Barry L. Tarman

acr93q@r.postjobfree.com

Katy, TX *7494

832-***-****

https://www.linkedin.com/in/barrytarman

Summary

Upstream energy industry executive with extensive background in technical, operational and managerial capacities at major and independent E&P operators in domestic and international venues, both onshore and offshore. Excellent analytical, interpersonal, and cross-cultural communication skills, which bring diverse groups of people together to achieve goals. Agent for change who is skilled at using benchmarking, best practices, and technology to improve organizational processes. Proficient in Spanish. Background includes: Project Management Operations Turn-Around Relationship Building Asset Management New Ventures Staff Development

Business Development Presentations Strategic Planning Experience

Tarman Consulting, LLC, Houston, TX 2015-Present

Strategic Petroleum Engineering and Management Consulting President/Owner

Linn Energy, Houston, TX 2012-2015

Asset Manager - Permian Basin 2012-2015

Recruited, trained and managed a team of 35 professionals.

Established team leads to mentor and motivate staff.

Delivered a +50% NPV premium through the design and successful implementation of the first Wolfcamp horizontal development program.

Negotiated surface location for participation in horizontal program that paid out in less than one year.

Drilled over 200 vertical and 5 horizontal Wolfcamp wells in the Permian Basin with a 30-40% reduction in drilling and completion costs.

Drilled Linn’s first successful New Mexico program subsequent to acquiring properties which validated a 40 well proved drilling program. Chesapeake Energy, Oklahoma City, OK 2004-2012

Southern Division Resource Development Manager 2011-2012

Managed over 20 technical professionals covering Barnett, East Texas, South Texas, and Haynesville assets.

Prioritized NPV development strategy in Barnett that cut more than 300 uneconomic wells from program.

Manager Reservoir Engineering - Haynesville/Bossier Shale 2007-2011

Developed Haynesville Shale to 2.0 BCFPD in 2011 from 0 MCFPD in 2008.

Presented technical and economic model to attract joint venture partner Plains Petroleum. Chesapeake received $3.3 billion for a 20% stake.

Doubled recoverable reserves with improved completion design. Senior Reservoir Engineer A&D 2004-2007

Conducted engineering due diligence and economic evaluations on over 50,000 wells maintaining a reserve audit accuracy of 98%.

Presented economic opinions on over 50 acquisition targets to executive management.

Chesapeake asset value increased 2-3 times during this period. Forest Oil 1999-2004

Senior Business Development Advisor, Denver, CO 2004

Negotiated legal and commercial transaction terms for divestment properties. Project/Country Manager South Africa, Cape Town, RSA 2000-2004 Director Engineering and Commercial Affairs, Houston, TX 1999-2004

Negotiated with the South African government and Eskom.

Educated the public with presentations and town hall meetings.

Accelerated exploration drilling 1 year by implementing a focused exploration program. This saved over $20 million for the project.

Set several key E&P records in South Africa including: fastest offshore well drilled, lowest cost offshore wells drilled, and highest combined test rate per well.

Reduced D&C costs by 50% of previous exploration wells in South Africa during the first drilling program and achieved an additional 25% savings during the second drilling program.

The execution of the first drilling program convinced PetroSA to be promoted into the block and pay the entire $30 million to fund the second drilling program.

Achieved greater than 50% cost reduction for exploration wells drilled by other operators in Switzerland and Thailand.

Union Oil Company of California 1981-1999

Area Production Engineer / Commercial Manager Latin America New Ventures Schlumberger Well Services 1979-1981

Field Engineer / Senior Field Engineer

Education

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineer, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

Contact this candidate