Benjamin J. Barker

Research Scientist

 

Phone:707-508-9963
Fax:801-585-3540
Email:bbarker@egi.utah.edu

Reservoir Engineering

Numerical Reservoir Modeling

Geothermal Well Drilling & Testing

Geothermal Powerplant Development

1977 Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering, Stanford University

1975 Aero. Eng. in Aeronautics & Astronautics, Stanford University

1972 M.Sc. in Aeronautics & Astronautics, Stanford University

1971 B.Sc. in Engineering, California Institute of Technology

“Multimodal Geothermal Development in the Tularosa Basin, NM,” B. Barker, G. Nash, J. Moore, C. Bennett, Proc. 40th Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, 2015.

“Direct Heat Geothermal Installation Preserves a Historic Building,” J. Lear and B. Barker, Proc. 40th Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, 2015.

“Exploration Drilling and Technology Demonstration At Fort Bliss,” B.J. Barker, J.N. Moore, M. P. Segall, G.D. Nash, S. Simmons, C. Jones, J. Lear, C. Bennett3, Proc. 39th Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, 2014.

“Update on Geothermal Exploration at Fort Bidwell, Surprise Valley California,” J. LaFleur, A. Carter, K. Moore, B. Barker, P. Atkinson, C. Jones, J. Moore and B. Pollard, Geothermal Resources Council Annual Meeting, Sacramento, 2010

“Geothermal Exploration at Fort Bidwell, California,” B.J. Barker, B.M. Kennedy, M. Hoversten, M.C. van Soest and K. Williams, Proc. 30th Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, 2005.

“Progress of Recent Exploration at Cove Fort-Sulphurdale, Utah,” B.J. Barker, T. Sperry, J. Moore and H. Ross, Proc. 27th Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, 2002.

“The Geysers: Past and Future,” B.J. Barker, Geothermal Resources Council Bulletin, Vol. 29, No. 5, Sept./Oct. 2000.

“Geysers Reservoir Performance – An Update,” B.J. Barker and A.S. Pingol, Proc. 22nd Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, 1997.

“Water Injection Management For Resource Maximization: Observations From 25 Years at The Geysers,” B.J. Barker, B. Koenig and M. Stark, Proc. World Geothermal Congress, Florence, 1995.

“Water Injection Operations and Studies in The Geysers Geothermal Field,” B.J. Barker, J. Maney, D. Camille and K.H. Williamson, Fifth Circum-Pacific Energy and Mineral Resources Conference, Honolulu, 1990.

“An Overview of Geothermal Injection,” B.J. Barker, Symposium on Subsurface Injection of Geothermal Fluids, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, Santa Rosa, 1990.

“Development and Production Performance of the Tiwi Field,” B.J. Barker, P. Atkinson and T. Powell, Proc. 15th Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, 1990.

“Geysers Reservoir Performance,” B.J. Barker, M. Gulati, M. Bryan and K. Riedel, Geothermal Resources Council Annual Meeting, Santa Rosa, 1989, in Monograph on The Geysers Geothermal Field, Geothermal Resources Council Special Report No. 17, 1992.

“The Tiwi Field: A Case Study of Geothermal Development For the National Interest,” B.J. Barker, A. Alcaraz, R. Datuin and T. Powell, 10th New Zealand Geothermal Workshop, Auckland, 1988, in Proc. 11th N. Z. Geothermal Workshop, 1989.

“Transient Flow To Finite Conductivity Vertical Fractures,” B.J. Barker and H.J. Ramey, Jr., SPE Paper 7489, 53rd Annual Meeting of Society of Petroleum Engineers, Houston, 1978.