Saam Saddam Yazzan
Senior Staff Reservoir Engineer @Murphy Oil Corporation
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Staff Reservoir Engineer @Murphy Oil Corporation
Houston, TX, US
Lead development planning and reservoir management for unconventional Canadian assets• Perform decline curve analysis (DCA), rate transient analysis (RTA), and pressure transient analysis (PTA) to evaluate and forecast well performance• Drive economic evaluations, reserves bookings, and business case development for drilling and investment decisions• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams (geoscience, land, drilling, completions, production, and facilities) to align development strategies with business goals• Assess spacing, stacking, and landing zone strategies to understand their impact on depletion, well performance, and economic recovery• Integrate assumptions into reserves updates and generate robust documentation for internal and external audits• Conduct benchmarking and surveillance of industry competitors to identify performance gaps and improvement opportunities• Champion asset optimization projects such as well spacing, parent/child well interaction, refrac potential, and flowback strategy analysis• Support technical due diligence for acquisitions, divestitures, and other business development initiatives• Provide mentorship and thought leadership to junior engineers and cross-functional partners• Identify inconsistencies or inefficiencies in workflows and implement innovative, scalable solutions• Prepare clear, data-driven presentations and executive summaries to communicate technical recommendations
EDUCATION
University of Alberta
MSc Petroleum Engineering, Flow in Porous Media / Reservoir Engineering
Universidad de Oriente (VE)
Ingeniero de Petroleo, Numerical Reservoir Simulation
ABOUT SAAM SADDAM YAZZAN
Well-rounded reservoir engineer with more than fifteen years of experience working in the South and North American E&P sector as a reservoir and research engineer for conventional and unconventional plays– Solid understanding of conventional and liquid rich shale gas condensate reservoir engineering, production forecasting, analytical and numerical simulation, reserves estimation and reporting– WRFM expertise focused on designing and executing conventional gas and shales surveillance programs (IPSM, PVT, well testing, performance tracking)– Broad experience with field development planning, economics, dilution, divestment, and acquisition projects (prioritization between NPV, VIR and constrains)– Strong proficiency at assessing key uncertainties impacting project maturation. – Experience representing Shell in JV technical workshops in both NOV & SOV (Murphy Oil, Shell, Total, Vista, YPF)– Effective communicator in Spanish and English (oral and writing skills) with high-quality leadership and effective presentation skills
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