Engr. Dr. Prince Owusu Appiah

Dr. Prince Owusu Appiah
Email: 
prince.oappiah@kpoly.edu.gh
princeappiahus@gmail.com
Designation: 
Head of Department
Staff Grade: 
Senior Lecturer
Education: 
  • PhD Petroleum and Natural Engineering, Yangtze China, 2015
  • MSc. 2011, Water Resources Engineering, KNUST - Kumasi, 2011
  • Bsc. Civil Engineering
Department: 
Department of Civil Engineering
Faculty: 
Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Professional Membership: 
Cooperate member, Ghana Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET, Gh) Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers
Research Interests: 
  • Water Resources Assessment,
  • Oil and Gas Interwell Connectivity,
  • Efficient Well Pattern and Density,
  • and Reasonable Oil Field Development Policy
Conferences Attended: 

2011- Seminar on Research Methods and Paper Writing, Directorate of Postgraduate Studies, Kumasi Polytechnic, Kumasi, Ghana

19th International Sedimentological Congress At the Crossroads of new frontiers, Yangte

University, Caidian-Wuhan, Hubei-China – 4th September, 2014.

International Conference on Reservoir Characterization, Facies and Soft Sediment Deformation, Yangtze University, Caidian-Wuhan, Hubei - China 19th to 21st May, 2014

International Conference on China Unconventional Oil and Gas Exploration and Development, Yangtze University, Caidian-Wuhan, Hubei Province-China –  29th to 30th April, 2014

The 2015 International Conference of the Commonwealth Association Polytechnic in Africa (CAPA) at the Golden Bean Hotel, Kumasi Ghana from 7th to 12th December 2015

2nd International Conference on Applied Sciences and Technology (ICAST 2015), at New Great Hall, Kumasi Polytechnic, Kumasi from 28th to 30th October 2015.

International Conference on Deep Sea Sediments – Archives for oceans and climate history, Yangtze University, Caidian-Wuhan, Hubei Province-China from 20th to 22nd May, 2015.

Publications: 
  1. P. A. Owusu, S. N. Odai, F. O. Annor and K. A. Adjei (2013). Reservoir storage for managing floods in urban areas: a case study of Dzorwulu basin in Accra. Hydrological Processes. Hydrol. Process. 27, 1615–1625 (2013) Published online 11 May 2012 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com) DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9286
  2. E.K. Nyantakyi, P.A. Owusu and J.K. Borkloe (2013). Performance Assessment of Anloga Signalized Intersection on the 24th February Road, Kumasi-Ghana Using Micro Simulation Model. Journal of Civil Engineering Research 2013, 3(3): 114-126. DOI: 10.5923/j.jce.20130303.04
  3. P.A. Owusu, E.K. Nyantakyi and J.K. Borkloe (2013). Assessing Performance of Irrigation of Rice in Ghana. ARPN Journal of Science and Technology, ISSN 2225-7217. Vol.3, No. 7, July 2013. http://ejournalofscience.org
  4. P. A. Owusu, E.K. Nyantakyi (2013). Advances and Challenges of Oil and Gas Developments in Ghana. ARPN Journal of Science and Technology, ISSN 2225-7217, Vol. 3, No. 5 May 2013. http://ejournalofscience.org/
  5. P. A. Owusu, L. DeHua, E. K. Nyantakyi, R. D. Nagrey, J. K. Borkloe, and I. K. Frimpong (2013). Prognosticating the Production Performance of Saturated Gas Drive Reservoir: A Theoretical Perspective. Scientific and Academic Publishing, International Journal of Mining Engineering and Mineral Processing, p-ISSN: 2166-997X, e-ISSN: 2166-9988, Website: http://journal.sapub.org/mining, 2(2): 24-33 DOI: 10.5923/j.mining.20130202.02.
  6. E. K. Nyantakyi, T. Li., W. Hu, J.K. Borkloe, P. A. Owusu, R.D. Nagre,(2013). Determination of Organic Matter Richness for Agbada Formation, Osioka South Area, Western Niger Delta, Nigeria. ARPN Journal of Science and Technology. ISSN 2225-7217. Vol.3, No. 8, August, 2013. http://ejournalofscience.org
  7. P. A. Owusu, Liu DeHua, Robert D. Nagre, Appraisal of The Interwell Connectivity From Production Data, Petroleum & Coal 56(5) 509-531, 2014
  8. P. A. Owusu, Liu DeHua, Robert D. Nagre, Buckley-Leverett Displacement Theory For Waterflooding Performance In Stratified Reservoir, Petroleum & Coal 56(3) 257-271, 2014
  9. P. A. Owusu, Liu DeHua, Robert D. Nagre, Simplified Approach Of Evaluating Waterflooding Performance In Stratified Reservoirs Using Combination of Methods Int. J. Engg. Sc. & Mgmt. | Vol. IV | Issue II | Jul-Dec 2014
  10. Nagre, R. D., Zhao, Lin, Frimpong, I. K., and P. A. Owusu, (2015) Evaluation of Sulfonated Acrylamide-Based Tetrapolymer As A Rheology Modifier In Water-Based Drilling Fluid, Petroleum & Coal, ISSN 1337-7027, 57(2) 2015
  11. P. A. Owusu, DeHua  Liu, Nagre, R. D., Evaluation of Productivity Performance of Horizontal Wells, Petroleum & Coal 57(5) 291-294, 2015
  12. P. A. Owusu,  DeHua  Liu, Nagre, R. D. Prognostication of Water Flooding Performance In Communicating Layered Reservoir, International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering, ISSN 0974-5904, Volume 08, No. 05, October 2015, P.P.256-258
  13. P. A. Owusu, Nyantakyi, E.K. and Borkloe, J. K., Strength Evaluation of Phyllite Aggregates As Concrete Material, Int. J. Eng. Sc. & Mgmt. | Vol. V | Issue I | Jan-Jun 2015
  14. P. A. Owusu, Nyantakyi, E.K. and Borkloe, J. K., Effects of Land Use Change on Hydrologic Models: A Case Study of Urban Basin Accra, Int. J. Eng. Sc. & Mgmt. | Vol. V | Issue I | Jan-Jun 2015