Sadeq Shahamat is a Senior Reservoir and Completions Engineer at ResFrac, where he helps energy companies maximize asset value and operational performance through reservoir characterization, and integrated fracture, geomechanics and reservoir modeling.

With over 15 years of academic and industry experience, Sadeq blends traditional reservoir engineering with ML and advanced analytics. Prior to ResFrac, Sadeq held technical roles and led initiatives at Birchcliff Energy – characterizing the Montney asset, applying predictive/prescriptive analytics, and automating analytical/simulation workflows and processes to reduce CapEx, streamline decision-making and optimize asset development. Earlier in his career, he worked at IHS Global Canada and Fekete Associates Inc. as a subject matter expert in pressure and rate transient analysis (PTA & RTA), and welltest interpretation.

Sadeq holds a PhD in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Calgary, along with dual MSc and MEng degrees from the Petroleum University of Technology and University of Calgary. He has published over 15 papers in various SPE conferences and peer-reviewed journals.

Outside of work, Sadeq is passionate about lifelong learning, particularly in data science and finance, and enjoys spending quality time outdoors and at home with family.