AWARDS

2007: USA Chapter of NSChE “Outstanding Achievement Award for Sustained Contributions to Chemical Engineering”, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.

2003: Saudi Aramco “Certificate of Recognition for Contribution to the Building of a Research Paradigm Team”, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

2001: Saudi Aramco “Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Achievements in Engineering & Operations Services”, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

1996: SABIC Prize for “New Concepts & the Best Idea of Using Plastic Materials in New Applications”, Riyahd, Saudi Arabia,

1989: Honorable Minister of Science and Technology Merit Award for Excellence in the Field of Engineering and Technology, Lagos, Nigeria.

1986: Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) Senior Traveling Fellowship for a three-month technology-transfer working visit to 6 universities in four commonwealth countries, namely: UK, Australia, Canada and India

1969: Clarence Lottes Memorial Prize as the Most Promising Young Chemical Engineering Graduate, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A.

PUBLICATIONS

6 Books; 12 Book Chapters; 20 Conference papers; 37 Journal Articles

(1) https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_V21nasAAAAJ&hl=en

(2) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Olagoke_Olabisi

Selected Recent Publications:

Ranking Asset Integrity of Oilfield-Water Systems: Production Lifecycle, Olagoke Olabisi, A. Jarragh, and A. Mathew, Materials Performance, Vol. 59, No. 2, February 2020 

Ranking Pipeline Leakage Susceptibility, O. Olabisi, S. Al-Sulaiman, A. Jarragh, S. Abraham, Materials Performance, Vol. 57, No. 6, June 2018

Ranking Asset Integrity Risk of Oilfield Water Handling Systems, O. Olabisi, A. R. Al-Shamari, S. Al-Sulaiman, A. Jarragh, A. Mathew, Materials Performance, Vol. 56, No.12, December 2017

Black Powder in Export Gas Lines, O. Olabisi, S. Al-Sulaiman, A. Jarragh, Y. Khraibut, A. Mathew, Material Performance, Vol. 56, No. 4, April 2017

Handbook of Thermoplastics, Second Edition, O. Olabisi & K. Adewale (Ed.) CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, Florida, U. S. A. ISBN: 13: 978-1-4665-7722-0, 2016

Ribosomal RNA Characterization of Bacteria: Linkage with Field Data Based on Culture Media, O. Olabisi, S. Al-Sulaiman, A. Jarragh, Adel Al-Mutairi, NACE Corrosion2015, March 15-19, 2015

The Role of Bacteria Population Density in Wet and Dry Crude Asset Integrity, O. Olabisi, A. Al-Shamari, S. Al-Sulaiman, A. Jarragh, A. Mathew, NACE Corrosion2015, March 15-19, 2015

Identifying Key Performance Indicators in Oilfield Water Handling Systems, O. Olabisi, A. Jarragh, Y. Khraibut, A. Mathew, NACE Corrosion2014, March 9-13 2014

Developing a Metric for MIC in Oilfield Water Handling Systems, O. Olabisi, A. Al-Shamari, A. Al-Mithin, A. Mathew, NACE Corrosion2013, March 17-21 2013

Corrosion Rate as Key Performance Indicator (KPI) in the North Slope, Olagoke Olabisi, Materials Performance, Vol. 52, No. 8, August 2013

Improvements to the External Corrosion Direct Assessment Process Part II, James Carroll, David Kroon, Dale Lindemuth, Marlane Miller, Olagoke Olabisi, and Larry Rankin, Materials Performance, Vol. 50, No. 4, April 2011

Improvements to the External Corrosion Direct Assessment Process Part I James Carroll, David Kroon, Dale Lindemuth, Marlane Miller, Olagoke Olabisi, and Larry Rankin, Materials Performance, Vol. 50, No. 3, March 2011

