List of Polytechnics offering Minerals And Petroleum Resources Engineering Technology in Nigeria

Dominion MesomaOctober 20, 2022

List of Polytechnics offering Minerals And Petroleum Resources Engineering Technology in Nigeria

Mineral and Petroleum Resources Engineering is concerned with the techniques and tools of earth sciences, mining, energy systems and oil and gas engineering principles to exploits the natural

resources of the subsurface earth for safe and sustainable use, development, detection, extractions and management that provide a capability to satisfy a stated need or objective with which people utilize

material resources of their environment to satisfy their need and make life better for the benefits of mankind.

Specifically, Mineral and Petroleum Resources Engineering is all about wealth resources of the Earth. Resources of the earth consists of oil mineral, solid mineral, natural gas and water resources systems.

It is a field of study that encompasses all the three state of matter i.e. Solid, Liquid and Gas.

Nigeria is one of the richest countries in the world with these resources, knowing fully that the energy that drives a nation is largely conditioned within the subsurface earth and to tap these wealth, Nigeria

need high level management (technicians and technologists) who should be the capable work force in exploration and exploitation of these resources.

Mineral and Petroleum Engineering Department was approved by the academic board in 2015 under the past Rector, Dr. (Mrs) M. K. Ladipo.

The programme was approved to run in polytechnics by National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) in 2013 and Yaba College of Technology is the first to start the new programme, others that are running

Mineral Resources Engineering are in the process of changing nomenclature to reflect the new programme.

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