African University of Science & Technology

Dr. David O. Ogbe (Schlumberger)

Education

  • Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering, Stanford University, 1984.
  • MS in Petroleum Engineering, Louisiana State University, 1978.
  • BS in Petroleum Engineering, Louisiana State University, 1976.

Selected Awards, Certification and Commendations

  • State of Alaska Representative to the Research Committee of the Interstate Oil & Gas Compact Commission. Nominated by Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski, 2005.
  • Distinguished Service Award, Society of Petroleum Engineers Nigeria Council, August 2004.
  • Distinguished Lecturer, 2003-2004 Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Distinguished Lecturers program.
  • Director, Laser Engineering Consultants, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, 2001-2005.
  • Faculty Advisor, Student Chapter of Society of Petroleum Engineers, University of Alaska Fairbanks 2000-2001.
  • Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Alaska. Reg. No. 9342.

Selected Publications

  • "Predicting Horizontal-Openhole-Completion Success on the North Slope of Alaska", Erwin, M.D. and D.O. Ogbe. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering Journal, Volume 11, Number 4, August 2008, pp. 666-675; Excerpts published in J. Petroleum Tech., November 2006.
  • "Road Map for Developing Alaska Coalbed Methane and Shallow Gas Resources", Ogbe, D.O., Ferguson, J.C., Patil, S.L., Bandopadhyay, S., Clough, J., and R. Reifenstuhl, (Editors), Proceedings of the 2004 Alaska Unconventional Gas Workshop sponsored by Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA), University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, DNR, State of Alaska, and West Coast Petroleum Technology Transfer Council, March 2004.
  • "Improving the Foam Performance for Mobility Control and Improved Sweep Efficiency in Gas Flooding", Zhu, T., D.O. Ogbe, and S. Khataniar, Journal of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, July, 2004, Vol. 43, No. 15, pp4413-4421
  • "Development and Optimization of Parallel Code for Large-scale Petroleum Reservoir Simulation", Khashan, S.A., Ogbe, D.O. and Jiang, T.M. Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology, April 2002.
  • "Considerations for Water Disposal and Management in the Development of Coalbed Methane Resources in Rural Alaska", Triolo, M., Ogbe, D.O., and Lawal, A.S.