SPE Legends of Hydraulic Fracturing

From September 2018 through April 2025, Dr. Robert D. Barree was a Halliburton Technology Fellow, specializing in hydraulic fracture design and simulation. He was president of Barree & Associates consulting firm from 2000-2018. Previously, Dr. Barree was a Senior Technical Consultant at Marathon's Petroleum Technology Center, where he developed extensive expertise in the areas of well completion, stimulation, numerical simulation, special core analysis, formation damage, rock mechanics, and equipment design.  He has been involved in the development of hydraulic fracture design simulators and fracture diagnostic procedures since 1978 and is the primary author of the fully three-dimensional hydraulic fracture simulator GOHFER.

Dr. Barree is the author of more than eighty technical publications. The SPE/AIME awarded Dr. Barree the Anthony F. Lucas Gold Medal in 2018 and appointed him an SPE Distinguished Member. The Rocky Mountain North America Section of SPE presented him with the Drilling and Completions Award In 2006, and the Completions Optimization and Technology Award in 2017. The Denver Section of SPE presented Dr. Barree with the Henry Mattson Technical Achievement Award in 1995. He served as SPE Distinguished Lecturer on the topic of New Philosophies in Hydraulic Fracturing, 1999-2000. Dr. Barree is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Colorado and holds degrees in Petroleum Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University (B.S.) and Colorado School of Mines (Ph.D.).