Professor Dulu Appah of Petroleum & Gas Engineering, lives to most willingly offer his professional services to many universities in Nigeria, Germany and Ghana. He is currently the Director, Institute of Petroleum Studies, University of Port Harcourt. He was Manager (Planning, Research & Statistics) at Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF). He was a Humboldt guest researcher at the Institute of Petroleum Engineering (ITE, Germany) and a Fulbright scholar at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, U.S.A. Professor Appah holds an MSc (with distinction) in Petroleum Engineering, as a Bureau for External aid fellow, from the then Azizbekov Institute of Oil and Gas (now Petroleum Academy), Baku, Azerbaijan, and a Ph.D in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Port-Harcourt, Nigeria. Previously, He was Pioneer Provost, College of Engineering. University of Port Harcourt, HOD and Dean, Faculty of Engineering. He is the Chi Ikoku Chair in Petroleum Engineering, that investigates Formation Damage. Research Interest: Aerated Wellbore Sand Cleanout, Cement Slurry Design for HP/HT Wells, Fines Migration, Produced Water Management, Hydrate/Emulsion Control, and Artificial Lift Optimization.