PHMSA-Sponsored Research: Improvements to ECDA Process, D. H. Kroon and O. Olabisi Proceedings of the 8th International Pipeline Conference; Sept 27 – Oct 1, 2010, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Four-Point Fatigue Testing of Pressurized Composite Pipe, D. P. Gerrard, R. J. Scavuzzo, T. S. Srivatsan, T. S. Miner, & O. Olabisi Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Transactions of ASME, Vol 131(3), June 2009

PATENTS

2001: US Patent No. 6,184,428: Catalyst and process for ethylene oligomerization

1982: Canada Patent No. 1,098,273: Structural Foam Products & Processes

1981: US Patent No. 4,255,368: Structural foam molding process

1981: US Patent No. 4,247,515: Process for molding of plastic structural web articles

1981: Canada Patent No. 1,098,273: Structural Web Products & Processes

1980: US Patent No. 4,244,642: Molded plastic structural web articles

1979: US Patent No. 4,136,220: Process for the molding of plastic structural web and the resulting articles

1978: Belgium Patent No. 855,664: Structural Web Products & Processes

1978: Spain Patent No. 459,748: Structural Web Products & Processes

SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES:

Materials selection:

Assist with vendor selection in:
Metallic Materials

Non-Metallic Materials
1) Thermoplastics Materials
2) Composite Materials
3) Elastomeric Materials

Internal corrosion

Microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC)
Chemical treatments

Corrosion & scale inhibitors
Vapor phase/Volatile corrosion inhibitors
Biocides

Corrosion monitoring
Risk assessment

Root cause and failure analyses (RCFA)
Pipeline corrosion integrity management
Risk assessment

Corrosion science
Accelerated corrosion mechanisms
Emerging corrosion technologies
Corrosion training

Ranking pipeline leakage susceptibility

Black powder in gas pipelines

CERTIFIED

2015: National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE): Certified Corrosion Specialist

2009: National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE): Certified Chemical Treatment Specialist.

 

CONSULTING CORROSION, MATERIALS, & CHEMICAL ENGINEER:

Dr. Olabisi is a NACE Certified Chemical Treatment Specialist and a NACE Certified Corrosion Specialist. He is experienced in: Materials selection; Internal corrosion; Microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC); Corrosion monitoring; Root cause and failure analyses (RCFA); Ranking pipeline leakage susceptibility; Black Powder in Export Gas Lines; Pipeline corrosion integrity management; Risk assessment; Corrosion inhibitors; Vapor phase/volatile corrosion inhibitors; Treatment chemicals; Biocides; Corrosion science; Accelerated corrosion mechanisms; Emerging corrosion technologies; and Corrosion training. He is also experienced in designing, implementing and managing internal corrosion control systems for new projects and modifications to existing corrosion control systems. He was the Lead Developer, NACE Pipeline Corrosion Integrity Management (PCIM) Course and he is an approved NACE Instructor.

He was the Director, Internal Corrosion Engineering, Corrpro Companies, Inc. (an Aegion Company); Consulting Engineering Specialist, Consulting Services Department, Saudi Aramco; Senior Engineer, Internal Corrosion Monitoring Services, Kuwait Oil Company; Senior Engineer & Group Leader, R&D Department, Union Carbide Corporation, Bound Brook, NJ; and Visiting Consultant, Metals & Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Knoxville, TN.

He was a Visiting Professor, Polymer Engineering, Department of Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio; Visiting Professor, Polytechnic Institute of New York, Brooklyn, NY (Now Polytechnic University of New York); Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Lagos; Managing Director, University of Lagos Consultancy Services (UNILAG Consult); and Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Lagos State University.

He is now the Chief Consultant, Infra-Tech Consulting, Sugar Land, Texas.

Education:

Engineering:

1973: Ph.D., Macromolecular Science and Engineering  – Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

1971: M.S., Chemical Engineering – University of California (Berkeley) , California

1969: B.S., Chemical Engineering – Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

Management:

1980: M.S., Management Engineering – New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey

1969: B.S., Industrial Management – Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana