Elham Samari
Brentwood
Summary
Dedicated & seasoned Technical Manager with over 3 decades of experience in the oil & gas industry, specializing in management, operations, well intervention, reservoir & production engineering, as well as production enhancement. Adept at leading multi-disciplinary teams, implementing innovative technologies, stakeholder & JV management, & ensuring compliance with environmental, health, & safety standards.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
Work History
Technical Director
RDMSquared Consulting Services
07.2023 - Current
- Technical advisor to local mining company on lithium brine feasibility studies, which included reserves estimates, & preparation of budgetary cost estimates for drilling, completion & installation of gathering systems for repurposing of geothermal & hydrocarbon fields in the USA & Europe
- Reservoir and production engineering studies on the suitability of stimulation treatments for clients in Australia & Canada
- Peer Review of exploration and development asset in the UK to validate suitability of proposed development and completion programmes for drilling, reservoirs surveillance and hydraulic fracture design
- Design and evaluation of hydraulic fracture programmes for various clients in Australia's Surat and Bowen basins
General Manager - Technical
Condor Energy Services
02.2014 - 10.2025
- Reporting directly to the CEO, responsible for the company's overall technical offerings, including fracturing fluid formulations, technical analysis capabilities, training, sourcing & development of new & emerging technologies, as well as managing clients & mentoring of senior technical staff
- Evaluated & incorporated innovative technologies into Condor's technical offerings through strategic partnerships.
- Created a modified rheology testing protocol, which resulted in a 30% saving in chemicals used for hydraulic fracturing fluids & enhanced the production results for the wells treated.
- Lead tender submissions, which resulted in several long-term contracts, adding an annual revenue base of over 10 million dollars.
- Lead budget preparation, revenue forecasting, & staff performance reviews.
- Marketed Condor's services to potential & existing clients, through networking, client lunch & learn sessions, client technical workshops & participation in technical conferences as presenter & participant.
- Provided support to aid in well construction and completion design for clients to ensure wells were suited for stimulation treatments.
- Conducted technical evaluation & analysis of projects, including fracture design, completions, drilling, & resource play evaluation.
- Managed the procurement & development of technical capabilities, including but not limited to fluid formulations, proppant selection, emerging technologies & analysis techniques.
- Stakeholder management with different contractors to achieve technical & operational success for clients.
- Guest lecturer at the University of South Australia, presenting a one-day workshop on Hydraulic fracturing.
- Member of the SPE Technical Programme Committee for the Unconventional Resources Conferences in Australia & Canada
Well Construction & Production Engineering Manager
RPS Energy Canada
01.2011 - 01.2014
- Managed a multi-disciplinary team in completions, drilling, project management, production engineering, & well test analysis to provide detailed analysis & innovative solutions for our client's challenges
- Project managed multi-disciplinary studies where resources & budget were managed successfully.
- Led budget preparation, revenue forecasting, & staff performance reviews.
- Marketed RPS's services to potential & existing clients.
- Conducted technical evaluation & analysis of projects, including fracture design, completions, drilling, & resource play evaluation. This includes conventional oil & gas plays, Coal Seam Gas, & unconventional shale assets.
- Acted as RPS' Engineering signing Authority to ensure all reports going to client met engineering standards. This included well design, completions designs as well as production engineering reports submitted to clients.
- Gave industry-leading workshops on various technical topics as required by clients.
- Served on the Technical Committee for the SPE conferences in Canada.
- Led & managed asset evaluations across multiple countries, including Oman, ADNOC India, Australia, New Zealand &, Poland, UK, Ireland, Algeria, Nigeria, Mexico, Argentina, the USA & Canada
Team Leader Stimulation
Santos Ltd.
01.2006 - 01.2011
- Developed & investigated opportunities for improving fracture design effectiveness
- Championed the introduction of innovative technologies & stimulation practices. Which included the first-ever Micro-seismic monitoring of hydraulic fracturing treatments in the Cooper Basin
- Generated integrated reservoir descriptions to enhance well construction & stimulation processes.
- Prepared cost estimates for AFE purposes & managed costs for stimulation projects.
- Managed Service company contracts, negotiations & oversaw operational efficiencies.
- Led vendor negotiations and tendering strategy, resulting in a 20% savings on a contract valued at over $20 million annually.
- Promoted EHS standards & provided training, mentoring, & performance evaluation for the team
- Project managed Stimulation campaigns to ensure they were completed on time & within 10% of the approved AFE.
- Provided input to completions and flowlines teams which aided in the selection of the appropriate tubing, packer, isolation methods for wells to be stimulated as well the flowback and flowlines design.
- Participated in Joint Venture meeting to influence project direction & outcomes for well campaigns in the Cooper Basin
- Participated in reserve classification workshops & provided input for Santo's unconventional reserves.
- Provided input to the Pre-FEED study for determining the feasibility of the Carbon Capture & Sequestration pilot plant for Santos.
- Recognised for technical leadership & operational excellence in the Cooper Basin
- Peer-reviewed field development plans for the CSG to LNG project led by Santos.
- (Australia)
Various positions
Halliburton Canada
01.1994 - 01.2006
- Member of a core technical team responsible for regional and play-type studies and optimization of Completion Operations; new technology development and deployment.
- Received an MVP award in recognition for displaying a high regard of dedication and commitment to Halliburton
- Performed field studies for conformance & stimulation treatments, ensuring quality control.
- Provided on-site engineering support for acidizing, fracturing, coil tubing, & cementing treatments.
- Design engineer responsible for delivering and troubleshooting the Completions and Well Interventions Operations, including equipment selection, upfront design, modelling, economic optimization, QA/QC, hydraulic fracture treatment monitoring.
- Field Engineer supporting Hydraulic Fracturing, Acidizing and Coiled Tubing Operations (including Operations in the fields contained H2S). Duties included: Responsible for effective execution and troubleshooting of field Operations. Provided on-site technical support to Operations personnel.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Petroleum Engineering
University of Alberta
Canada01-1994
Bachelor of Science -
University of Alberta
Canada01-1989
Skills
- Client relationship management
- Risk assessments
- Schedule management
- Risk management
- Data analysis
- Strategic planning
- Technical consulting
- Cost estimates
- Internal communications
- Presentations and public speaking
- Project management
- Business analysis
- Project planning
- Technical guidance
- Change management
- Quality assurance testing
- Best practice design
- Presentation development
- Solutions-focused sales
- Customer proposals
Affiliations
- Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) - Life member
- Engineers Australia - Chartered Engineer
- Professional member of APEGGA (Association of Professional Engineers, Geophysicists & Geologists of Alberta) - Life Member
Timeline
Technical Director
RDMSquared Consulting Services
07.2023 - Current
General Manager - Technical
Condor Energy Services
02.2014 - 10.2025
Well Construction & Production Engineering Manager
RPS Energy Canada
01.2011 - 01.2014
Team Leader Stimulation
Santos Ltd.
01.2006 - 01.2011
Various positions
Halliburton Canada
01.1994 - 01.2006
Bachelor of Science - Petroleum Engineering
University of Alberta
Bachelor of Science -
University of Alberta