Institute of Petroleum Studies, University of Port Harcourt.
July, 2019 Publication of the Students of IPS, UniPort/IFP School.
PSIPSIPSISTUDENTS’ANNUALNEWSLETTER
“Bits,BytesandBarrels:
Automation,ExpertSystemsasthe
futureoftheEnergyIndustry”
IPS Learning ExperienceIPS Learning Experience
Our Industry ExperienceOur Industry Experience
Exclusive Interview with Benjamin NicotExclusive Interview with Benjamin Nicot
Special Session with Prof. Ogbonna F. JoelSpecial Session with Prof. Ogbonna F. Joel
IPS Learning Experience
Our Industry Experience
Exclusive Interview with Benjamin Nicot
Special Session with Prof. Ogbonna F. Joel
I am my own Design, I am AfricanI am my own Design, I am African
20 Things only Petroleum Engineers do20 Things only Petroleum Engineers do
Latest Softwares in IPSLatest Softwares in IPS
Class DialectsClass Dialects
I am my own Design, I am African
20 Things only Petroleum Engineers do
Latest Softwares in IPS
Class Dialects
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CONTENTS
Trainers of Industry-Ready Graduates 02
Learning Experience 08
Our Industry Experience 10
Exclusive Interview with
Benjamin Nicot 12
I am my own Design, I am African 13
20 Things Only
Petroleum Engineers do 16
Latest Softwares in IPS 20
World Water Day 24
Charity Service 25
Students’ Biodata 48
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T
he editorial team of the Institute of Petroleum Studies
proudly presents its Annual Students' Newsletter. Our
theme “Bits Bytes and Barrels: Automation, Expert
Systems as the future of the Energy Industry” was
selectedtodepicthowtheschoolandstudentsoftheInstitutewill
thrive in a growing energy industry gradually shi ting towards
automation.
In this year's edition, we have brought to you an exciting range of
contentwhichfocuseson:thelearningexperienceofthestudents,
industry related so twares at the Institute, field trips and visits to
companies. As you continue to lip through, you get to explore
articles discussing the cost and Job e fect of big data and
automation in the industry, the new knowledge society and so
much more. Our Newsletter provides an update on the latest
development of the students of the Institute and how they can
growthepresentandfutureenergyindustry.
TheInstituteofPetroleumStudiesisagraduateschoolfoundedin
2003, the result of the collaboration between IFP School, France
andtheUniversityofPort-HarcourtNigeria.ItissupportedbyTotal
E&P Nigeria Limited and Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation(NNPC)JointVenture.
We appreciate the industrious sta f of the Institute for their
supportandguidancetowardsthepublicationofthenewsletter.A
big thank you to our sponsors and instructors for making this
possible.
Inconclusion,Iwouldliketorecognizethee fortsofthemembers
oftheeditorialteamandbatch16classforensuringthedeliveryof
this newsletter.I was opportune to work with unique and brilliant
mindsandIamgratefultoyouall.
We hope you take the time to read what the contents of this
newsletterhastoo fer.Thereismuchtoread,muchtoponder,and
muchmoretolearn.Thankyou
OkekeRaphael
Editor's
Note
Highlights
IPSLearningExperience
OurIndustryExperience
ExclusiveInterviewwithBenjaminNicot
SpecialSessionwithProf.OgbonnaF.Joel
IammyownDesign,IamAfrican
20ThingsonlyPetroleumEngineersdo
LatestSo twaresinIPS
ClassDialects
Publisher
Prof.DuluAppah
Director,InstituteofPetroleumStudies,
UniversityofPortHarcourt.
EditorialTeam
OkekeRaphael
OnaiviCynthia
OlaVictor
AyoolaJohn
DafeAghogho
AmadiAzubuike
OkaforPaul
UtukUtomobong
AireSilas
AdebisiOluwatayo
Contributors/Sponsors
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HRMEzeR.W.Okocha
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IPS Students’Newsletter - Page 01 | Editor’s Note
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Institute of
Petroleum StudiesTrainersofIndustry-ReadyGraduates
T
he Institute of
Petroleum Studies was
established in 2003 as
a bold e fort to remedy
the skill-gap between the
classroom theory and the
practical needs of the oil and
gas industry in Nigeria. As a
collaboration between the
Ecole-du-Petrole-et-des-
Moteurs (IFP School), Paris,
France, and the University of
Port Harcourt. The institute
o fers a conducive learning
environment, full Internet access and virtual library, hands-on
training using one computer per student. Students use industry
so tware, case studies and undertake numerous field visits. Students
are encouraged to live and work together, thus encouraging the
development of team spirit.
The aim of the professional Master's Degree Programme is to
provide graduates in engineering with broad-based training
required for onshore and o fshore oil and gas field development.
The students will be taught jointly by lecturers from the University
of Port Harcourt (Uniport), Nigeria, IFP School, France as well as
experts from the petroleum industry within and outside Nigeria.
In addition to pursuing an aggressive policy of home-grown human
capital development in line with world standards by o fering
internationally recognized, industry-relevant and professionally
IPS Students’Newsletter - Page 02 | Trainers of Industry-Ready Graduates

sound and certified programmes, IPS saves the
industry and the government foreign exchange
investments in postgraduate training. IPS
promotes international and national academic
collaborations and linkages, partnership with
industry and collaboration with national and
international professional bodies. The healthy
relationship between town and gown makes it
possible for the industry and professional
bodies to be actively involved in driving the
programme life-cycle of IPS curriculum
development to course delivery/joint project
supervision.
On completion of this
Programme, the graduates will
among other skills, be able to:
Ÿ Evaluate and manage oil
and gas fields.
Ÿ Design and supervise the
drilling of exploration and
development wells and
carry out drilling
optimization programmes.
Ÿ Carry out production
optimization and well
performance enhancement
programmes.
Ÿ Design, supervise and
evaluate well completion,
workover and well
simulation programmes.
Ÿ Design and operate onshore
and o fshore oil and gas
production facilities.
Ÿ Participate e fectively in
multidisciplinary oil & gas
field review and field
development teams.
Operating under the aegis of
Centre for Oil and Gas
Technology, IPS is sponsored by
TOTAL E&P Nigeria Limited and
NNPC Joint Venture.
Our Mission
The mission of the Institute is to
meet the needs of the
petroleum industry through a
commitment to excellence in
training, applied research,
continuing education and
capacity building.
Our Vision
The vision of the Institute of
Petroleum Studies is to become
the foremost international
Centre of Excellence in Petroleum
Geosciences & Technology,
Petroleum Economics &
Management, and Petroleum
Policy & Strategic Studies in Africa.
Our Courses
Master of Petroleum Engineering
& Project Development
Post Graduate Diploma in
Petroleum Technology (PGDPT)
Contact
INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM
STUDIES,University of Port
Harcourt, East West Road, P.M.B. 2,
Uniport Post O fice, Choba,Port
Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
(234) 805 045 9902
info_ips@ipsng.org
ipsifp_ng
IPS Uniport/IFP School
IPS Students’Newsletter - Page 03 | Trainers of Industry-Ready Graduates

IPS is an international collaboration
that has brought a lot of goodwill,
strength,ready workforce and labour
to the industry. It is where to be! It is
the first and best of its kind. The
institute trains industry ready
graduates, who would now feed the
oilandgasindustryandfilltheskilled
m a n p owe r ga p. Th e re a re 3
components in the creation model of
IPS – the academia (Local), the
international academia and industry
(IFP) and Nigeria's industry where we
have experts come as lecturers,
instructors, tutors, and visiting
professors. These three components
cannot be readily found anywhere
else. We even bring professionals
working in the industry in the
diaspora to come share knowledge
and bring their experience to bare.
Thishasnotonlyhelpedtheinstitute,
butalsotheNigerianeconomy.
Gains to the industry are quite
enormous. They include; training of
g r a d u a t e s w h o a r e r e a d i l y
employable, refined and focused
youths whose scope and thoughts
have been widened. Also, the
institute is an exporter of manpower
because of her population and
impact. It is a good thing that where
oil and gas has be en found
incidentally in Africa, they do not
have the manpower to e ficiently and
e fectively drive the industry, so we
have Nigerians in countries like
Angola, South Sudan, Ghana,
Equatorial Guinea among others.
That is the gap we want to fill in the
Gulf of Guinea.IPS is a stand-alone in
terms of experience. We train people
who have their studies in the
classroom, field visit and laboratory
visits.
It is a place that is like none, I would
recommend that anybody who could
and is qualified, should enrol. The
good thing about IPS is that, people
come here, they're trained, they look
forjobs,infactmostofthemarebeen
sought a ter head hunt by the
companies and by the end of their
training,theygetjobs.
The best usually only wants to
associatewiththebest.Astheheadof
the department, I was a pioneer sta f
of the Institute at the time, I became
t h e D e a n o f t h e Fa c u l t y o f
Engineering when I became a
member of the board of IPS. We have
seen IPS grow over the period, we are
assuredofthequalityofgraduateswe
produce and we are proud of them.
Thegoodworkwehavedonewewant
to continue in order to bring the best
to the institute. I want my acquired
international exposure to rub o f on
theInstitutehavingstudiedinRussia,
USA, and Germany. I felt the need to
bring all these experiences – field
experience, laboratory experience
and classroom experience to IPS to
seehowIPScanbeabeneficiary.Also,
I needed to give the best to my
country,spend my youthful energy in
my country and having seen IPS the
wayitis,Ibelievethisisthebestplace
tobe.
Awordfromour
Director
IPS Students’Newsletter - Page 04 | A word from our Director

OUR
MENTOR
KENNETH
UMUDJORO(ExecutiveGeneralManager-TechnicalServices;
TotalE&P,PortHarcourtDistrict)
Kenneth UMUDJORO is an established Oil &
Gas professional specializing in Operations
Management. His areas of interest span
reservoir engineering, drilling and wells
engineering, technical logistics, projects
management, control and economics,
environmental protection, and operational
safety. He is particularly attracted to front-end
technology applications in problem solving.
Joining Total E&P Nigeria limited as a Drilling
& Wells Engineer in 1993, he has since served
in several di ferent capacities both in Nigeria
and in other company locations within the
Total Group.
He served as Drilling & Wells Supervisor at the
budding stages of Total's excursion into
conventional o fshore development in the
early '90s. He took on engineering roles in the
Drilling & Wells function on various projects in
swamp, onshore and conventional o fshore.
In 2003, he was appointed as the Project
Manager for the North Alwyn, Dunbar and
Bruce Platforms in the UK North Sea, where
together with his team, they delivered record
wells in reach and total drilled depth. He was
subsequently appointed as the Exploration
Drilling Manager for Total in Angola in 2007,
charged with the design and delivery of deep-
water exploration wells in water depths of up to
1,800m (6,000 t).
He continued his international career in Total
Head O fice in Paris, France in 2009. In this
capacity, he was responsible for the definition
of Drilling & Wells design and Field
Development Architecture for several
development and prospects studies, some of
which are today major development activities
for the Total Group.
He was appointed as the Drilling & Wells
Manager and eventually Acting Operations
Director in the Exploration Campaign in Total
E&P Uganda where Total is currently planning a
major development in the highly eco-sensitive
Murchison Falls National Park, a location rich in
bio-diversity thus necessitating non-
conventional solution-applications.
Currently serving as the Executive General
Manager in charge of Technical Services, firstly
in the Deep Water Division and latterly in the
NNPC/TEPNG Joint Venture; a role that sees
him as the accountable person for drilling and
wells, engineering & construction as well as
technical logistics operations delivery.
Kenneth UMUDJORO holds a B.Sc in Electrical
Engineering, M.Sc in Petroleum Engineering
and Projects Management as well as an M.BA in
Business Administration.
He has authored and sponsored several
technical publications in his fields of interests.
A strong believer in people and the unlimited
capacity of the human spirit, he is a mentor and
a coach. It has indeed been a unique
opportunity and privilege to have served as the
Professional Mentor of the Batch #16 Students
of the Institute of Petroleum Studies of the
University of Port-Harcourt for the 2018/2019
Academic Year.
IPS Students’Newsletter - Page 05 | Our Mentor - Keneth Umudjoro

