Tellerus Team
Bios
Paul Tarmann
Founder and CEO of Tellerus Corporation
Paul has over 42 years of experience in the oil and gas industry managing and applying various types of production treatment programs for upstream operations. His areas of expertise range from corrosion and scale control to oil/water separation for low to high volume water production and injection systems. He has many years of analytical laboratory experience from which he has developed a strong ability to interpret lab analyses and data. In addition, Paul has an extensive background with chemical stimulation of carbonates, shales and sandstone formations.
As a subject matter expert, he has helped manage the activities of other chemical vendors for his customers for operations that are outside of their fully managed assets.
Tarmann started Tellerus in 1999 amid a cyclic low in the oil industry. Local operators known to Paul needed better answers to chemical cost control. Tellerus was formed to address this need. Paul has long-term relationships with the owners of assets that he has managed for up to 25-30 years – which is practically unheard of in this business.
Galen Long
Galen Long is a Professional Engineer based in Calgary, Alberta. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alberta. He has been involved in upstream oil and gas since 2011. He has experience in both Canada and the USA, working as a production and completions engineer for Alberta, Alabama and Texas oil & gas fields.
Advisor
Bios
Dan Brouillette
Project Manager (retired) – Conoco-Phillips 1970-2006
University of Nebraska, BSME, 1970
Dan has spent 36 years in project development, design, construction and start up phases of refinery process units. Throughout his career, he has been involved in project funding & approval, design, contract review, procurement, inspection, construction, turnover and providing start up support.
He was responsible for projects in multiple US locations as well as in the United Kingdom, Venezuela and Malaysia. Project sizes ranged from individual equipment installations to $300 million multiple process units. Dan has been involved in project auditing in the Czech Republic, UK, and various US locations.
Dennis O’Reilly
Dennis O’Reilly has over two decades of management and HR Professional experience. Dennis accepted the challenge of coordinating the operational functions for Tellerus Corporation as an additional team member in the early start-up phase. His ability to break down the large picture and then initiate priorities is a talent gained through years of project leadership and resource development.
Dennis perfected his skills working in human service organizations as well as wholesale distribution management. He created new efficiency measures to cut costs and delivery times for a major automotive distribution center. Dennis has an innate capacity to envision the demands of a growth organization, and as a result, he distinguishes action from distraction and integrates strategies to achieve success.
Daren Schmitz
Daren Schmitz is from northeast Montana. He graduated from Chadron Stage College with a business degree and has numerous certifications in flow control and oilfield chemical operations.
Mr. Schmitz had an honest start in the oilfield as a floor hand for a pulling unit. He advanced in his career to being a regional manager with Tyco Flow Control. At Tyco, Daren was involved with automating pipelines, tank farms, wellhead production, saltwater disposals, refining units, gas plants and LACT units. With the understanding he gained in flow control and chemical compositions, Daren moved into the production chemical industry to work for Jacam Chemical. There he developed expertise in the application of downhole chemicals through his work with Bakken production companies.
He has since moved on to develop his own proprietary chemical products. Mr. Schmitz is currently working on industrial uses of his biodegradable chemicals to replace traditional chemicals.
