November 2020 Edition

NAPE-YP VIRTUAL WORKSHOP SUMMIT
2020
The initially planned Technical Workshop was
scheduled to hold across all geo-political zones
in the country with the first edition held physically,
earlier in the year, in Benin, Edo State. As a result
of COVID-19 pandemic, this edition was held
online via zoom and had several students and
young professionals from across the nation in
attendance.
The Guest speaker during the opening ceremony
was Dr. Ebere Benard, a Senior Production
Geologist/ Rock Physicist with Seplat Petroleum
Development Company Plc., who spoke on the
theme: Strategic Positioning, the Role of
A d v a n c e Te c h n o l o g y i n To m o r r o w ' s
Opportunities. We also had in attendance, the
NAPE President (Mr. Alex Tarka, FNAPE), the
NAPE President-elect (Mrs. Patricia Ochogbu,
FNAPE) and the NAPE UAP Chairman (Dr.
Emmanuel Maduawia) who also spoke to all
present.
A plethora of courses related to oil & gas practice
were taught and presented during this virtual
workshop summit and the table below provides
highlights of the programs and their instructors,
presenters or facilitators:
S/N Facilitator Course
1 Flora Anusiobi (Petrophysicists, Petroplays Intl Ltd) Petrophysics
2 Philip Ajaebili (Geophysicist, Shell) Seismic Acquisition & Processing
3 Olusola Omotoye (Senior Geoscientist, Equinor) Seismic Interpretation
4 Jude Omuije (Sedimentologist, Shell) Reservoir Geology
5 Okechukwu Chijioke (Senior Geoscientist, Nubian Nig. Ltd) Basic Geomodelling
6 Okon Divine Imeh (Lead Data Scientist/ Engineer, Christies Lab) Computational Geoscience
7 Stanley Oifoghe (Formation Evaluation Leader – Sub-saharan Africa, Well Log Analysis for Reservoir Characterization
Baker Hughes)
8 Tunde Farotimi (PetroleumEngineering Consultant, CypherCrescent) Subsurface Studies using Data Analytics
9 David Anomneze (Senior Geologist, Moni Pulo (Pet . Dev) Ltd.) Application of Rock Physics and Seismic Inversion
in Subsurface Description
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