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s the IFP coordinator,
Amy responsibility is to
coordinate the delivery
of each course and
ensure that it goes according to
the top standard. I also liaise with
other IFP lecturers that come to
lecture. IPS is being run as a truly
international school that mixes
the industry-focused IFP training
standard with project works and
enough industry exposure to
ensure that graduates are
industry-ready. A lot of IFP
lecturers are industry people. The
idea is to be practical. In France,
Engineering schools are always
close to industry. The Engineering
schools are not Universities; they
are under the Ministry of Industry,
noteducation.
The modules of the Institute of
Petroleum Studies have been
structured to ensure that tutors
from IFP school, the oil industry
(Total, Schlumberger) and
University of Port Harcourt are
greatly involved in its learning
activities. This joint participation
makes it possible for the students
to have practical experience that
can hardly be achieved anywhere
else.
GENERALMODULE
Ÿ Entrepreneurship
Ÿ OilandGasIndustryOverview
Ÿ HSE&EIA/ Ethics and Social
Responsibility
Ÿ ProgrammingSkills
Ÿ Applied Mathematics and
Statistics for Petroleum
Engineers
Ÿ CommunicationSkills
GEOSCIENCES AND RESERVOIR
ENGINEERINGMODULE
FundamentalsofGeosciences
GeologyFieldTrip
Reservoirgeologyandgeophysics
WellLoggingInterpretation
Rock&FluidProperties+Labvisit
Fundamentals of Reservoir
Engineering(MBAL)
WellTestingandInterpretation
Geostatistics, Data Integration &
ReservoirModelling
OOGIPcalculationuncertainties
Ÿ EnhancedOilRecovery
Ÿ ReservoirSimulation
Ÿ ReservoirSimulationProject
DRILLINGMODULE
Ÿ Introduction to Drilling,
D r i l l i n g F i e l d Tr i p &
Geomechanics
Ÿ Well Architecture and Casing
Design
Ÿ D r i l l i n g O p e r a t i o n s ,
EquipmentsandOptimization
Ÿ DirectionalDrilling
Ÿ Drilling Fluids and Cementing
Operations.
Ÿ WellControl
Ÿ O fshore Drilling Operations
andNewChallenges
Ÿ Test, Completion Design and
Equipment
Ÿ ArtificialLi tSystems-Designs
andOperations
Ÿ Well Performance with
So tware
Ÿ S p e c i fi c s O p e r a t i o n s
(Stimulation, Perforation,
SandControl)
Ÿ WellDesignProject-Designof
anOptimizedwell
PRODUCTIONMODULE
Ÿ Introduction to Production
andProductionFieldTrip
Ÿ ProductionOperations
Ÿ ProductionEquipmentDesign
Ÿ UtilitiesandInstrumentation
Ÿ ProcessSimulation(HYSYS)
Ÿ Multiphase Flow in Pipe and
Flowline - Simulation and
Design
Ÿ FlowAssurance
Ÿ We l l S u r ve i l l a n c e a n d
ProductionEnhancement
Ÿ Terminal and Receiving
Facilities
Ÿ L N G a n d N a t u r a l G a s
Utilization
Ÿ Introduction to O fshore
ProductionEngineering
Ÿ Deep O fshore Production
Architecture
PROJECTMODULE
Ÿ Petroleum Economics and
CaseStudy
Ÿ Contract Planning , Cost
Estimation and Project
Management
Ÿ E&PDevelopmentProcess
Ÿ FieldDevelopmentProjectWk
1-3
Meet the IFP
Coordinator
Francis
Fusier
THEIPSMODULES
IPS Students’Newsletter - Page 07 | Meet the IFP Coordinator

LEARNING
EXPERIENCE
IPS Students’Newsletter - Page 08 | Learning Experience

IhavebeenteachingatIPSforfiveyearsinpartnership
“withtheIFPSchool.OneofthethingsIhaveenjoyedasan
IFPtrainingteacherisgoingtodi ferentcountriestoteach.
Here,Iamwithyoungstudentswhoarereadytolearnand
hungryforknowledge.Thismakesmewillingtogivealotof
energyinothertoimpactonthestudentsandgivethem
somethingthatwillhelpinthefuture.ThereactionIgetisquite
nicesincethetimeIstartedcominghere.OneofthereasonsI
movedfromtheIFPGrouptotheIFPSchoolistofollowthe
studentsforsomeyearsandguidethemasmuchaspossible”.
ARNAUDTORRES
IPS Students’Newsletter - Page 09 | Learning Experience

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IPS Students’Newsletter - Page 10 | Our Industry Experience

dentsa terPracticalsession
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AnsettSta fandIPSStudentsa terCoringPracticalsession UseofUltraVioletlightforCorephotocapture
The industrial
experience has been a
very sensitive part of
the program. The
practical delivery of
knowledge helped in
buttressing classroom
theory ranging from
Reservoir properties
(Ansett and Laser
Engineering) to
Drilling
(Schlumberger and
BLS Services) and
Production (Total
E&P). Major areas
covered where Coring
and Analysis, PVT
Analysis, Drilling
luids and Cementing,
Production facilities,
etc.
IPSStudentsatAnsettRoutinelab
forPermeabilitymeasurement
UseofMarshFann
Viscometerforviscosity
measurementofMud
DrillingFluidslabexperienceatSchlumberger ArrivalatSchlumbergerforDrilling
luidsandCementingPracticalsession
atSchlumbergerOperationfacilities IPSStudentswithMrPatrickSomiari
(Total) andMrTobi(Schlumberger)
Our
IndustryperienceXXX
IPS Students’Newsletter - Page 11 | Our Industry Experience

Canyoutellusaboutyourself?
I started my career just a ter my
P.hd in the French Institute of
Petroleum.Ididnotwanttowork
in France, I wanted to go abroad.
Schlumberger o fered me a role
asaresearch engineer atanewly
opened research centre in Saudi
Arabia working mainly on
magnetic resonance and its
application to Petrophysics. I
spent five years there working
with people from Saudi Aramco
on di ferent projects. I then
moved to Brazil for wireline
operations because Brazil was
the biggest market for Nuclear
Magnetic Resonance (NMR) for
Schlumberger and I also needed
achange.A ter3yearsatthisjobI
contacted Total, I was lucky
enough to see that Total was
looking for someone with
experience in Laboratory work
and Log Analysis. I have been
working in Total since 2013 as a
specialist in Petropyhsics and
CoreAnalysis.
What motivated your career
choice?
I never really had a long term
plan, it was series of small test
stepsdoingwhatIwantedtodo.I
have always been attracted to
technology. This is the main
reason I joined Schlumberger
because I felt like it was one of
the most technological oriented
c o m p a ny. I a l s o b e l i e ve
Petrophysics is the subject that
involves a lot of technology
whether it is in the lab or in log
analysis. My second reason is
travelling, I wanted to travel the
world while working and
interacting with di ferent kinds
of people. This proved to be a
greatexperience.
How o ten do people leave
Petrophysicsandwhy?
Some people have changed
company but kept doing the
same kind of job, others have
stayed in the same company but
have le t Petrophysics. The main
reason is because they became
managers. The oil industry is an
industry of engineers; some will
become technical experts while
some will be managers. Most of
the people that I know that le t
Petrophysics is because they
becamemanagers.
How does Petrophysics relate
withreservoirengineering?
In Total, Petrophysics is a
s p e c i a l t y i n r e s e r v o i r
engineering. In BP, they are two
d i f e r e n t s p e c i a l t i e s .
Petrophysics is about acquiring
data and interpreting it, it is
about measure. The job of a
reservoirengineeristobuild
and ensure the model is a
representation of the reality
but not too complex so you
canrunitindi ferentwaysand
optimize production. Reservoir
engineers have a broader
background and Petrophysicist
aremorespecializedinphysics.
The reservoir engineer is
involved from the beginning of
the field development plan till
the life of the well is over. It may
not be the same reservoir
engineerthatwillseetheproject
to the end but there is always a
reservoir engineer. For the
Petrophysicist, he needs either a
core or log and this happens
mainly at the beginning when
you invest in the project. Later in
the development, newly drilled
wells are rarely cored and have
minimumloggingacquisition.
What are the emerging trends
and new developments in the
oilindustry?
The big change in the last years,
i s t h e N o r t h A m e r i c a n
hydrocarbon production from
shale. It has tremendously
changed the oil industry; the
UnitedStateshavemovedfroma
net importer to an exporting
country. This has continued to
in luence the cost per barrel of
crude oil, it has also led to
technological advancements in
hydraulic fracturing. What is
AnInterviewwith
Q
Question &
Answers
IPS Students’Newsletter - Page 12 | Exclusive Interview with Benjamin Nicot

happening now is that deep
o fshore is going to harsher
conditions, recently Total
announced the discovery of
shoreSouthAfricawheredrilling
conditions are hard with very
strong currents. So drilling
o fshore is doing better than it
previouslydid.
WhatistheGlobalmarketfora
Petrophysicist?
There is definitely a demand for
Petrophysics.Mostoftheexperts
are actually retiring now,there is
a gap of people between the 40
years and the retiring age. The
reason for this gap is that when
the oil price crashed in the 90's,
all the companies stopped
recruiting. As a petrophysicist, I
do not have to worry very much,
theoilpriceisnotsohighandthe
companies have learned not to
make the same mistake in the
90's. A lot of hiring has been
stopped a ter the crash of the oil
price, from 2017 to 2018 there
was no recruiting. I strongly
believethatitwillstartagainand
very soon. It was announced by
Total that they would be hiring
again in 2019. The future looks
good, I am convinced the oil
industry still has bright days
becausetheworldstillneedsoil.
Can you tell us the qualities
needed to thrive in the
industry?
Ifyourtechnicalskillisgood,you
have all the chances to make a
good career. Then you ask
yourself how you want your
career to evolve. Typically, one
way is technical expertise and
theotherwayismanagement.In
being a manager, you will need
much more than technical
expertise. However, you will first
need to be recognized for your
technical expertise to become a
manager. If you are good
t e c h n i c a l l y y o u w i l l b e
recognizedandthisisthecaseall
aroundtheoilindustry.
Can you tell us the level of IPS
onaglobalscale?
I have been teaching in Brazil,
Saudi Arabia, France and it has
been 3 years since I started
teac hing in Nig eria. My
experienceatIPSisalwaysavery
good surprise. I always feel that
studentshereareveryinterested
in the course. In other to build
knowledge in petrophysics, you
n e e d a b a s i c l e v e l o f
mathematics, physics, chemisty
and the level here is good. What
strikes out is the motivation, I
feel that IPS students are really
motivated to understand the
conceptsofthecourseandapply
itlater.Itisalsooneofthereason
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IPS Students’Newsletter - Page 13 | I am my own design, I am African

