Resources and facilities

The Department of Petroleum Engineering, KNUST, is a well-resourced centre with world-class administrative, teaching and research facilities. With beautifully furnished administrative offices and lecture halls located in the Petroleum Building at the College of Engineering, KNUST, the Department has six (6) specialised ultra-modern research laboratories worth more than USD 12.9 million that are manned by highly skilled and experienced laboratory technicians to deliver reliable research and oilfield tests in alignment with international standards. The six laboratories include:

1. Core and rock properties laboratory

2. Drilling fluids and cementing laboratory

3. Well control simulation laboratory

4. Reservoir simulation laboratory

5. Fluid properties laboratory

6. The research laboratory

The Department also collaborates with reputable oil and gas companies including GNPC, MODEC, Yinson Production, SLB and international institutions including New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT), USA, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Malaysia and Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway.