ORAS JOSEPH MKINGA

Lecturer and Researcher, School Of Mines And Geosciences

Education:

PhD: Petroleum Engineering, specializing in Reservoir Engineering – NTNU, Norway (2016-2019) MSc: Petroleum Engineering, specializing in Reservoir Engineering – NTNU, Norway (2012-2014) BSc: Mineral Processing Engineering – UDSM, Tanzania (2006-2010)

Teaching:

For the last five years, he has been teaching the following courses:

Computer application in petroleum engineering – Second-year undergraduate course.
Reservoir engineering II – Fourth-year undergraduate course
Reservoir recovery methods – First-year master’s course.
Reservoir modelling and simulation – First-year master’s course.
Computer methods in petroleum engineering – First-year master’s course.

Research:

Research interests:  Reservoir characterization, Reservoir modelling and simulation, Fluid PVT analysis and Enhanced recovery

Publications:

1. Mkinga, O.J., Skogen, E. & Kleppe, J. Petrophysical interpretation in shaly sand formation of a gas field in Tanzania. J Petrol Explor Prod Technol 10, 1201–1213 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13202-019-00819-x.
2. Mkinga, O.J., Kleppe, J., Rwechungura, R.W., and Raphael, M.L. 2019. EOS Model and Black-Oil PVT Table Generation for a Tanzanian Reservoir. DOI: 10.30845/ijast.v9n2p8
3. Harishidayat, D., Mkinga, O.J., Kleppe, J., and Ringrose, P. 2017. Integrated Reservoir Modeling (IRM) of the Atiart submarine canyon outcrops (Spain) to constrain the Decision Based Modeling (DBM) of SE Loppa High submarine canyon reservoir (Norway).