Professor Oyinkepreye David Orodu
HOD
B.Eng (UNIPORT) Chemical Engineering, MSc (Aberdeen), PhD (Wuhan, China) Oil & Natural Gas Engineering
College
School
Department
Research Interests
Reservoir Characterization and Simulation; Petroleum Production Economics - maximizing recovery (decision analysis and stochastic modeling of optimal well utilization for multi-well system & Holistic wellbore sidetrack evaluation under uncertainty for reservoir management); Surfactant Synthesis and Evaluation for Enhanced Heavy-Oil Recovery, Evaluation of Silica Nanoparticles as Additives in Water-Based Drilling Mud and for Enhanced Oil Recovery; Waterflood performance and interconnectivity estimation by capacitance resistive model for layered reservoirs; Geostatistical Modelling and Stochastic Simulation of Nigerian Heavy Oil and Natural Bitumen Deposits
Awards & Honours
- 2015 EducationUSA Leadership Institute: Industry-Private Sector Linkages & Innovation: Energy Sector Partnerships; An Initiative of the United States Department of States, Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs’ (ECA) EducationUSA Network, Administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE); Denver, Colorado and Washington DC (July 28, 2015 – August 12, 2015)
- 2014 Best Faculty Sponsor/Advisor Service Award in Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Lagos Section 61
- 2014 Highest Attendance at Technical Meetings Service Award in Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Lagos Section 61
- 2005 Recipient of the Federal Government Scholarship through the Nigeria – China Bilateral Educational Agreement, under the Chinese Scholarship Council and Federal Scholarship Board, Nigeria, PhD (2005 – 2009)
- 2002 Recipient of the Federal Government of Nigeria Scholarship through the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), MSc (2002 – 2003).
Teaching Areas
Reservoir Characterisation & Engineering, Fluid Characterisation, Petroleum Economics, Enhanced Oil Recovery, Field Development Planning, Fluid Flow in Pipes
Current Postgraduate Supervision
Supervisors; Prof. O.D. Orodu and Prof V. E. Efeovbokhan
Sowunmi, A. "Performance and Impact of Polymer Nanocomposite on Enhanced Oil Recovery"
Supervisors; Prof. V. Efeovbokhan and Prof. O.D. Orodu
Ojo, T. E. "High-Pressure High-Temperature Phase Behaviour of Natural Gas – Experimental, Machine Learning & Modelling Approach "
Supervisor; Prof. O.D. Orodu
Selected Publications (20)
2. Prediction of Crude Oil Viscosity using Feed-Forward back-Propagation neural network (FFBPNN)
[ Download 357.60 kB ]6. Optimal Well Utilization under Uncertainty for Naturally Depleted and Waterflooded Reservoir
[ Download 61.39 kB ]13. Education and Training: A sin qua non for Professionalism in the Oil and Gas Sector
[ Download 1.10 MB ] [Visit]16. Simulation Study on Waterflood Front: Block Hade of Tarim Oilfield in NorthWest China
[ Download 70.75 kB ] [Visit]17. Prediction of crude oil viscosity using feed. Forward back-propagation neural network (FFBPNN)
[Visit]20. Sidetrack and recompletion risk evaluation — Waterflooded reservoir
[ Download 243.64 kB ] [Visit]Collaboration/Linkages
Society of Petroleum Engineers, Member
Member, Nigerian Content Consultative Forum (NCCF): Education & Training of NCDMB
Member Editorial Board of International Journal of Petroleum and Geoscience Engineering (IJPGE), http://www.aropub.org/journals/international-journal-of-petroleum-and-geoscience-engineering-ijpge/ijpge-editorial-board/
Reviewer, Journal of Petroleum Science & Engineering, Elsevier, UK
Reviewer, Journal of Natural Gas Science & Engineering, Elsevier, UK
Reviewer, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Elsevier, UK
Reviewer, Energy Exploration & Exploitation, Multi-Science UK
Reviewer, Journal of Petroleum Technology and Alternative Fuels, Academic Journals
Reviewer, Journal of Petroleum & Gas Engineering, Academic Journals
Member Editorial Board Merit Res. J. Pet. Geo. and Min.
Conferences Attended
2018 - SPE Nigerian Annual International Conference and Exhibition, Abuja, August 2019
2018 - 1st Nigeria International Petroleum Summit, Abuja, Nigeria, 19th – 23rd
Feb. 2018
2018 - SPE Nigerian Annual International Conference and Exhibition, Abuja, August 2018
Nigeria Oil & Gas Industry Research & Development Fair and Conference 2017
COREN - “Outcome Based Engineering Workshop and Review of Benchmark Minimum Academic Standard (BMAS) and Accreditation Scoring Criteria for Undergraduate Engineering Programmes in Nigerian Universities” (4-6 April 2017)
2017 - SPE Nigerian Annual International Conference and Exhibition, Abuja, 31 – 2 August 2017
Certificate of Completion - EducationUSA Leadership Institute: Industry-Private Sector Linkages & Innovation: Energy Sector Partnerships; An Initiative of the United States Department of States, Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs’ (ECA) EducationUSA Network, Administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE); Denver, Colorado and Washington DC July 28, 2015 – August 12, 2015
Society of Petroleum Engineers Nigerian Annual International Conference and Exhibition, Lagos, August 2014