POSTGRADUATE APPLICATION Programme: MSc Petroleum Engineering Ref No: D00067392

REFEREE’S REPORT FORM CANDIDATES PLEASE NOTE 1 Please forward these forms to your referees for completion. 2 Your application will only be completely processed upon receipt of this report. REFEREES PLEASE FOLLOW NOTES 1 TO 3 CAREFULLY These testimonials carry a good deal of weight in the candidate’s application. Please comment as fully as possible on the candidate. You may wish to keep in mind the following points for inclusion:- 1 Your views on the candidate’s suitability for postgraduate training. 2 Information on how and to what extent the candidate has shown ability in terms of:-

a) Ability to grasp concepts and reason analytically. b) Motivation and perseverance in achieving objectives. c) Capacity for original thought.

3 An assessment of the candidate’s strengths and weaknesses. CANDIDATE’S NAME: ONYEKWE. SILAS. EBERECHUKWU LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION Candidate attended one of the best Universities in Nigeria, University of Lagos, a highly renowned university, where he studied engineering and graduated with a second class upper grade. This in my view makes him a suitable candidate for a post graduate programme. Although Eberechukwu Onyekwe's first language is not English, his ability to write, speak and comprehend the language is quite commendable. He could communicate in English quite fluently without flaw. This spoken English skill will be quite useful in pursuing postgraduate training in Scotland. Secondly, during the period that Eberechukwu Onyekwe has worked under me, he has been involved in oil and gas projects execution that has exposed him to gathering, collation and interpretation of petroleum data that is eventually used for performing process simulation models. This familiarity with analysis of data puts him a better position to carry out research work if considered for a post graduate training. He is exceptionally receptive to new concepts with little explanation and also has an inordinate desire to achieve results and solve problems is his strongest motivation to achieving set objectives. He also possesses an unwillingness to accept failure. These motivations sustain him even in the face of difficulties and help him to persevere till the end until he achieves desired results. Eberechukwu is quite innovative and comes up with new and alternative ways of solving problems. This attribute makes him original without resorting to copying other people's ideas hook line and sinker. For instance a case in study was when he was working under me as a junior process engineer on a chevron project and the need arose to generate a sizing algorithm for sizing an orifice place, something that never existed in the company at the time. Eberechukwu was able to surmount this challenge by initiating an excel spreadsheet from first principle for carrying out this calculation un-assisted. PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM TO:

LEASE RETURN THIS FORM TO: Ms Anne Mathers, Institute of Petroleum Engineering Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton Campus, EDINBURGH. EH14 4AS United Kingdom. Fax: + 44 (0) 131 451 3127

POSTGRADUATE APPLICATION Programme: MSc Petroleum Engineering Ref No: D00067392

REFEREE’S REPORT FORM CANDIDATES PLEASE NOTE 1 Please forward these forms to your referees for completion. 2 Your application will only be completely processed upon receipt of this report. REFEREES PLEASE FOLLOW NOTES 1 TO 3 CAREFULLY These testimonials carry a good deal of weight in the candidate’s application. Please comment as fully as possible on the candidate. You may wish to keep in mind the following points for inclusion:- 1 Your views on the candidate’s suitability for postgraduate training. 2 Information on how and to what extent the candidate has shown ability in terms of:-

a) Ability to grasp concepts and reason analytically. b) Motivation and perseverance in achieving objectives. c) Capacity for original thought.

3 An assessment of the candidate’s strengths and weaknesses. STRENGTHS 1. Very Organized 2. Employs analytical problem solving approach 3. Energetic and a "never-give-up" spirit 4. Works very well under pressure with minimal mistakes 5. Not Gullible 6. Takes initiative WEAKNESSES 1. Avoids accepting lead position in a team but can be extremely contributive in the team, over and above the team lead. 2. Can be too theoretical sometimes Signed: ……………...................... Company: SEPLAT PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LTD Name: OGBUIYI ONYEBUCHI Address: 25A LUGARD AVENUE IKOYI LAGOS Position: PROCESS/OPTIMIZATION ENGINEER Date: 07-12-2012 PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM TO: Ms Anne Mathers, Institute of Petroleum EngineeringHeriot-Watt University, Riccarton Campus, EDINBURGH. EH14 4AS United Kingdom. Fax: + 44 (0) 131 451 3127