GEOLOGYFIELDTRIP
This week was one of our memorable weeks at the
Institute of Petroleum studies. A trip to the Igarra
Schist Belt in Akoko-Edo Southwestern Nigeria
gave us a wonderful insight into the rocks from
which our petroleum originates, we gained
comprehensive knowledge about their
depositional environments, the agents of
transportation,and di ferent basement
complexes.
One of our highlights of the week was climbing
the Bawa hill to determine the type and sorting of
grain sizes of the rock as it was the first time
climbing to such height for most of us, we also
measured the Strike and Dip of rock beds. It was a
really fun and insightful experience.
IPS Students’Newsletter - Page 14 | Geology Field Trip

IPS Students’Newsletter - Page 15 | Geology Field Trip

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PetroleumEngineersdo…
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2. OnlyPetroleumEngineerscanbewaryoftheword'breakthrough'.
3. OnlyPetroleumEngineerstrytodrivewithoutseeing.
4. OnlyPetroleumEngineersaresadwhentheir'baby'kicks.
5. OnlyPetroleumEngineerswouldknowwhatissweetwithouttastingit.
6. OnlyPetroleumEngineersbuyandplantChristmastreesallyearlong.
7. OnlyPetroleumEngineersbuymineddiamondsandminewiththem.
8. OnlyPetroleumEngineerswouldproduceandtreatwaterwithoutselling.
9. OnlyPetroleumEngineersleavetheseatofishinsidetheground.
10. OnlyPetroleumEngineerscallareservoiradryholewhenfullof luidsotherthanoil.
11. OnlyPetroleumEngineershatetheirskinandwanttoreduceit.
12. OnlyPetroleumEngineersshootgunstobringwellstolife.
13. OnlyPetroleumEngineerswouldfirstlykillandtheytrytostimulatebacktolife.
14. OnlyPetroleumEngineershatecondensatesinpipebutwantcondensatesintanks.
15. OnlyPetroleumEngineersanchorvesselsinthemiddleoftheocean.
16. OnlyPetroleumEngineersencouragepeopletoberoughnecks.
17. OnlyPetroleumEngineerschokeinordertostabilizeandmaintainlive low.
18. OnlyPetroleumEngineershaveamoonpoolonearth.
19. OnlyPetroleumEngineerskick-o fwithoutexpectingballing.
20. OnlyPetroleumEngineersdrillthroughwindows.
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IPS Students’Newsletter - Page 16 | 20 Things only Petroleum Engineers do

Drilling
FieldTripATripToThePetroleum
TrainingInstitute(PTI),E furun
For many of us this was our first
time to the rig and boy, did we
have lots to see! This rig in
particular is the first and maybe
only demonstration rig in
Nigeria, so you see why this
meant so much to us especially
since we were just about to kick
o f the Drilling Module.
The Drilling personnel in charge
simulated a typical drilling
operation, grounded us on the
rig components, Well
equipment and the production
facilities.
This was a day well spent, but
don't think it's all sightseeing
and breweries! we were here to
learn more about the industry
that awaits us a ter graduation.
IPS Students’Newsletter - Page 17 | Drilling Field Trip

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Our objective is to provide services that will help students integrate
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career management skills.
The career development process is a journey that involves
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W
hen we think about love, we
imagine lovely pictures of
romantic kisses, exciting
adventures and living happily ever
a ter. Why do we always forget about the other
things that stand behind these nice images? Why
don't we remember fights, tears, and broken
hearts?
The answer is simple – we don't want to. It is easier
totakeloveasadream,notreality.
Such unrealistic beliefs are the root of all the
con licts in romantic relationships. We should
rememberthatloveisnotablessingorapresentof
fate. It is a complex and fragile structure built on
the foundation of mutual respect, understanding,
and trust.And we have to work on our relationship
allthetime.Otherwise,theywon'tlastlong.
The most important thing that we have to
understand is that there is no perfectly
compactible partner for every human being.
Moreover, most people are totally incompatible.
We are too weird for each other. Would you like to
meet a person who behaves and think exactly like
you? If your answer is “yes”, try to recall all the
episode of your life that you regret about or you're
ashamed of. Have you changed your mind?
Nobody is perfect, so we have no right to demand
perfection from other while we keep making
mistakes.
True love is our willingness to be as compatible
withourpartneraspossible.Wehavetobereadyto
teach them and to learn from them. That is one
more essential aspect of good relationships. Our
partners are the only ones who can honestly tell us
about our weaknesses. Partners don't do that
because they don't love us too much. Our friends
don'tdothatbecausetheycaretoomuchaboutour
self-development. When, we hear the words of
criticism from our loved ones, we take it as an
attack.
Remember our partners do not want to humiliate
us or make fun of us. They rather simply want to
makeusintobetterpeople.
Another problem that we frequently face in
romantic relationships is our partner's
unwillingness to share his or her thoughts and
feelings. Let's imagine a typical situation: your
partner is in a bad mood and doesn't even try to
hide this fact. You ask a logical question like,“what
iswrong?”or“iseverythingok?”andwhatyougetin
return is frequently? Right, they say something
meaninglessandthenstartsulking.
Theexplanationtosuchirrationalbehaviorisquite
simple: your partner wants to be understood
without words. You see, in our imaginary world,
true lovers always guess what is in our minds.They
don't need hints because they love us so much.
Absurdly! Of course, they love you. But it doesn't
mean that your partners can read your thoughts.
They are not parenting children of two-years-old
whocan'tspeakproperly.Theywilldoeverythingto
comfortyou,butyouhavetotellyourpartnerswhat
is wrong. There is nothing di ficult about it. “Be an
openbook”.
Yousee,beinglovediseasyanddelightful.Lovingis
much more tricky. In truth, loving is a skill that has
to be trained.Amazingly,the skill developed today
might not be su ficient for the next season, “for
everyleveltherearenewchallenges”. Manypeople
think that loving doesn't require learning and that
we can love someone following our emotions and
instincts.That'ssonottrue.
Trueloveischallenging,hardwork.Justasweputin
e forts to scale new heights in our career such or
even more is required. It is your willingness to
becomeabetterpersondailyforyourpartner.
Lovecanbeagi t,butonlyadeservedone.
WHYLOVEIS
NOTAGIFTBUTA
CHALLENGE? ByOnaivi,EneC.
IPS Students’Newsletter - Page 21 | Why love is not a gift but a challenge

Prof.Joel
OgbonnaDirector:AfricanCenterofExcellencein
OilfieldChemicalsResearch(ACE-CEFOR)
An interview session with
on his wealth of experience
and guidelines to young
engineers starting their
career in the industry.
Kindly tell us about yourself?
Prof: I am Prof. Ogbonna Joel,
basically I have about 25years
practical experience, and
majorly I spent 18years with oil
servicing company,
HALLIBURTON ENERGY
SERVICES. I was over there,
scientificresearcho ficerand
technologymanager in charge of
plants in Nigeria and some
West African countries. I'm a
professor of petroleum
engineering. Though I studied
Chemical Engineering but my
practice was in petroleum. So
sometimes you wonder where
you end up, it might not be your
initial study. 2008, I le t the
industry to the University of Port
Harcourt. While in the
University of Port Harcourt, I
was in charge of various centers
like department of Petroleum
and Gas Engineering and like I
told you,
What was your initial
motivation for studying
chemical engineering and
what drove you to the
petroleum sector?
Prof: Again you should ask
yourself, what is engineering?
Engineeringistheapplicationof
sciencetoprovidesolutionsto
humanneed. So while as a
young student, I wanted to be a
medical doctor. At a point a ter
my secondary education, I was
working in the bank. While in
the bank, a ter my first JAMB, I
didn't meet the JAMB score for
medical studies so I saw that the
people who were coming to the
bank, who had substantial
salary were people who work in
the oil industry. As a young
cashier, I found out that I
needed to be where these
people are. Then I saw people
from Shell, Chevron, Total so that
changed my idea of what to
study, so eventually I changed my
mind and studied Chemical
Engineering precisely and a ter
that, the curiosity to make things
happen. So when I went to the
university, I was looking for a way
to really solve problems and
what got my in luence especially
in the oil industry was research
and development. That gave me
an opportunity to get into the
unknown. “Ithinkthecuriosityto
discoverandinnovateisthe
drivingforceifyoumusthavea
fulfilledcareer”Again there must
be passion and unfortunately
most people want to work or
money but if you are working for
money, you might not get there
but if you are driven by passion,
the love of what you are doing,
that will get you to where you are
going, so passion and desire to
solve problems
In every industry there is
competition and when you
made the switch to the oil
industry was it di ficult to climb
through the ladder,what
qualities did you use to move
through the system?
Prof: It was really a challenge
because when we were there, we
had a foreigners and they never
believed the blacks have what it
takes. What di ferentiates you in
the oil industry is value addition,
they do not pay for e forts, they
pay for result so if you want to
excel, it's not just your certificate,
it's what value are you adding. So
while I was there over at lab, the
white man was coming from the
US for many months, he comes
and goes back. So we were all
blacks and out of curiosity I
started asking myself what is it
IamaProfessorof
PetroleumEngineering,
onetimeDeputyDirectorof
theInstituteofPetroleum
Studiesandactingdirector
forEmeraldEnergy
Servicesaswellasthe
directorofCentrefor
PetroleumResearchand
Training,alsoonceHODfor
Gas,currentlyIamthe
DirectorofCentreLeader
fortheWorldBankCentre
ofExcellencewhichisa
HumanCapitalinAfrica
especiallywithafocuson
PhD.
“
“
IPS Students’Newsletter - Page 22 | An Interview with prof. Ogbonna Joel

that these white people are
o fering that we can't o fer and
luckily for me I was sent to their
research center, in Duncan
Oklahoma and there was a man
there called knowledge bank,
global champion and you think
they are spirits and they come
from heaven and those people,
when they speak it's as good as
law. So as a young person in
1993 I was sent to Duncan
Oklahoma US and so out of
curiosity to know this spirit
(global champion) as soon as I
reached Duncan I went to his
o fice, his name was Dennis
Gray. So I walked to his o fice
hoping to hear the spirit speak
and answer some of the
questions that were bothering
my mind, so he took me to
another Doctor's o fice and said
this is a gentleman from
Nigeria, I don't have an answer
to what he is asking. I was
surprised, so this man we think
is a god does not know it, so
a ter he took me to that Doctor,
they took me again to one lady
who was in the lab who I had
seen the signature so when I
met the girl I asked her a
question, she didn't also have
answer. So it dawned on me
that no one had monopoly of
knowledge. So when I came
back I said well before we've
been thinking that these people
have 2 heads so let me exercise
my potentials. So I started trying
to exercise my potentials.
Luckily it started yielding results
so within 6 months; they lay o f
the man Charles Josh that was
our manager. So the point I'm
making is in the real world, they
don't care where you come
from. They don't care where you
schooled, they don't care what
you studied, what matters is
your contribution. So for you to
excel out of passion anywhere
you go, you should ask in
yourself what am I bringing to
the table and eventually I
became the first black that
climbed the position that never
existed in Africa that was only in
Duncan Oklahoma because of
some of the contributions. You
should be able to add value to
anywhere you go. Be sure you
will make it.
As an employer,there are
certain things you look out for
in new recruits,people that are
looking to make a name for
them in the industry what are
they?
Prof: whattakesyouthereisYes,
yourtechnicalcapabilitybut
whatkeepsyouthereisyour
emotionalintelligence. We want
see your ability to work as a
team, they want to be sure you
can bear long because that's
why a lot of people who do well
in academics do not fit in the
real world because it's about
ability to manage the synergy,
ability to work as a team, those
are the things that make people
excel. That's why if you are not
able to express your emotional
intelligence, you might be
technically sound but you
cannot progress because you
are dealing with many minds
and a lot of con licts, managing
people, working with people, so
those are the things that
di ferentiate you. So your sub-
skill to communicate and be
understood and so those are
issues that we make you excel.
Well, managing di ficult people.
Working with di ficult people,
working with diversity, trying to
even manage people who don't
agree with you, the job has to be
done, so those are the things that
will help you.
The University and the oil and
gas industry,are di ferent,how
have you been able to transition
from the industry to the
University,how has the
experience been? Were there
hindrances?
Prof: It was a challenge because
we think di ferently. In the
industry, time is of the essence.
Quality, service, and delivery are
really important but the good
thing is with these abilities you
have acquired, when you get to
the public sector where things
are not done properly, you have a
good opportunity to make a
change and let them see how
things are done. When I came
into the University, I found out
that I needed to make a mark, to
show them how things are done.
So if you are able to do that, it
becomes a very good advantage
for you because you see an
opportunity for progress.
It is o ten said that students
from the Nigerian conventional
universities aren't employable.
That'swhyinaninstitution
likeIPS,weexposeyoutosub-
skills,yourmanagerial
capabilitiesbecausetheultimate
isnottogoanduseyourhands,it's
tobeabletouseyourheadand
manageotherpeopletodo
whatyoucan'tevendoand
soittakesacombinationofa
lotofthings,morethanyour
abilitytoreadandwrite.
“
“
IPS Students’Newsletter - Page 23 | An Interview with Prof. Ogbonna Joel

