Adetayo Adetunji
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Ph.D. Candidate 207 Petroleum Engineering Building 8th and Canton Lubbock, Texas 79409-3111 Phone: 806.744.6934 Fax: 806.742.3502 Email: tayo.adetunji@ttu.edu |
Supervisor
Dr. Akanni Lawal
Research Interest
Pressure-Volume-Temperature (PVT) Study, Vapor-Liquid-Equilibria, Gas Injection Processes
Degrees with Fields, Institution, and Date
MSc Petroleum Engineering (Distinction), Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, June 2004
BSc Petroleum Engineering, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 1998
Scientific and Professional Societies of Which a Member
Society of Petroleum Engineers
Industrial Experience
2004 – present Research Assistant, Texas Tech University, Lubbock
2004 Trainee Engineer, Total E & P Norge AS, Stavanger, Norway
- Analyses of the effect of critical parameters on Air- Injection applications to the Ekofisk field
- Upscaling of the diffusion experiment conducted for Air-Injection into the Ekofisk field
- Determination of Minimum Miscibility Pressure (MMP) for CO2 injection into Ekofisk field
- Determination of miscibility type for CO2 and Ekofisk field crude
- Conversion of Ekofisk field Eclipse simulator input file to a Sensor simulator input file
2003 Trainee Engineer, Technology Development, Shell Global Solutions, Rijswijk, The Netherlands
- Reviewed laboratory applications of a new non-solvent based technology developed by Shell (Conducted at Woodside ResearchFoundation, Curtin University of Technology, Australia).
- Simulation study of operating window of the Technology for CO2 and H2S removal from natural gas
- Field process scheme design and technology gap determination for the Technology
1996 Trainee Engineer, PVT Laboratory, Geoquest Schlumberger, Nigeria
- Conducted PVT experiments on a variety of crude oils, viz:
- Constant Composition Experiment
- Differential Liberation Experiment
- Separation Study
- Constant Volume Depletion
- Viscosity Study
1996 Trainee Engineer, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
- Field Data Management
Honors and Awards
Chancellor’s Fellowship – Texas Tech University, 2004-present
Norwegian Educational Board: Quota Programme Scholarship Award, 2002-2004
Texas Tech University, Petroleum Engineering Department, 8th and Canton, Lubbock, TX 79409
806.742.3573, Voicemail: 806.742.1801, Fax: 806.742.3502