Mr. George Obinna Nduwuba

Mr. George Obinna Nduwuba


Chief Technologist

HND, BSc., PGD
Email: george.nduwuba@futo.edu.ng

Biography

Mr. George O Nduwuba is the Chief Technologist in the Department of Petroleum Engineering FUTO. He has been a member of the departmental Accreditation Committees for both NUC and COREN accreditations. He is currently pursuing a MEng Petroleum Engineering. He is a member of Nigeria Association of Technologists in Engineering NATE, Nigeria Institute of Science Laboratory Technology NISLT and Society of Petroleum Engineers SPE international. His research interests are in the area of sourcing local material inputs in the Oil and Gas industry, flow assurance, oil field fluids and sand control. There is passion in data science, PYTHON and AI. His hobby is in sports and youths development. He is married with children.

Academic Qualification

  • MEng Petroleum Engineering (in-view, awaiting external defence)
  • PGD Petroleum Engineering, 2012
  • BSc Chemistry, 2006
  • HND Science Laboratory Technology (Chemistry) 1996
  • West African School Certificate/General Certificate of Education, 1986

Honours/Awards

 
 

Affiliations

  • Nigeria Association of Technologists in Engineering ( NATE)
  • Nigeria Institute of Science Laboratory Technology (NISLT)
  • Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) International

Courses Assigned to Teach

  1. PET 204: Basic Geology Laboratory
  2. PET 302: Drilling Fluids Technology Laboratory
  3. PET 304: Reservoir Engineering Laboratory
  4. PET401: Drilling Engineering (Cementing) Laboratory
  5. PET 405: Petroleum Production Engineering Laboratory.

Experience

  • Laboratory Technologist February 1999 to date

Research Interest

  1. Beneficiation of local materials as alternative inputs in Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry
  2. Flow assurance solutions in Oil and Gas production and operations using locally available materials
  3. Development of novel drilling, cementing and completion fluids with local inputs
  4. Sand control/mitigation in Unconsolidated formations with particular interest in mature fields

Publications

  1. Ugochukwu I. Duru, George O. Nduwuba, Ifeanyichukwu M. Onyeejekwe, Princewill M. Ikpeka, Experimental Evaluation of Locally Synthesized Biodiesel Drilling Fluids The Mining Geology Petroleum Bulletin 2022
  2. O. Chikwe, O.I. Nwanwe, U.I. Duru, G.O. Nduwuba, A.N. Duruonyeake, Investigating the Impact of Sieve Analysis on the choice of Gravel Pack Design for Wells in Unconsolidated Sandstone Formations in the Niger Delta

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