l will like to know what could
be done to improve that,to
make our students more
employable and what should
the students do on their part
to be more employable?
Prof: Iwouldn'tsaythatthe
primordialuniversitygraduate
notemployable,theyarejustnot
industryready.Now the
industry has no time for some
of the non-essentials, think
about it, some of us in the
conventional universities had
no opportunity to go into labs,
had no opportunity for
so tware, had no opportunity to
interact with people from the
industry. All we had was the job
knowledge and as much as
possible the industry wants to
spend less time in training
graduates, this is what brought
about IPS. What do we do to
make students industry ready;
they have to understand the
language of the industry. You
bring people from the industry,
you expose them to the
industry and by the time you
expose them to the industry
and its operations they won't be
strangers to how things are
done there. And again
somebody has to pay the bill in
terms of enabling environment,
in terms of quality of whatever
you do and surprisingly like I tell
my students, the di ference
between this center and other
universities is the fence.
Fortunately, the same lecturers
teach here, so the reason why
we are having people from
these kind of centers coping in
the industry is the exposure. I
wouldn't say the students are
not employable but they are not
industry ready but if you go
there and they train you, it will
take a longer time as against
somebody who had these
exposures. I will recommend
making entrepreneurial
universities as a solution. We
hear the gown makes the town,
by what we do you have
certification. You have industry
lecturers, mentorship,
internship, at the end of the day
you understand the language
and the culture of the industry.
Are there any regrets in
leaving the industry and
coming to the university,will
you like to go back to the
industry for consulting?
Prof: No, the good thing is once
in the industry you are part of
the industry because the culture
is there and part of what you
have done will always be with
you. While I'm here, I'm still in
the industry, I've not le t
because the things we are able
to do well will speak for us. In an
entrepreneurial university
about 25% of the professors
should be solving industry
problems. What we expect
while we are here is that we
should be solving industry
problems and that is what
makes an entrepreneurial
university. So we are expected to
be consulting with the industry
by using it to teach our
students. I will always
recommend that people should
go to the industry and come
back to the classroom.
The World Bank Centre is not
just focused on Nigeria alone
but Africa also.I would like to
know how you managed in
getting such centers of
excellence to be on a
continental scale.
Prof: We've come to know that its
only Africans that can develop
Africa. If you go outside and look
at the businesses of investors
who come to Nigeria from
Europe, America, they are not
here to do you good. They are
here with capitalistic tendencies
and that's why most of the time,
they don't use primary structures.
The World bank knowing that
something has to be done
through innovation set up a
global institution with a high
standard. When we started,
about hundred and thirty
something universities in Africa
competed, eventually only 10
won. We were assessed with
unbiased assignments to
evaluate how we could solve
some problems. Our facilities
where inspected to check if we
had a level environment. Since
IPS was there to showcase, they
wanted to see what structures we
had. Other key areas assessed
include; what partnerships we
had, what inter-rationalization
did we have abroad and at home.
Also, they want to see your
resource people, what they are
researching and the global
impact. The problem you want to
solve needs to impact the
economy. Of course they want to
see that you are thinking global
but acting local. So with all these
qualifications we were able to
make the world bank center have
a continental reach.
You have done a lot,you are
doing a lot more and it's so
much an in luence to the
younger people listening to you
who aspire to be like you,family
is the smallest unit of the global
world.What's one key value
that you keep to hold your
family together?
IPS Students’Newsletter - Page 24 | An Interview with prof. Ogbonna Joel

Prof:That's where people fail.
Youlookatthetotalpicture
ofyourlifeandrightfrom
howIstartedmycareerIsaid
Ineedajobthatwillbalance
myspirituallife,myfamily
life,mysociallife.Soateach
pointintimebecausethereis
danger ifanyonesu fers,ata
pointitwilla fectyou.
“
“
I always tell the young ones,
whatever you are doing look at
the future, you are helping
others because the greatest joy
of labor is the joy of making the
other person happy, making
your wife happy, making your
children happy, making your
students happy, making the
society happy. So if you have
that at the center o f your mind,
in whatever you are doing, you
are trying to see how it a fects
your life, like some people will
just say its career and you will
forget about your home, and
then one day your home will
remind you that something is
missing. So my counsel to
young people, it's not all about
money, look at the total picture.
Sometimes the money might
not be much but, when I started
a lot of people were doing
o fshore posting. They leave
their children and go and put
their children in Canada but I
said I needed to be in the lab
because of my wife. When I
started work some people were
doing o fshore because the
money was more but I preferred
to be in the lab. Part of why I
was in the lab was so that I go
home, see my family, I go to
church, and show up. So you
just got to define what you
want. If you don't look at the
total picture, one day one area
will su fer and it will impact on
the overall success.
IPS Students’Newsletter - Page 25 | PetroFest
InsightsfromInSight
I
twasmorelikeasceneofdrillersthathadjuststruckapayzone.This
time around the pay zone was not thousands of feet below the
groundbutmillionsofmilesawayfromearth.Millionsofviewershad
waited in anticipation for the 8.1 minutes delay (it takes light
8.1minutes to get to earthfrom Mars) in the electronic transmission from
the Red Planet down to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pansadena,
California.Therewastherapturousapplauseandjubilationinthecontrol
center.
The successful landing and exploration of NASA's Interior exploration
using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat Transport (InSight)
spacecra t on Mars underlines many of the similarities between the Oil
and Gas Industry and space. The embrace of cutting-edge technology
from continuous research, the uncertainty and inaccessibility of the
location of interest, the uncertainty and volatility of the operation
environment, and above all, the interdisciplinary nature of the project
developmentteam.
While Pathfinder may have beaten InSight to being the first spacecra t to
land on the crater-ridden planet, InSight is the first rover that would
actually be drilling into the Mars. This portends a lot of potentials for the
increasingtalksofspacemining-lunarminingparticularly.
For our evolving industry, some of the insights we can glean from the
explorationofInsight'onMarsare:
Ÿ Teamwork: The Insight Project was a multinational e fort that
included Scientists and Engineers from 10 di ferent countries that
integratedtheirvariousandvaryingspecialiazationstoensure
Ÿ Technology: Insight pushed back the boundaries in seismic,
telemetryanddigital canbepushedback.
Ÿ Tenacity:Withanapproximate lightdurationof5000hours,InSight
weathered an entry temperature of up to 15000C to successfully land
a ter boosting past Mar's Moons, Phobo(meaning fear) and
Deimos(meaningterror).
Ÿ Tomorrow: Despite the fact that more than half of missions to Mars
fail, up to a billion US Dollars was invested in the project. This
demonstrates the optimism for a better tomorrow as we learn and
applythelessonslearntfromthefailedprojectsofyesterdaye.g. Piper
Alpha&MacondoBlowout.
Amarathonwebcast
oncurrentandrelevant
developmentsinthe
globaloilandgasindustryPetroFestetroF st2019 FuelingTomorrow
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HowMachine
LearningandAIIndustry
initiativesareshapingthe
oilandgasindustry
il and Gas companies
Oareemergingfromthe
downturn leaner and
m o r e e fi c i e n t .
Although technology andbroader
forms of innovation certainly
deserve some of the credit for
these gains—especially around
enabling lower-cost design
c o n c e p t s , r a i s i n g w e l l
productivities, and improving
coordination among functional
groups and assets—the call on
technology is likely to rise
substantially over the coming
years. As the oil and gas industry
continues to adapt to a sustained
period of volatility, companies are
taking concrete steps to reduce
costs and raise e ficiencies.
Technology and innovation are at
the heart of many of these e forts
and in certain “pockets of
excellence” are helping to reduce
facility costs by 5–15%, lower
operating costs by 10–70%, and
raise production e ficiencies by
5–20%. The oil and gas sector has
a relatively long history with
digital technologies, notably in
upstream, and significant
p o t e n t i a l r e m a i n s f o r
digitalization to enhance
operations further. Now with the
oil prices steadily increasing, the
time has come to evaluate, adapt
and embrace new technological
initiatives. Machine Learning and
Artificial Intelligence are the two
key technological initiatives
driving the tectonic shi t within
theoilandgasindustry.
Of all the parts of the oil and gas
industry rife for the rollout of
machine learning, the upstream
sectoristheobviouschoice.
Theexplorationphase,dependent
on the interpretation of layers of
information riddled with
uncertainties,isaperfectfitforthe
machine learning approach. The
rapid identification of patterns
working across multiple variables
hadbeenatime-intensiveprocess;
this can now be partially-
automated and optimised with
oversight from experienced
professionals.
Applying ML and AI in the
operational planning and
executionstagescanhelpimprove
the well planning process
significantly, real-time drilling
optimization, friction drag
estimation, and other well
p r e d i c t i o n . R e s e r v o i r
Management-AI techniques are
applied in activities like reservoir
characterization, modelling and
field surveillance. Production
optimization basically deals with
the smart management of
parameters that will enhance the
well's life such as pressure,
l o w r a t e s , a n d t h e r m a l
characteristics of injected luid
mixture.
Through the use of deep learning
and Internet of Things, new
predicting and monitoring
technologies for the oil and gas
industries have emerged that
couldcompletelytransformthem.
Being able to predict what's
coming and see beyond what's
currently seen allows companies
to deal with potential problems
before they happen, saving them
time, money, and bad publicity. A
future where we're surrounded by
a r t i fi c i a l i n t e l l i g e n c e
incorporating deep learning and
IOT is imminent. Going forward,
the impact of ML and AI has
already been realized in the
industry.Early adopters are taking
advantagewithahead-startinthe
competition to protect their
assets. Tightening research and
development budgets are
prompting oil and gas firms and
their suppliers to think di ferently
about both how they source new
technologies and where they
direct scarce resources. These
evolving technology approaches
are likely to outlast the current
downturn and could lead to real
changes in companies' overall
businessstrategies.
Source:https://www.energyworld
mag.com
IPS Students’Newsletter - Page 27 | Machine Learning

