Country of Residence
Discipline(s)
Institution
Texas A&M University
Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering
United States
Research Interests
Sustainable energy, energy access, energy storage, emission reduction, hydrogen
Topics to speak on:
Hydrogen, Emission Reduction, Renewable Energy
Biography
Dr. Rita Esuru Okoroafor is an Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University, specializing in the application of oil and gas skills and techniques to address challenges associated with low-carbon energy technologies. Dr. Okoroafor earned her Ph.D. in Energy Resources Engineering from Stanford University, where she also had her postdoctoral training. Prior to pursuing her doctorate, she was a Principal Reservoir Engineer at SLB, an organization she worked with for 13 years. She contributed her expertise to various product lines and locations during her tenure.
Her current research encompasses geothermal reservoir engineering, carbon dioxide storage and utilization, and geologic storage and generation of hydrogen. She was a Society of Petroleum Engineers 2023-2024 Distinguished Lecturer, during which she lectured in 12 countries and 16 sections on “How Oil and Gas Competencies are Shaping Low-Carbon Energy Technologies”.
She is an author of two fiction novels.