About the Department

• In 2015, Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Owerri was given the approval by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) to startup the Department of Minerals and Petroleum Resources Engineering Technology (MPE). This was sequel to the satisfactory resource verification exercise carried out by NBTE in 2015.  Engr. Prof. Boniface Obah was the pioneer Head of Department (October 2015 to January 2017). Engr. Prof. O. O. Onyemaobi was the Head of Department from February 2017 to June2020. The Department was granted interim accreditation by NBTE in 2018. The Department has since graduated three sets of students. The current Head of Department is Onwuchekwa Chidiebere N (June 2020 to Date).

Vision and Mission Statement.

Our vision is to improve our reputation as a world-class teaching and research department that is known for innovation, creativity, and discovery and attracts the best students and staff.

Our mission is to maintain a department that is considered equivalent to any in terms of teaching and research relevance, support and facilities quality, and learning opportunities and job experience.

Objectives.

The programme aims at producing mineral and petroleum resources engineering technicians and technologist for the nation’s industries and public utilities and services.

On completion of the Programme, the diplomate should be able to:

• Participate in exploration, prospecting, structural evaluation and extractive activities
• Collate and present data in a meaningful way
• Operate and maintain simple equipment commonly used in minerals and petroleum industries

Detailed career opportunities

Job opportunities for diplomats of the programme include:

• Petroleum industry including oil and gas exploration, production, storage, and waste disposal facilities.
• Mining Companies
• Well services and drilling companies
• Quarries
• Federal  and State government agencies
• Environmental Control ( Waste Management and Water Resources)
• Engineering and Related Services

Offered Programmes.

• ND Minerals and Petroleum Resources Engineering Technology
• HND Petroleum Engineering (Loading)
• HND Mining Engineering (Loading)
• HND Geological Engineering (Loading)

Admission requirements.

National Diploma Programme

Candidates for admission into the programme should have a minimum of:

Senior Secondary School Certificate (SSSC) with credit level passes in five subjects at most two sittings which must include English Language, mathematics, physics, chemistry, and one other subject from

• Biology
• Agricultural science
• Additional mathematics
• Economics
• Statistics
• Technical drawing,
• Auto-mechanics
• Geography
• Basic electronics/Basic electricity and
• Metal work

GCE ´O’ Level or its equivalent (Teachers Grade II or West African School Certificate) with credit level passes in five relevant subjects as specified in (i) above.

National Technical Certificate (NTC) with credit passes in mathematics, chemistry, physics, English Language and one other from mechanical, electrical, radio and TV, computer and related trade areas.

Passed at NBTE recognized Pre-National Diploma courses in the relevant subjects listed in (i) above.

In addition to any one of the above, Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result have the required cut-off mark and subject combination of English Language, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.

HND Programmes

The general entry requirements for the HND programme include:

All the requirements for admission into the ND Mineral Resources Engineering Technology and ND Minerals and Petroleum Engineering Technology Programmes.

Minimum of lower credit pass (CGPA) of 2.50 and above in the ND examination in both Mineral Resources and Minerals and Petroleum Resources Engineering Technology Programmes; and

A minimum of one-year cognate work experience.

In exceptional cases, the ND diplomats with a pass grade (CGPA) 2.0 - 2.49) in the ND examination that had two or more years of cognate work experience may be considered for admission into the HND programme. However, the number of such candidates should not be more than 10% of the total student intake in each class.

Duration of programmes.

Duration for both ND and HND programmes is two years

Course outline for full programme duration.

National Diploma Programme

Curriculum Table: First Semester (ND-I)

NOTE: See syllabus 

• Algebra and Elementary Trigonometry
• Technical Drawing
• Engineering Mechanics
• Electrical Engineering Science
• Use of English
• Citizenship Education

     Curriculum Table: Second Semester (ND-I)

NOTE: See syllabus 

• Communication in English
• Economics
• Entrepreneurship Education
• Calculus
• Descriptive Geometry
• Engineering Thermodynamics
• Basic Workshop Practice

     Curriculum Table: First Semester (ND-II)

NOTE: See syllabus 

• Technical Reporting Writing
• Practice of Entrepreneurship
• Logic and Linear Algebra
• Fluid Mechanics

    Curriculum Table:  Second Semester (ND-II)

NOTE: See syllabus 

• Trigonometry and Analytical Geometry
• Strength of Materials
• Soil Mechanics

Computer Systems and Programming

HND-Petroleum Engineering

Curriculum Table: First Semester (HND-I)

NOTE: See syllabus

• Communication in English III
• Engineer in Society
• Advanced Algebra
• Engineering Drawing

Curriculum Table: Second Semester (HND-I)

NOTE: See syllabus 

• Industrial Management
• Advanced Calculus
• Instrumentation and Control Engineering
• Fluid Mechanics

Curriculum Table: First Semester (HND-II)

NOTE: See syllabus 

• Numerical Methods
• Entrepreneurship Development

Curriculum Table:  Second Semester (HND-II)

NOTE: See syllabus 

• Statistical Methods in Engineering

HND-Mining Engineering

Curriculum Table: First Semester (HND-I)

NOTE: See syllabus

• Communication in English III
• Engineer in Society
• Advanced Algebra
• Advanced Soil Mechanics
• Stress Analysis

Curriculum Table: Second Semester (HND-I)

NOTE: See syllabus 

• Advanced Calculus
• Instrumentation and Control Engineering
• Applied Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics

Curriculum Table: First Semester (HND-II)

NOTE: See syllabus 

• Numerical Methods
• Entrepreneurship Development

Curriculum Table:  Second Semester (HND-II)

NOTE: See syllabus 

• Statistical Methods in Engineering

HND-Geological Engineering

Curriculum Table: First Semester (HND-I)

NOTE: See syllabus

• Communication in English III
• Engineer in Society
• Advanced Algebra
• Advanced Soil Mechanics
• Stress Analysis

Curriculum Table: Second Semester (HND-I)

NOTE: See syllabus 

• Advanced Calculus
• Instrumentation and Control Engineering
• Applied Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics

Curriculum Table: First Semester (HND-II)

NOTE: See syllabus 

• Numerical Methods
• Entrepreneurship Development

Curriculum Table:  Second Semester (HND-II)

NOTE: See syllabus 

• Statistical Methods in Engineering

Professional Bodies registrable.

• Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN)
• The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE)
• Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
• The Nigerian Institution of Petroleum Engineers (NIPetE)
• The Nigerian Institution of Environmental Engineers (NIEE)
• Nigerian Mining and Geoscientist Society (NMGS)
• Nigerian Society of Mining Engineering (NSME)
• Nigerian Association of Technologist in Engineering (NATE)
• National Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE)

Contact Email and Phone Number of the Department

Email: minpetech@fpno.edu.ng

Phone: +2348036868232

Staff List of the department. Find required headings attached in Excel Document.

Journals by staff of department (in PDF format)

HOD’s Profile (Including Picture).

Onwuchekwa Chidiebere Nwachukwu is a Lecturer I in the Department of Minerals and Petroleum Resources Engineering Technology. He was appointed the Head of Department on acting capacity in 2020 and made the substantive Head in 2021. He has a degree in Geology/Physics, Master Degrees in Economic Geology & Geochemistry and Petroleum Geology and currently undergoing a PhD in Environmental Geochemistry, all from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

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