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from 70000Beopd to 100000Beopd and 60000Bpd of oil. The trip enlightened us on production
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IPS Students’Newsletter - Page 30 | Production Field Trip

e b e g a n h i s
Heducational career
in the University of
Benin and obtained
Bachelors of Engineering,
Electrical /Electronics in 1992 he
proceededtotheprestigiousEcole
du Pétrole et des Moteurs (French
Petroleum Institute) where he
obtained M.sc in Petroleum
E n g i n e e r i n g a n d Pr o j e c t
development in 2000. He Is a
versatileWellEngineerwithabout
26 years of diverse experience in
the Oil and Gas industry he
specialized in Well Engineering
andpossessesfirmunderstanding
of drilling, reser voir and
p r o d u c t i o n
engineering/technology as well as
basic knowledge of geology,
Lecturing, Recruitment, training,
MentoringandCoaching.
In 1992 began his career as an
Instrument Engineer with the
warri Refinery, he has constantly
scaled new heights from then he
worked at Craymond Nigeria
Limited as Project Engineer in
1993.In 1996 he became a Wellsite
Engineer/Drilling Supervisor at
Shell Petroleum Development
Company of Nigeria (SPDC), in
1997heJoinedtheProminentTotal
Exploration & Production as a
Drilling Engineer, by 2003 he rose
to be a Senior Drilling Engineer,by
2008 he became the Head of
Engineering and Support. He has
h a n d l e d va r i o u s p ro j e c t s
successfully,nowondertodayheis
the Manager, Drilling Metier sta f
Development. He is undoubtedly
a lover of learning as he has
attended over 50 technical and
non-technicaltrainings.
He works e fectively with others
particularlyinamulti-culturaland
multi-ethnic environment. He has
a verse experience in recruiting
bothlocallyandinternationallyfor
Total SA Nigeria. He is a mentor
and a trainer to young engineers.
H e i s a m e n t o r w i t h S P E
international.
He holds a MSC degree from the
prestigious French Petroleum
Institute(IFP)school-Paris.
A lecturer at the Institute of
PetroleumStudies(IPS)/IFPwhere
he Lectures on Deep water drilling
operations on behalf of Total on
part-timebasis.Helecturesonthe
same subject at the Nelson
Mandela Institute/World bank
University- African University of
Science and Technology (AUST),
and at the Centre of Excellence in
Ge o s c i e n c e s & Pe t r o l e u m
Engineering, University of Benin
and O fshore Technology Institute,
UniversityOfPortHarcourt.
A lecturer with Total Professeurs
Associés (TPA).The association's
goalistobuildbridgesbetweenthe
oilindustryandacademiccirclesby
delegating professors or experts
who deliver technical or business-
relatedpresentations.
Heiscurrentlyamemberof:
Ÿ Member Society of Petroleum
Engineers(SPE)
Ÿ Member of council of Energy
Advisors(NewYork)
Ÿ LectureratAfricanUniversityof
science and Technology/
NelsonMadelaInstitute
Ÿ Lecturer at Institute of
PetroleumStudies
Ÿ MemberIPSAdvisoryBoard.
He was recently appointed as the
Professional Mentor to the BATCH
16 INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM
STUDIES. This is one journey he is
most exciting and enthusiastic
about with no doubt He would do
anexcellentJob,youcouldcounton
him.
FRANK
EGBON
OUR
MENTOR
IPS Students’Newsletter - Page 31 | Our Mentor - Frank Egbon

FIREOIL
WORKERSTOKEEPTHEMSAFE!!!
o successfully obtain
Toil and gas from the
subsurface, a lot of
information is needed
to ensure that companies and
investors alike generate profit,
while maintaining standard
safety practices. This
information comes as raw data
that needs to be processed and
interpreted to become useful in
the activities of the oil industry.
Big data is described as
increasing volume, variety, and
velocity of data. It is data that is
abundant, continuous and too
diverse to be processed
manually but by technologies
built for big data interpretation.
Information about a field that
would have been kept in shelves
can now be stored in an active
data base for inspections,
audits, operations,
maintenance, research and
much more. Real time
information can now be used to
aid decision making that
ameliorates both expenditure
and production. These
technologies such as; artificial
intelligence, expert systems as
claimed by the big players are
here to reduce economic risks,
exposure to hazards that a fect personnel, machinery, the
environment, while providing solutions to routine problems and
serving as a guide to solve complex issues. Currently, oil companies
are sourcing a ter the best data analytics to get ahead of their
competitors. Decision making is key to the oil business, having
expert systems that produce results with high accuracy, faster
processing data power, implementation of decisions made based on
data analyzed gives oil companies a competitive advantage over one
another.
There is no doubt that the industry stands to benefit from the
integration of big data technologies in its exploration and
production of hydrocarbon. However, this has generated questions
that must be answered to better understand what the industry is
getting itself involved in. With automation set to be integrated in
almost all aspects of operations, will people still have jobs to sustain
their livelihood, is hacking of expert systems a possibility, can the
small players (servicing companies) adjust to this integration, there
are so many implications that need to be addressed to greatly
ensure human sustainability.
The driving force behind the push for automation in the oil industry
is inclined towards safety of workers. Many representatives of the
industry have suggested this by making statements that automated
systems will prevent companies from sending workers to well sites
where potential hazards can occur at any time. There are some
individuals that believe that the deep water horizon explosion in
2010 was a turning point in the industry's direction towards
automation. The significance of a substantial reduction in cost of
operations for oil companies exploring and producing hydrocarbon
through big data analytics, expert systems has been downplayed by
a lot of the big players in the industry. However, an article by Justin
Mikulka on the drive behind the push for automation seems to
indicate that the promise of safety is a cover up the general public
ByOkekeRaphael
IPS Students’Newsletter - Page 32 | Fire Oil Workers to keep them safe

will readily accept. Enforcing
safety as a driving force is easier
to admit than acknowledging
that the industry wants to save
substantial cost by firing
workers, thus, deterring from
paying its high salaries. Before
considerations of automating
the industry was ever
suggested, the big players o ten
denied that their operations
were dangerous, stating that
their business is “exceptionally
safer” than other sectors. Even
those that admitted to high
risks involved in the industry
have said that it is worth the risk
because of the quality of jobs
the business o fers to lots of
people. Many survive on these
jobs, workers are no longer
strangers to injuries that can be
in licted on them during
operations. Willingly, people
accept these jobs knowing that
they could die while working. If
truly the industry is taking
safety as a priority, actions
would have been taken to
improve workers' safety on
issues like; gas laring and
much more prior to its
automation.
New sets of skills will be
required to thrive in an
automated industry. So tware
technology, advanced computer
skills provide people with an
opportunity to get jobs in an
industry that will become less
dependent on human labor.
The e fects of automation will
also be felt by oil servicing
companies, they in fact have to
engage in using artificial
intelligence in their operations.
The high cost of integrating
expert systems will make these
companies obsolete if they are
unable to adapt. Services
provided once before can now
be gotten from advanced
technologies owned by
producing companies, and
those that can survive the
challenges will greatly have a
diminished human workforce.
With all the benefits the
industry stands to achieve from
automation, especially the
drastic improvements to occur
in how they explore and
produce hydrocarbon, the
certainty of unemployment for
majority of its workers is a huge
impact to consider.
Beneficiaries of this
technological shi t such as;
chief executives, board
members, investors, comprise
of less than 15% of human
labor. Employment of people
with advanced computer skills
will not make up for the
number of workers that will be
out of jobs.
Source:
https:www.google.co/amp/s/w
ww.desmogblog.com/2018/07/1
9/oil-industry-plans-worker-
safe-firing-automation-robots-
jobs%3famp
There will be employment
gains, but we can't forget
we are doing more with less.
This is not an issue unique
to energy by any means.
We are all talking about
how do we repurpose our
workforce to optimize
what we have available
with digital technology
-CindyTaylor
(CEOofOilStatesInternational)
“
“ Class
Dialects
“Gogo”- A dry joke
“JiMasun”- A wake up call from
sloppiness/laziness or ignorance
“Grace to you”- A regular greeting
Success Room – The Hostel Living
room
“IBOP Actuated” – An exclaim
before a refreshing meal
“Alwyn North Field”– Drilling
Module Class Project
“Drowning in the reservoir”-
Dozing/Sleeping in class
“You're also correct”– A lecturer's
reaction to the multiplicity of our
simulation results
“You're the Engineer”– Figure it out
yourself
No downtime – A call to timeliness
IPS Students’Newsletter - Page 33 | Class Dialects

WATER DAY
WORLD
IPS batch 16 students observed the world water day to raise awareness about the importance of water to
everything from public health and youth education to economic development and gender equality. The
2019 theme, “Leaving no one behind” is based on a core pledge of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Developmentthateveryonemustbenefitfromprogress.
The sustainable Development Goals serve as guidelines in achieving a thriving economy that works for people
globallyandtheplanet.
SustainableDevelopmentGoal6:Ensureaccesstowaterandsanitationforall
IPS Students’Newsletter - Page 34 | World Water Day

The outreach program was
organized by the students to
give back to the community
by supporting those who are
unable to a ford treatment for
di ferent health issues, and
also make some basic
amenities available that will
cater for their needs.
Batch 16 students at the
pediatric ward of the
University of Port Harcourt
Teaching Hospital providing
support and services to
children.
(InPartnershipWith'ProjectGive')
Charity
Visit
IPS Students’Newsletter - Page 35 | Charity Visit

#teamIPS
Alonewecandoso
little,togetherwe
candosomuch.““

THESPIRITOF
UBUNTU
his story is about true
Tcollaboration. This is the
mindset I want you to
understand, and to
consider in your own life. Enjoy
the story.
At the Festival of Peace, in
Florianopolis, South Brazil, the
journalist and philosopher Lia
Diskin related a beautiful and
touching story of a tribe in Africa
she called Ubuntu.
She explained how an
anthropologist had been
studying the habits and customs
of this tribe, and when he
finished his work, had to wait for
transportation that would take
him to the airport to return home.
He'd always been surrounded by
the children of the tribe, so to
help pass the time before he le t,
he proposed a game for the
children to play.
He'd bought lots of candy and
sweets in the city, so he put
everything in a basket with a
beautiful ribbon attached. He
placed it under a solitary tree, and
then he called the kids together.
He drew a line on the ground and
explained that they should wait
behind the line for his signal. And
that when he said “Go!” they
should rush over to the basket,
and the first to arrive there would
win all the candies.
When he said “Go!” they all
unexpectedly held each other's
hands and ran o f towards the
tree as a group. Once there, they
simply shared the candy with
each other and happily ate it.
The anthropologist was very
surprised. He asked them why
they had all gone together,
especially if the first one to arrive
at the tree could have won
everything in the basket – all the
sweets.
Ayounggirlsimplyreplied:
“Howcanoneofusbehappy
ifalltheothersaresad?”
The anthropologist was
dumbfounded! For months and
months, he'd been studying the
tribe, yet it was only now that he
really understood their true
essence…
“Africans have a thing called
ubuntu. It is about the essence of
being human, it is part of the gi t
that Africa will give the world. It
embraces hospitality, caring
about others, being willing to go
the extra mile for the sake of
another. We believe that a person
is a person through other
persons, that my humanity is
caught up, bound up, inextricably,
with yours. When I dehumanize
you, I inexorably dehumanize
myself. The solitary human being
is a contradiction in terms.
Therefore, you seek to work for
the common good because your
humanity comes into its own in
community, in belonging.”—
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
NOTE: Ubuntu (oo-boon-too)
means,“I am because we are.”
Ubuntu is a Zulu or Xhosa word,
and a traditional African concept.
It's a term for humaneness, for
caring, sharing and being in
harmony with all of creation.
Lesson:
This is a lesson which is very
important in the petroleum
industry, in that the success story
is not complete without everyone
being involved - we work as a
team to achieve our goals,
complete the project(s) for the
year. The management is always
thinking about the best policies,
latest technologies, better
research outcomes to adopt in
order to avoid accidents –
generally loss of life and man-
hours, increase production,
getting cleaner and cheap energy
to help improve the lives of
mankind.
Oh! that all other sectors of the
economy will follow suit at the
pace, and foundation laid down
by the energy industry.
Source: Jacky A. Yenga
(https://www.jackyyenga.com)
Compiled by: Ola, Victor
Damilare.
IPS Students’Newsletter - Page 38 | The Spirit of Ubuntu

