Overview

The Department of Petroleum Engineering in Covenant University was established ab initio to become a principal contributor to human capital development for Nigeria's petroleum industry, in the first instance. This is in tandem with the University's vision of raising a new generation of leaders.

Accordingly, the vision, mission, and philosophy of the Department have been designed to achieve the desired success. The programme and staffing of the Department are intended to develop Engineers with broad-based knowledge capable solving not only peculiar problems of Africa but also the multidimensional challenges of the world of the world of technology.

The quality of graduates turned out in the first and second sets respectively in 2009 and 2010 is a testimony to the great heights to which they are designed to soar in line with the high success growth rate of Covenant University, which has attained world class status within eight years of inception.

You are cordially welcome to our Department and wish you a pleasant visit.

Brief History of the Department of Petroleum Engineering

At the take off of the College of Science and Technology on 21st October, 2002, all the academic programmes in the College were grouped into two Departments. The Departments were:

1. Department of Computer and Information Technology
2. Department of Environmental Science

The Department of Computer and Information Technology started with the following Degree programmes:

• B.Sc. Computer Science (4 years)
• B.Sc. Management Information System (4years)
• B.Eng. Computer Engineering (5 years)
• B. Tech Information Technology (5 years)

These four programmes were under one Department from the beginning of 2002/2003 to the end of 2003/2004 Academic Session.

At the beginning of the 2004/2005 academic session, more Engineering Programmes and Applied Sciences Programmes were added. These additions gave birth to the Departments of Petroleum Engineering and Chemical Engineering in October 2004 and both operated as one Department.

However, Petroleum Engineering became a full fledged Department in the 2007/2008 Academic Session. It has a 5 year (10 semesters) programme that leads to the award of Bachelor of Engineering (Hons), B.Eng (Hons) in Petroleum Engineering, for successful students.

General Engineering courses are taught in the first four semesters, while core Petroleum Engineering courses are taught in the last six semesters. The major area of concentration includes Reservoir Engineering, Drilling and Production Engineering and Formation Evaluation.

The 400 level students embark on SIWES (Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme) which involves six months of industrial training, starting immediately after the Alpha Semester.

Activities of the Units

CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT

Conference Attendance: Four of our staff attended conferences this year:

• SPE NAICE conference, August 2009; Mr. Craig A. J
• COREN Assembly, August 2009; Engr. F.A. Makinde
• International Conference, Workshop and Exhibition on Biotechnologies for Improved Production of Oil & Gas in the Gulf of Guinea/Possible Source of Hydrogen Sulphide in Petroleum Reservoir: Challenges and Implications, May 2009; Mr. Ameloko A.A.
• International Conference, Workshop and Exhibition on Biotechnologies for Improved Production of Oil & Gas in the Gulf of Guinea/Oil Field Scale Modeling and Management , May 2009; Mr. Fadairo A.S.