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Sahar Ghannadi

President Ashaw Energy

Sahar Ghannadi, SPE, is president of Ashaw Energy, where she leads initiatives in the design and optimization of steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) and geothermal wells. She holds a PhD degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Alberta. A key focus of Ghannadi’s work is the development of advanced software to integrate well and reservoir data into a single platform for operational use. Before taking her current role, she held technical positions at BP, Suncor Energy, and E2E Energy. Ghannadi has authored and presented more than 30 technical papers on various aspects of SAGD operations and is an active member of SPE.

  • Steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) technology continues to advance rapidly, driven by improvements in numerical simulation, inflow-control technologies, fiber-optic monitoring, and real-time production optimization.