Q
Question &
Answers
OwilJames
Canwegettoknowyou?
I served at the Federal University
of Petroleum Resources in the
department of Petroleum
engineering. At the end of my
service year, I was fortunate
enough to gain a scholarship to
study reservoir engineering at
theFrenchInstituteofPetroleum
(IFP training). When I was done
with the training I was o fered a
job to work for IFP and I have
been with them ever since.
Currently, I am a reservoir
engineer. I have been working
with IFP Training for about four
yearsnow.LastyearIworkedfora
consulting firm called Beicip-
Franlab, they are mainly into
geoscience and reservoir
engineering consulting, along
with marketing simulation
so tware.
ExposureatIFP
At IFP, we train people in the oil
industry who have di ferent
clients. This training covers all
a s p e c t s o f p e t r o l e u m
engineering. At some point I
needed field experience so I was
attachedtoacompanywherewe
conducted a universal study on a
giant oil field in Africa. During
the course of this project, I o ten
alternated between delivering
lectures for IFP in several
countries and conducting
research for this large field. So, I
wasgivenalotofexposurebyIFP
andithasadvancedmytechnical
expertise.
Did you ever see yourself
teaching while building your
career?
Absolutely not, it was an
opportunitythatpresenteditself
within a period where jobs were
really limited in the industry.But
it has been a great experience,
you never really realize know
what might make you happy
until you do it. I never really
pictured myself in front of
managers lecturing them but
whenIstartedteachingIrealized
thatitwasbeautiful.Igettolearn
more by sharing information
and experiences, sometimes the
questions asked in the course of
a lectures could be really
challenging and this pushes me
to be better. I have not delivered
anylecturewithregret.
Whatskillsarerequiredatyour
job?
In performing reservoir studies,
y o u n e e d t h e b a s i c
fundamentals of reservoir
engineering which involves;
Petropyhsics, PVT, Well test
analysis, material balance
analysis and much more. You
also will need an extensive
knowledge on tools such as the
reservoirsimulators.
W h a t a r e s o m e o f t h e
challengesyouhavefaced?
At beginning of my career, I
found myself in an environment
where ever yone spoke a
di ferent language than I did. It
was di ficult to communicate
with my colleagues and I was
limited in the way I wanted to
express myself. So I dedicated a
lot of time to learn French on my
owntogetherwithafewclasses.
OverviewonIPS
It is quite a privilege for me to be
involved in this kind of training
p r o g r a m . I t i s a g r e a t
opportunity for the students to
increase their tec hnical
competence in the oil industry
becauseyoudon'tseethiskindof
program anywhere in the world.
I believe the level of IPS is top
notch.
Currenttrendsintheindustry
From 2014 till date, if you are
plotting a graph of jobs you will
see that we are at having a
geometric increase in jobs.
Compared to two years ago, the
cost per barrel of oil is relatively
stable. Companies can now
recruit more due to this stability.
Even if the cost per barrel
declines,a gap of experience has
beencreatedintheindustry.This
will force companies to recruit
because they cannot a ford to
allow the experience gap to
remainorincreasefurther.
AnInterviewwith
IPS Students’Newsletter - Page 39 | An Interview with Owil James

CLASS
GALLERY
INSTRUCTORS
with
WithProfAjienka WithProfOfurum
WithArnaudTorres WithDrIkhiensikimama
WithDr.Bella&ProfOnyekowu WithProfAdewole
WithProfUkaegbu WithProfDosunmu
IPS Students’Newsletter - Page 40 | Class Gallery with Instructors

Icompleted my IPS program in 2014 (2013/2014 session). I
considered attending IPS because of its industry focused extensive
curriculum with complete development of the individual, ready to
fit into any oil and gas space. From my reviews then, IPS was
considered as a mixture of comprehensive professional, technical and
business trainings as a master's program, having the best chunk of
industry leaders from all over the world as teachers. I couldn't wish more
but to strive to get admitted despite having admissions and scholarships
to study at top universities abroad.
Post IPS, I started as a graduate trainee in Seplat Petroleum Development
Company Plc, where I worked in the project engineering role until my
exit in August, 2017. I joined Nigeria LNG in September, 2017, worked in
fabrics maintenance – overseeing corrosion under insulation, managing
and maintaining insulated systems, vessels and pipes, cryogenic and hot,
as well as managing coatings and fireproofing systems. My current is
managing valves maintenance project for the plant, executing defined
maintenance strategies reducing residual risk and improving overall
plant reliability.
For me, IPS develops the mind massively. I would advise everyone to maximize every opportunity to learn the
little things like communication, presentation, excel skills and overall business decision making as technical
competence is a given at IPS. These skills help to di ferentiate people both at interviews and on the job.
Emmanuel
Dibiagwu
I
finished IPS in 2013 with PPD class of Batch 10. I came to IPS to
gain quality graduate education. I work in SPDC and I have
working here since end 2013, right a ter graduation from IPS.
I am a Well Engineer. Since resuming in Shell, I have worked as Night
Drilling Supervisor on various drilling rigs, including an HPHT rig. I
have equally worked in other supporting functions like Business
Planning and Performance Management. Currently I work in Wells
Front End Team. I support project teams as well engineer and we
mature identified opportunities. To mature these opportunities,
wells might need to be drilled, completed or worked over.
PPD from IPS gave me the end-to-end view of the Oil and Gas
business. As a Well Engineer, I belong to multi-discplinary project
teams consisting of Geologists, Reservoir Engineers, Petrophysicists, etc. With my training in IPS, I am able
to understand the work done by these colleagues. I can appreciate the uncertainties and risks that they
identify in their scopes.
Judith
Onyedikachi
MeetOur
Alumni
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PHOTO
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Instructor'sProfile
ProfUkaegbuVictor
Ÿ A filiation: Department of Geology, University
ofPort-Harcourt
Ÿ Coursetaught:FundamentalsofGeoscience
Ÿ Experience: M.sc in Mineral Exploration and
MiningGeology.B.scandPh.Datuniport
Ÿ TeachingatIPSsince2005
ArnaudTorres
Ÿ A filiation:FrenchPetroleumInstitute(IFP)
Ÿ Course taught: Reservoir Geology and
Geophysics
Ÿ Experience: Graduated from IFP, specialized in
e x p l o r a t i o n g e o l o g y, c u r r e n t l y a
sedimentologist (marine), worked as an
exploration geologist in over 7 international
countries.
EditAkwaeke
Ÿ A filiation:AnsettIntegratedServicesLimited
Ÿ Coursetaught:CoreAnalysis
Ÿ Experience: Managing Director at Ansett
Integrated Services, African Director for the
SocietyofCoreAnalysts
Dr.SundayIkiensikimama
Ÿ A filiation: Department of Petroleum and Gas
Engineering,UniversityofPort-Harcourt
Ÿ Coursetaught:EnhancedOilRecovery
Ÿ Experience/Skills: Reservoir Engineering,
Petroleum Exploration, Petroleum Economics,
Enhanced Oil recovery. Associate Professor at
University of Port-Harcourt. B.sc in chemical
engineering,M.scin
Prof.Cli fordOfurum
Ÿ A filiation: Department of Accounting and
Finance,UniversityofPort-Harcourt
Ÿ Coursetaught:Entrepreneurship
Ÿ Experience/Skills: Professor of accounting and
finance, an entrepreneur, a speaker at di ferent
conferencesworld-wide.
Prof.JoelOgbonna
Ÿ A filiation: Department of Petroleum and Gas
Engineering,UniversityofPort-Harcourt
Ÿ Course taught: Introduction to the oil and gas
industry
Ÿ Experience/Skills: Professor of Petroleum and
Gas Engineering, worked 18years in Halliburton
Energy Services, Nigeria where he retired as a
general manager, African representative on
Environmental Certification, NREP (USA).
Centre leader, World Bank African Centre of
Excellence in Oil Field Chemicals Research.
Director, Centre of Petroleum Research and
Training.ManagingDirector,POCEMALTD.
Mr.ThankGodEgbe
Ÿ Brief: A focused, motivated, result oriented and
professional engineer with global experience in
i n t e g r a t e d p r o d u c t i o n s y s t e m
modelling/optimization, well and reservoir
management, development planning,
production forecasting, so tware development
andreservoirengineeringanalysis.
Ÿ A filiation: Technical Director/CEO,
CypherCrescentLimited
Ÿ Coursetaught:ProgrammingSkills
Ÿ Experience/Skills:Developer,SEPALSo twarefor
Asset Value optimization, Programmer, Expert
in high level programming language such as
Excel VBA, Python, amongst others. Snr.
Reservoir Engineer/Subject Matter Expert
Integrated Production System Modelling at
Shell Nigeria between April 2014 and March
2015, Oil Field Manager So tware Global Focal
PointatShellRijswijk,TheNetherlandsbetween
August 2010 and December 2011. Graduate
Assistant/Research Associate at University of
Port Harcourt, So tware Developer at Integral
ComputingandResearchCentre.
Prof.JosephA.Ajienka
Ÿ A filiation: Department of Petroleum
Engineering,UniversityofPort-Harcourt
Ÿ Coursetaught:PresentationSkills
IPS Students’Newsletter - Page 44 | Instructors Profile

Ÿ Experience/Skills:EmmanuelEgbogahChairof
Petroleum Engineering, Pioneer Director,
Institute of Petroleum Studies IPS, 7th Vice-
Chancellor of University of Port-Harcourt,
Specialization in petroleum production
engineering. Head of Department of
Petroleum & Gas Engineering, (1995-1997).
Senior Petroleum Engineer (Contract)
(Production Technology Swamp Area Team,
PEBE/4) at Shell Petroleum Development
Company Nigeria Limited (SPDC) Eastern
Division, Port Harcourt. NREP Global Award of
ProfessionalisminHigherEducation(2009)
Prof.AdewaleDosunmu
Ÿ A filiation: Department of Petroleum and Gas
Engineering,UniversityofPort-Harcourt
Ÿ Course taught: Introduction to Drilling and
Geomechanics
Ÿ Experience/Skills: Professor of Petroleum
Engineering, Member, Society of Petroleum
Engineers International (SPEI), Member, Shell
Aret Adams Chair, Department 0f Petroleum
andGasEngineering,Dean,GraduateSchoolof
Engineering & Technology, University Of Port
Harcourt, Membership Chairman Society of
Petroleum Engineers Section 103, Member,
Technical Papers Committee SPE, Section 103
P.H, Member, Award for outstanding research
work on borehole stability analysis by The
National Universities Commission (2004), SPE
service award for Critical Review Chairman
NAICE(2004),
MrPatrickSomiari
Ÿ A filiation:TotalE&PNigeria
Ÿ Course taught: Drilling Fluids and cementing
operations
Ÿ Experience/Skills: DGM, Logistics at Total E&P,
Nigeria, Logistics Manager at Total E&P,
Nigeria, Operations Leader, Drilling &
Cementing Fluids Engineering at Total South
Africa,Drilling&CementingFluidsManagerat
Total E&P, Nigeria, Sta f Engineer, Cementing
FluidsatSchlumberger
MrLawrenceOsakwe
Ÿ A filiation:NigerianAGIPOilCompany
Ÿ Course taught: Artificial Li t System – Design
andoperations
Ÿ Experience/Skills:HeispresentlytheOperations
Division Manager of the Nigerian Agip Oil
Company. He has been over his career in the
industry a Well Site Petroleum Engineer,
Production Technologist, Drilling and
Completions Engineer, Asset Manager
Contracts and Admin of Well Operations, Asset
ManagerDrillingandCompletionsEngineering,
Swamp Area Operations Manager, Safety
Manager, Asset Manager. He was awarded a
Distinguished Service Award, at SPE 2017
ProfessionalAward.
KosiMirianOrji
Ÿ A filiation:WellEngineeringDepartment,Shell.
Ÿ Coursetaught:WellControlEquipment
Ÿ Experience/Skills: Drilling Superintendent, Well
Operations at Shell, Global Well Performance
Engineer at Shell Global Solutions International
BV,Author,Organizer of The Sexual Child Abuse
Project(SChAP)
ProfGodwinChukwu
Ÿ A filiation: Toncia Energy Consulting and
ProfessionalServices
Ÿ Coursetaught:WellControl
Ÿ Experience/Skills:President/CEO,TonciaEnergy,
Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering University of
Oklahoma, Norman, USA, M S Petroleum
Engineering University of Louisiana, Lafayette,
USA, B S Petroleum Engineering University of
Louisiana,Lafayette,USA
IPS Students’Newsletter - Page 45 | Instructors Profile

