE 30481, presented at the SPE ATCE; Dallas, TX, USA; Oct 1995.
• Barree, R.D. and Mukherjee, H.: "Engineering Criteria for Fracture Flowback Procedures," paper SPE 29600, presented at the SPE/DOE Rocky Mountain Region/Low Perm Reservoir Symposium; Denver, CO, USA; 19-22 Mar 1995.
• Barree, R.D. and Mukherjee, H.: "Design Guidelines for Artificial Barrier Placement and Their Impact on Fracture Geometry," paper SPE 29501, presented at the SPE Production Operations Symposium; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; 2-4 Apr 1995.
• Conway, M.W., Mavor, M.J., Saulsberry, J., Barree, R.D., and Schraufnagel, R.A.: "Multi-Phase Flow Properties for Coalbed Methane Wells: A Laboratory and Field Study," paper SPE 29576 presented at the SPE/DOE Rocky Mountain Region/Low Perm Reservoir Symposium; Denver, CO, USA; 19-22 Mar 1995.
• Chen, H.L., Bensching, K.M. and Barree, R.D.: "Relative Permeability Measurements for North Sea Gas Condensate Fields," presented at the SPE Gas Condensate Forum (Europe), Austria; 4-9 Sep 1994.
• Corbett, K.P., Barree, R.D., and Benzel, W.M.: "The Effects of Clay Content and Composition on Fault Gouge Sealing: Experimental Investigation of Hydraulic Conductivity Through Simulated Clay"
• Meese, C.A., Mullen, M.E. and Barree, R.D.: "Offshore Hydraulic Fracturing Technique," Tehcnology Today Series article, JPT (March 1994) 226-229.
• Barree, R.D. and Conway, M.W.: "Experimental and Numerical Modeling of Convective Proppant Transport," paper SPE 28564 presented at the SPE ATCE; New Orleans, LA, USA; 26-28 Sep 1994; later published in JPT (March 1995).
• Ayoub, J.A., Brown, J.E., Barree, R.D., and Elphick, J.: "Diagnosis and Evaluation of Fracturing Treatments," paper SPE 20581, presented at SPE ATCE; New Orleans, LA, USA; 23-26 Sep 1990; later published in SPE Production Engineering Journal (Feb 1992) 39-46.
• Barree, R.D.: "A New Look at Fracture Tip Screenout Behavior," paper SPE 18955, presented at the Joint Rocky Mountain Region/Low Perm Reservoirs Symposium; Denver, CO USA; 6-9 Mar 1989; later published in JPT (Feb 1991) 138-143.
• Hinchman, S.B., and Barree, R.D.: "Productivity Loss in Gas Condensate Reservoirs," paper SPE 14203, presented at the SPE ATCE; Las Vegas, NV, USA; 22-25 Sep 1985.
• Barree, R.D.: "A Practical Numerical Simulator for Three-Dimensional Fracture Propagation in Heterogeneous Media," paper SPE 12273 presented at the SPE Symposium on Reservoir Simulation; San Francisco, CA, USA; 15-18 Nov 1983.

 

Val Barree

• Barree, R.D., Barree, V.L., Craig, D.P.: "Holistic Fracture Diagnostics," paper SPE 107877 presented at the 2007 SPE Rocky Mountain Oil & Gas Technology Symposium held in Denver, CO, USA; 16-18 April 2007.
• Barree, R.D., Cox, S.A., Barree, V.L., Conway, M.W.: "Realistic Assessment of Proppant Pack Conductivity for Material Selection," paper SPE 84306, presented at the SPE ATCE held in Denver, CO, USA; 5-8 Oct 2003.

 

John Gilbert

• McGowen, J.M., Gilbert, J.V., Samari, E.: "Hydraulic Fracturing Down Under," paper SPE 106051 presented at SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference; College Station, TX, USA; 29-31 Jan 2007.
• Beatty, K.J., McGowen, J.M., Gilbert, J.V.: "Pin-Point Fracturing (PPF) in Challenging Formations," paper SPE 106052 presented at SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference; College Station, TX, USA; 29-31 Jan 2007.
• Gilbert, J. and Greenstreet, C.: "Application of Pinpoint Fracturing in the Cooper Basin, Australia," paper SPE 97004 presented at SPE ATCE; Dallas, TX, USA; 9-12 Oct 2005.
• Barree, R.D. and Conway, M. W.: "Beyond Beta Factors: A Complete Model for Darcy, Forchheimer, and Trans-Forschheimer Flow in Porous Media," paper SPE 89325 presented at the SPE ATCE held in Houston, TX, USA; 26-29 Sep 2004.
• Barree, R.D., Cox, S.A., Gilbert, J.V., Dobson, M: "Closing the Gap: Fracture Half Length from Design, Buildup, and Production Analysis," paper SPE 84491, presented at the SPE ATCE held in Denver, CO, USA; 5-8 Oct 2003.
• Sutton, R.P., Cox, S.A., Williams, G., Stoltz, R.P., Gilbert, J.V.: "Gas Well Performance at Subcritical Rates," paper SPE 80887 presented at SPE Production and Operations Symposium; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; 22-25 Mar 2003.
• Cuthill, D.A., Schatz, J.F., Gilbert, J.V.: "A New Technique for Rapid Estimation of Fracture Closure Stress When Using Propellants," paper SPE 78171 presented at SPE/ISRM Rock Mechanics Conference; Irving, TX, USA; 20-23 Oct 2002.
• Cox, S.A., Gilbert, J.V., Sutton, R.P., Stoltz, R.P.: "Reserve Analysis for Tight Gas," paper SPE 78695, presented at SPE Eastern Regional Meeting; Lexington, KY, USA; 23-26 Oct 2002.
• Chu, W.C., Cox, S.A., Gilbert, J.V., McCarthy, C.J.: "Field Application of Production Analysis," paper SPE 62881 presented at SPE ATCE; Dallas, TX; USA, 1-4 Oct 2000.

 

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