Professor Oyinkepreye David Orodu has served as the Acting Head of Department, Petroleum Engineering at Covenant University, Nigeria. His areas of core competence are reservoir engineering and characterisation, and petroleum production economics. He has varied Oil & Gas industry experience spanning field operations and academia. In this area, Professor Orodu has undertaken reservoir studies of oilfields in the Far-East as a research assistant and his current research interest includes “decision analysis and stochastic modelling of optimal well utilization for multi-well systems” and “characterization and modelling of flow units”. Preye has authored/co-authored over 30 publications including SPE papers and journal articles, and reviews articles for publication in journals. Preye holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering and master’s and doctorate degrees in Petroleum Engineering. He is an SPE member and a registered engineer (R.Eng., COREN) in Nigeria