ADEBISI
Celestina Oluwatayo
Date of Birth:
7th November
Email:
adebisioluwatayo@gmail.com
Tel: 07038900604
PersonalStatement:
Adebisi Oluwatayo is a highly
passionate lady with enthusiasm
for learning and making new
discoveries, she loves reading,
t r a v e l l i n g a n d h a s a n
unquenchable drive to make
ripple e fects impact in the oil and
gas industry and the world at
large.
Universityattended
Petroleum Engineering, Federal
University of Technology, Owerri
(2016)
Previousworkexperience
West African Well Service
Companylimited(WEAFRI)
(Well Intervention Engineer
intern)
Fieldofinterest
Drilling/Production Engineering,
ResearchandDevelopment
Position held in IPS
AssistantClassRepresentative
Computerskills
Microso t O fice suite, Excel VBA,
Python, Eclipse, Saphir, Prosper,
Pipesim
Otherskills
NetworkingandCommunication
P r e s e n t a t i o n , P r o j e c t
management,Leadership.
Undergraduateproject:
Comparartive Analysis of local and
conventionaldemulsifiersonCrude
oilemulsion
Memberships:SPE
ADEYEMI
Ayomide Oluwatoyosi
Date of Birth:
26th August
Email:
aoadeyemi26@gmail.com
Tel: 08185334400,
09071828152
PersonalStatement:
To Fashion out creative and
innovative ways of sustaining
productivity, competitiveness
and long-term survival in my
career, with the exiting sta f and
facilities so as to achieve the
goals and targets of the
organisation.
Universityattended
University of Lagos, Akoka
(PetroleumEngineering)2016
Previousworkexperience:
Industrial trainee at Total E&P
Nigeria Limited, Victoria Island,
Lagos State. (September 2015 -
February2016)
Ma t h e m a t i c s te a c h e r a t
Comprehensive Secondary
School, Ikpe Annang, Essien
Udim,AkwaIbomState.
(June2017-April2018)
PositionheldinIPS
TeamLead,HseAndLogistics
Computerskills
Saphir, Eclipse, Microso t O fice,
Python , Prosper , Pipesim, Aspen
Hysys
Honoursandawards
2018/2019NNPC/TOTALGraduate
scholarship to the Institute of
PetroleumStudies(IPS).
Undergraduate project:
Evaluation of the in luence of
Rheological Parameters on the
cutting carrying capacity of
Water Based Mud
Memberships:SPE
IPS Students’Newsletter - Page 48 | Students’Biodata

