Brief History of the Department

The Petroleum & Gas Engineering Engineering was among the approved programmes, which was hosted in the Department of Chemical, Petroleum & Gas Engineering with Engr ErewariUkohua as the pioneer Coordinator. In the 2019/2020 academic session, the administration of Petroleum & Gas Engineering programme was separated from the Department of Chemical, Petroleum & Gas Engineering and now administered in its own department – Department of Petroleum and Gas Engineering with Engr Prof. Adewale Dosunmu as the Head of Department.  The Department currently has a total of ten (10) core petroleum engineering academic staff, (4) technical staff, and four (3) administrative staff. The core petroleum engineering academic staff comprises of two (2) Professors (made up of 1 contract, and 1 adjunct), one (1) Reader on adjunct, four (3) Lecturer I, three (2) Lecturer II and one (1) Assistant Lecturer.

Also, the Department presently has a total of two hundred and forty-one (241) students that comprises of seventy-four (74) seventy-six (76) and ninety-one (91) students in 200 level, 300 level and 400 level, respectively.  The Department presently uses its own laboratory and Faculty workshop facilities for the training of its student.

LIST OF STAFF IN THE DEPARTMENT

S/N

NAME OF ACADEMIC STAFF

APPOINTMENT

AREA OF SPECIALIZATION

1

Engr. Dr. Hezekiah A. Nwosi

Tenure

Natural Gas Engineering

Utilization Petroleum Refining 

Petrochemical Engineering

2

Engr. Dr. Evelyn B. Ekeinde

Tenure

Drilling Engineering

Natural Gas Engineering

Geo Mechanics

Petroleum Economics

3

Engr. Julie B. Mamukuyomi

Tenure

Reservoir Engineering

Natural Gas Engineering

4

Engr. Baridor Samuel Odagme

Tenure

Drilling/Well Engineering

Geomechanics & Wellbore Stability Management,

Natural Gas Utilization

Renewable Energy

5

Engr. Dorathy Chuku

Tenure

Production Engineering

6

Engr. Eli Goodluck

Tenure

Chemical/Petrochemical Engineering/Petroleum and

Environmental Tech

7

Mr. Daniel Ndem

Tenure

Reservoir Engineering

8

Engr. Prof. Adewale DOSUNMU

Contract

Drilling and Well Engineering

Well planning and Well design.

Drilling Fluids 

Renewable Energy Systems

Environmental studies.

Natural Gas Engineering

9

Engr. Prof. Joseph AJIENKA

Adjunct

Petroleum Production Engineering

Multiphase Fluid Flow in Pipes

Petroleum Production Economics,

Formation Damage Assessment and Control

Well Stimulation

Multiphase Flow Metering

Production Testing

10

Engr. Dr. Oriji ALERUCHI

Adjunct

Drilling Engineering

Drilling Fluid

11

Engr. Dr. Peters AKPOTURI

Adjunct

Reservoir Engineering

Reservoir Simulation and Studies

Enhanced Oil Recovery