AIRE
Iribhogbe Silas
Date of Birth:
21st August
Email:
aire.silas@yahoo.com
www.linkedin.com/in/airesilas
Tel: 08098745771
PersonalStatement
Silasisanenthusiasticandresult-
oriented individual who is
fascinated about the limitless
opportunities in the energy
industry. He is a dynamic leader
who shows great team spirit and
creativity; open to challenging
opportunities that will lead to
personal and professional
development.
Universityattended
B.Eng Electrical/Electronic
Engineering, University of Benin
(2016)
Previous work experience
Graduate Assistant, Federal
University of Technology, Minna.
ElectricalEngineeringIntern,
LillekerBros.NigeriaLimited
Fieldofinterest
D rilling and Completion
Engineering; RenewableEnergy
PositionheldinIPS
ClassRepresentative
Computerskills
Ap p l i c a t i o n of M i c r o s o t
Productivity tools, MATLAB
(Simulink), Eclipse, Kappa Saphir,
Prosper, PIPESIM, HYSYS, SEPAL;
PythonProgrammingLanguage
Undergraduateproject
MATLAB Simulation on the e fect
of temperature and solar radiation
onsolarpaneloutput
Honoursandawards
Agbami Medical and Engineering
Pr ofe s s i o n a l Sc h o l a r s h i p
NNPC/TOTAL JV Postgraduate
Scholarship
Me m b e r s h i p s : So c i e t y of
PetroleumEngineers
AMADI
Hope Azubuike
Date of Birth:
4th March
Email:
azubuikehopeamadi@gmail.com
Tel: 08066298126
PersonalStatement
Poised to constantly develop
myself in innovations of the Oil
and Gas industry and work as an
engineeranywhereintheworld
Universityattended
Materials and Metallurgical
Engineering Federal University
ofTechnologyOwerri(2015)
Previousworkexperience
Cortech Oil Services Limited,
Saipem Contracting Nigeria
Limited,PureFlourMillsLimited
Fieldofinterest
Drilling, Production, Petroleum
Tools R&D and Corrosion
PositionheldinIPS
ITTeamLead
Computerskills
Autocad, PDMS, Eclipse, Saphir,
Sepal, Prosper, Pipesim, Python,
ExcelVBA
Honoursandawards
TEPNG/NNPC Joint Venture
Postgraduate Scholarship
Scheme National Association of
Materials & Metallurgical
EngineeringStudentCertificateof
Service by Dr. C. S. Nwobodo
(HeadofDepartment)
Memberships:NigerianSocietyof
Engineers, Society of Petroleum
Engineers
Undergraduateproject
Production of a Crucible using
locallyavailablerawmaterials
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AMEH Jennifer
Date of Birth:
22nd July
Email:
jenniferameh1@yahoo.com
Tel: 08025227294
PersonalStatement
I am enthusiastic, open-minded
and result-oriented. I strive to
continually better myself with a
ready-to-learn attitude at all
times. I am a good team player
with excellent interpersonal
skills and I like to be part of the
solutiontoproblems.
Universityattended
Pe t r o l e u m E n g i n e e r i n g ,
Igbinedion University Okada
(2015)
Previousworkexperience
Researchandinvestmentanalyst
atAIICOCapital
Intern at Mobil Producing
Nigeria
InternatTotalE&P
Intern at Port Harcourt Refining
Company(PHRC)
Fieldofinterest
Reservoir Engineering, Enhanced
oil recovery, Artificial li t, Drilling
E n g i n e e r i n g , C o r r o s i o n
En g i n e e r i n g , Pro d u c t i o n
Engineering.
PositionheldinIPS
FinancialSecretary
Computerskills
Proficient in Microso t o fice such
as Microso t word, PowerPoint
and excel.Others include; Eclipse,
pipesim, prosper, Aspen HYSYS,
Sepal
Honoursandawards
Awa r d fo r m a t h e m a t i ca l
excellence from Christ the King:
St.Mary's2009
Vice president of Society of
Petroleum Engineers (SPE) IUO
chapter,2014
Membership:SPE
AYOOLA
John Oluwaseyi
Date of Birth:
6th November
Email:
John.o.ayoola@gmail.com
www.linkedin.com/in/john-ayoola/
Tel: 08068059288
PersonalStatement
John is a service-driven African
that has a knack for productivity
and continuous learning. He
works best in cross-functional
teams with a professional
c u l t u re of i n teg r i t y a n d
excellence.
Universityattended
Pe t r o l e u m E n g i n e e r i n g ,
UniversityofLagos(2016)
Previousworkexperience
2015 Intern, Non-Operated
Assets Department, Total E&P
NigeriaLimited,Lagos.
Fieldofinterest
Data Analysis, Petroleum
ProductionEngineering. People,
PolicyandManagement.
PositionheldinIPS
Chaplaincy
Computerskills
Microso t O fice (Advanced
Excel), SEPAL, ECLIPSE, Python,
AutoCAD, Power BI, HySys, IPS
Suite.
Honoursandawards
MTNF Science and Technology
ScholarshipScheme.
DAC National Engineering Essay
CompetitionAward
Memberships:SPE
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CHUKWUONWE
Chibuike Benedict
Date of Birth:
28th September
Email:
chukwonwespero@gmail.com
Tel: 08032913975,
07067954370.
PersonalStatement
I am an adaptable person with a
strong passion for learning and
human development. I have the
ability to multi task and
prioritise. I am an excellent
communicator, a team player
and excellent listener. I strive
to wa r d s o r g a n i s a t i o n a l
development as well as personal
development.
Universityattended
Mechanical Engineering, Enugu
State University Of Science and
Technology(2015)
Previousworkexperience
Service Executive Customer
Service, Marketing Associate
(FirstBankNigeria).
Mechanical Maintenance and
Operations Engineer (Weafri
Wells Services western Africa)
NYSC.
Mechanical Engineer (Intern)
S c i e n t i fi c E q u i p m e n t
Development Institute Enugu
State(SEDI-E)
Fieldofinterest
Well Engineer and Production
Engineer
PositionheldinIPS
CareerTeamLead
Computerskills
Microso t Proficiency(Ms word,
Excel, Powerpoint) Aspen Hyses,
PROSPER, PIPESIM, MATLAB,
PYTHON, SAPHIR, ECLIPSE,
SEPAL.
Honoursandawards
HSE1,2&3,BasicFireFightingSkill
Memberships:SPE
DAFE
Aghogho Emmanuella
Date of Birth:
19th June
Email:
dafeaghogho@gmail.com
Tel: 08161158271
PersonalStatement
I strive to be the best in
everything I do. In me is an
energetic, hardwor king,
ambitious lady who is always
willingtolearnandhasamature
and responsible approach to any
task she undertakes or any
situation she is presented with. I
am ver y creative, highly
organized and have a strong
believeinteamspirit.
Universityattended
Pe t r o l e u m E n g i n e e r i n g ,
Igbinedion University, Okada,
EdoState(2017)
Previousworkexperience
Production Operations Intern at
N i g e r i a n P e t r o l e u m
DevelopmentCompany
Fieldofinterest
Well completions, Production
Engineering
PositionheldinIPS
AssistantWelfareTeamLead
Computerskills
Eclipse So tware, Kappa-Saphir,
Sepal,Prosper,Pipesim,Microso t
o fice Suites, Adobe photoshop
Memberships:SPE
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GBEGBAJE
Bikene Benjamin
Date of Birth:
17th October
Email:
bikenegbegbaje@gmail.com
www.linkedin.com/in/ bikenegbegbaje
Tel: 07062646369
PersonalStatement
Bikeneisaversatile,determined,
committed and creative
individualwithsetgoalsthatare
driven by passion and the ability
to take advantage of my
initiative.He enjoys working as a
team to always give the best
performances analytically and
strategicallyatalltimes.
Universityattended
Petroleum Engineering, Federal
University Of Petroleum
ResourcesE furun(2015)
Previousworkexperience
W a r r i R e fi n i n g a n d
Petrochemical Company Plant
Operator(Intern)
Fieldofinterest
Drilling and Well Completion,
Production Engineering,
Wireline Services, Computer
Programming
PositionheldinIPS
IT(Assistant)
Computerskills
Microso t O fice suite, Excel VBA,
Python, SAPHIR, Eclipse,
PIPESIM, IPM Suite (PROSPER,
GAP, MBAL), SEPAL, HYSYS.
Honoursandawards
H e r c u l e s O f s h o r e
Undergraduatescholarship.
Agbami Medical and Engineering
Professionalscholarship.
NNPC/Total JV Postgraduate
scholarship.Memberships
Memberships:SPE,NSE
NWARIE
Chibuzo Christian
Date of Birth:
8th May
Email:
nwarie.chibuzor@gmail.com
Tel: 08066694138
PersonalStatement
Career driven and enthusiastic
engineer, eager to learn and
contribute with team spirit, to
the actualisation of company's
goal with high level of safety
measures.
Universityattended
Petroleum Engineering, Federal
University of Technology Owerri
ImoState(2014)
PreviousWorkExperience
Implementation of technical
standards,guidelines,policies of
the state ministry of petroleum
and environment teacher,
assistantriskassessmento ficer
Fieldofinterest
D rilling and Production
Engineering
PositionheldinIPS
Assistanttimekeeper
Computerskills
Microso t Suite, Mbal, Eclipse,
Saphire, Pipesim, Sepal and
Prosper
Honoursandawards
TOTAL/NNPC JV Post Graduate
Scholarship
Best Biology Student (Secondary
School)
Memberships:SPE
Undergraduateproject
E fect of sweep e ficiency on luid
contact movement and recovery
factor
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OKAFOR
Chukwuebuka Ezekiel
Date of Birth:
4th March
Email:
zekeebuka@gmail.com
Tel: 08138977557
PersonalStatement
To become a Leading expert in
t h e fi e l d o f P e t r o l e u m
Engineering through sheer
determination and hard Work.
To optimally maximize my
potential while combining a
plain blend of technical,
personal, Professional, and
social development in order to
shape and in luence changes in
theenergyindustry.
Universityattended:
Petroleum Engineering, Federal
University of Petroleum
ResourcesE furun(2016)
Previousworkexperience
Crude oil terminal operations
intern ( Forcados and Escravos) –
Department of Petroleum
resources Field of interest
Drilling and completion,
Reservoir and Geoscience
E n g i n e e r i n g , S o t w a r e
Development andapplication
PositionheldinIPS
ClassTimeKeeper
Computerskills
Eclipse, Python, Ipm Suite,
Pipesim, Saphir, Sepal, Ms O fice
Suite
Honoursandawards
NNPC/TOTAL JV Postgraduate
Scholarship
Memberships:SPE
Undergraduateproject
D e ve l o p i n g a s y s te m a t i c
approach to natural gas hydrate
management
OKAFOR
Paul Obinna
Date of Birth:
10th December
Email:
acobapaul@gmail.com
www.linkedin.com/in/paul-okafor
-164400b0/
Tel: 08174506829,
07065781283
PersonalStatement
A n A c a d e m i c a l l y a n d
Commercially astute product
designer and engineer with a
passion for the ideation, design
and innovation.I am also a goal-
driven intellectual individual
with experience of company
administration. I have an
excellent approach to teamwork
and challenges and I am very
much eager to learn new things
and open to challenging
positionsintheIndustry.
Universityattended
Pe t r o l e u m E n g i n e e r i n g ,
UniversityofLagos,Akoka(2016)
Previousworkexperience
Pioneer-alpha Petroleum
Services(intern)
Fieldofinterest
Drilling and Completion
Engineering
PositionheldinIPS
Health,SafetyandLogistics(Asst)
Computerskills
Vantage PDMS MBAL PROSPER
PYTHON,HTML5andCSS3
Photoshop,Premiere Pro IPM and
PIPESIM,Eclipse
Honoursandawards
NNPC/TOTAL JV Postgraduate
Scholarship
Memberships:SPE,NSE
Undergraduateproject
ExperimentStudyoftheImpactof
Polymerized Foam Rheology on
Hole Cleaning Performance in
UnderbalancedDrilling.
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OKAFORStanley
Date of Birth:
21st May
Email:
stan5865@gmail.com
Tel: 09084430461
PersonalStatement
I am inquisitive, passionate
about the petroleum industry
andIhaveanunwaveringresolve
to c o m p l e te t a s k s. I a m
constantly looking to improve
myself and knowledge, which I
intend to use in solving industry
problems.
Universityattended
Petroleum Engineering, All
Nations University College,
Ghana(2016)
Previousworkexperience
Drilling Fluids, Drill Bits Services
Intern at OES Energy Services
Limited
Fieldofinterest
Re s e r v o i r, D r i l l i n g a n d
Production Engineering,
So twareDevelopment
PositionheldinIPS
AssistantTeamLead,Facility
Computerskills
Python, Eclipse, Matlab, Ipm
Suite, Pipesim, Ms O fice Suite,
Saphir,Sepal
Honoursandawards
NNPC/TOTAL JV Postgraduate
Scholarship
Undergraduateproject
Impact of Water lood Patterns on
Production
Memberships:SPE
OKEKE Raphael
Date of Birth:
18th February
Email:
okekeraphael@yahoo.com
Tel: 08174506829,
07065781283
PersonalStatement
Raphael is an individual with an
exceptional capacity to learn. I
am motivated by the need to
solve problems to make life
simpler for people anywhere. He
enjoys working with people and
heisnotafraidtofail.
Universityattended
Petroleum Engineering, Afe
Babalola University Ado Ekiti
(2016)
Previousworkexperience
DirectionalDrilling(Intern)
R e g u l a t o r y a n d P o l i c y
Compliance(Intern)
Planning Research and Statistics
(Administrative)
Field of interest: Completion
EngineerandReservoirEngineer
PositionheldinIPS:
EditorialTeamLead
Computerskills:
Eclipse, Python, Sepal, IPM Suite,
Kappa-saphir, Prosper, Pipesim,
Microso tO ficeSuite,ExcelVBA
Honoursandawards
SPE Student Chapter President
(2014)
Undergraduateproject
Formulation of Oil Based Drilling
FluidwithCastorOil
Memberships:SPE
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OLA
Victor Damilare
Date of Birth:
25th February
Email:
olavictord@gmail.com
Tel: 08166347470,
08089668769
PersonalStatement
I am an excellence driven
individual who is passionate
about what I do. I seek as a
personallifegoalandcorevalueto
add positivity to the value chain of
wealth making in the oil and gas
industryandtheminingindustry.
Universityattended
Mechanical Engineering, Federal
University of Technology, Akure,
OndoState,Nigeria(2016)
Previousworkexperience
Intern at Campbell Engineering
andMarineServices.
Automobile Technician at Mansur
AutosLimited.
Computer O ficer (Volunteer) at
Michael Otedola College of
P r i m a r y E d u c a t i o n , I C T
department.
Fieldofinterest
Petroleum Economics,Production
Engineering, Automobile
engineering
PositionheldinIPS
AssistantChaplain
Computerskills
Microso t O fice Packages (Word,
Powerpoint, Excel, Outlook, Visio),
Eclipse, Saphir, PIPESIM, Prosper,
AspenHyses,ProteusProfessional.
Honoursandawards
NNPC/TOTAL JV Postgraduate
Scholarship
Most Committed Executive Award,
The Apostolic Church Corpers
Fellowship,SokotoState
Me r i t Awa rd , S u s t a i n a b l e
Development Goals CDS Club,
Sokoto State
Undergraduateproject
TheDevelopmentofaTeachingAid
for Automobile Transmission
System Memberships Associate,
ESMI;
Membership:SPE
ONAIVI
Ene Cynthia
Date of Birth:
5th October
Email:
cyonaivi@gmail.com
ceneonaivi@gmail.com
Tel: 07036186895
PersonalStatement
I am an enthusiastic, energetic,
innovative and hardworking
individual who strive for
excellence and precision at all
time, in all position and
circumstances, attaining
professional distinction and
proficiency.
Universityattended
Chemical Engineering, Federal
University of Technology, Minna
(2015)
Previousworkexperience
H M D - A f r i c a :
P A / P r o c u m e n t / M e d i a
Coordinator
Nigeria Railway Corporation:
Research and Development
O ficer(Internship)
Fieldofinterest
DrillingFluidsandCompletions
PositionheldinIPS
Assistant Team Lead (Editorial),
AssistantTutorialCoordinator.
Computerskills
Microso t Proficiency(Ms word,
Excel, Powerpoint) Aspen Hyses,
Prosper, Pipseim, Matlab, Python,
S e p a l , S a p h i r, E c l i p s e
Honoursandawards
B.Eng,HSE1&2
Undergraduateproject
Production and characterization
of Biodegradable Plastics from
cassavastarch.
Memberships: SPE
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ORISA
Favour Ebube
Date of Birth:
17th August
Email:
ebubeorisa@yahoo.com
Tel: 08167662884
PersonalStatement
I am Petroleum Engineering
graduate with an undying desire
for knowledge and excellence. I
am lexible, spontaneous and
solution oriented, looking
forward to contributing my best
diligently and excellently in a
challenging position in the
energy Industry and indeed the
world.
Universityattended
Petroleum Engineering, Rivers
StateUniversity(2016)
Previousworkexperience
Quality Assurance/Quality
Control(Intern)
Research Assistant (Graduate
Intern)
Fieldofinterest
Re s e r v o i r E n g i n e e r i n g ,
ProductionEngineering
PositionheldinIPS
AssistantCareerTeamLead
Computerskills
HTML, Python, Microso t O fice
Suite, Eclipse, Prosper, Saphir,
Sepal,Pipesim
AcademicProjects
An Integrated Well-Reservoir
Steam Injection Modeling for
SteamInjectionOptimization
In luenceofWetabiltyonRelative
PermeabilityandOilRecovery.
Memberships:SPE
UMUKORO
Oghenegare Prosper
Date of Birth:
5th December
Email:
umukorooghenegare@gmail.com
Tel: 07036846724
PersonalStatement
A Petroleum cum Mechanical
E n g i n e e r w i t h r e l e v a n t
experience. As a responsible
worker, I am enthusiastic about
change and making an impact
whereverIfindmyself.Itisalways
delighting for me to apply critical
thinking and solid technical
knowledge to troubleshoot and
solveproblems.
Universityattended
Mechanical Engineering, Delta
StateUniversity,Abraka(2015)
Previousworkexperience
Facilities & Maintenance
Engineer(Intern).
N i g e r i a n P e t r o l e u m
Development Company, Benin
City.EdoState.
MechanicalEngineer(Intern).
Oriefe Mechanical Workshop,
Mechanic Village, Oleh Delta
State.
Fieldofinterest
Reservoir Engineering, Drilling &
CompletionEngineering
PositionheldinIPS
SocialandSportTeamLead
Computerskills
Microso tWord,PowerPoint,Excel,
AutoCAD, Python, Saphir, Eclipse,
Prosper,Pipesim,Sepal,Photoshop
Honoursandawards
Recipient of 2011 Agbami Medical
and Engineering Professionals'
ScholarshipAward.
Recipient of 2004/2005 Shell
Nigeria Secondar y School
ScholarshipAward.
Undergraduateproject
Design and fabrication of
pressurizedkerosenestove
Memberships:NSE,SPE
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