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Prof. Haladu Hamza

Area of specialization:Petroleum Geology
Email:halidu.hamza@udusok.edu.ng
Phone:+2348089519447

List of Selected Publications

i. N. G. OBAJE and H. HAMZA (2000): Liquid hydrocarbon source rock potential of mid-Cretaceous Coals and Coals Measures in the Middle Benue Trough of Nigeria. International Journal of Earth Science, 89, P. 130-139.
ii. HAMZA, H. (2001): Cretaceous Ostracode biostratigraphy from Bornu Basin, Northeastern Nigeria. Science Forum: Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences, 4 (2), P. 175-189.
iii. H. HAMZA, N. G. OBAJE and E. O. OBIOSIO (2002): Foraminiferal assemblage and palaeoenvironment of the Fika Shale, Bornu Basin Northeastern Nigeria. Journal of Mining and Geology, 38 (1), P. 49-55.
iv. OBIOSIO, E. O. and HAMZA, H. (2002): Ostracode bisotratigraphy and palaeoecology of the Kalambaina Formation, Sokoto Basin. Science Forum: Journal of Pure and Applied Science. 5 (1), P. 42-50.
v. N. G. OBAJE, H. WEHNER, H. HAMZA and G. SCHEEDER (2004): New geochemical data from the Nigerian Sector of the Chad Basin: Implications on hydrocarbon prospectivity. Journal of African Earth Sciences 38 (5), P.477-487.
vi. HAMIDU, I., HAMZA, H. and KWAYA, M. Y. (2006): Palaeoenvironment of the Fika Shale Member, exposed in Dabala area. Bornu Journal of Geology, 4 (1), P. 45 – 55.
vii. H. HAMZA and I. HAMIDU (2011): Cretaceous to Quaternary Stratigraphy of the Bornu Basin, Northeastern Nigeria. Bornu Journal of Geology, 8 (1), P. 67 – 83.
viii. N. G. OBAJE, M. K. MUSA, A. N. ODOMA and H. HAMZA (2011): The Bida Basin in North-Central Nigeria: Sedimentology and Petroleum Geology. Journal of Petroleum and Gas Exploration Research, 1 (1), P. 1 – 13.
ix. H. HAMZA and I. HAMIDU (2011): Hydrocarbon Resource Potential of the Bornu Basin Northeastern Nigeria. Global Journal of Geological Sciences. Vol. 10, No. 1, P. 71 – 84. H. HAMZA, I. HAMIDU, and N. G. OBAJE (2012): Planktonic Foraminiferal Assemblages and Palaeoenvironmental Reconstructions of the Fika Shale from the Bornu Basin, Northeastern Nigeria. Research Journal of Sciences, 17, P. 40-68. HAMZA, N. G. OBAJE and A. MOUMOUNI (2012): Benthonic Foraminiferal Assemblages from the Bornu Basin, Northeastern Nigeria. Journal of Mining and Geology, 48 (2), P. 91-115.
x. A. S. AHMED, N. SALAHUDEEN, C. S. AJINOMOH, H. HAMZA and A. OHIKERE (2012): Studies on the Mineral and Chemical Characteristics of Pindiga Bentonite Clay, Petroleum Technology Development Journal Vol. 2 No. 1, P. 55 – 62.
J. AYOK, P. M. ZABORSKI and H. HAMZA (2013): A sequence stratigraphic interpretation of the Late Cretaceous Kanawa and Gulani Formations in the eastern Gongola Basin of the Benue Trough, North-East Nigeria. Africa Geoscience Review, 20 (1), 1-12.
HAMIDU IBRAHIM and HALIDU HAMZA (2013): Nature of the Campano-Maastrichtian Sub-Basins in the Gongola Basin, Nigeria. Nigeria Journal of Basic and Applied Science, 21 (3), P. 165-176.
HAMIDU, I., ZABORSKI, P. M. and HAMZA, H. (2013): Sequence stratigraphic interpretation of the Campano-Maastrichtian succession in the Cretaceous Gongola Basin of north-east Nigeria. Journal of Mining and Geology, 49 (2), P. 129-143.
HAMIDU, I., ZABORSKI, P. M. and HAMZA. H. (2013): A review of the Campanian to Maastrichtian lithostratigraphic succession in the Cretaceous Gongola Basin of North-East Nigeria. Journal of Mining and Geology, 49 (2), P. 145-160.
xi. J. AYOK., P. M. ZABORSKI, H. HAMZA and U. A. DANBATTA (2014): The Gulani Formation (Turonian) in the eastern Gongola Basin, north-east Nigeria: a re-evaluation of the lithostratigraphic status. Journal of Mining and Geology, 50 (1), P. 41-51.
xii. HAMIDU, I., HAMZA H. and YOLA, A. L. (2014): Clay Mineralogy and Palaeoclimate of Campanian to Early Maastrichtian succession from Northwest Gongola Basin Northeast Nigeria. Techno Science Africana Journal. 9 (1), P. 80-92.
xiii. SUNNY INICHINBIA, PETER O. SULE, AMINU, L. AHMED, HALIDU HAMZA and LUCKY M. OMUDU (2014): Fluid and Lithology Discrimination of Amangi Hydrocarbon Field of the Niger Delta using Lambda-Mu-Rho Technique. IOSR Journal of Applied Geology and Geophysics. Vol. 2 Issue 2 (Version II). P. 1 – 7.
xiv. SUNNY INICHINBIA, PETER O. SULE, AMINU, L. AHMED and HALIDU HAMZA (2014): AVO Inversion and Lateral Prediction of Reservoir Properties of Amangi Hydrocarbon Field of the Niger Delta Area of Nigeria. IOSR Journal of Applied Geology and Geophysics. Vol. 2, Issue 2 (Version II). P. 8 – 17.
xv. SUNNY INICHINBIA, PETER O. SULE, HALIDU HAMZA and AMINU, L. AHMED (2014): Estimation of net-to-gross of Amangi hydrocarbon Field using Well Log and 3D Seismic Data. IOSR Journal of Applied Geology and Geophysics. Vol. 2 Issue 2 (Version II). P. 18 – 26.
xvi. U. A. SULEIMAN, H. HAMZA, P. M. ZABORSKI and I HAMIDU (2015): Cretaceous Sequence Stratigraphy at the Ashaka Cement Quarry in the Gongola Basin of Northeastern Nigeria. Development Journal of Science and Technology Research (DJOSTER), 4 (2), P. 1-11.
xvii. S. ABDULKAREEM, H. HAMZA, T. NAJIME and I. HAMIDU (2015): Foraminifera and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Kanawa Member at Ashaka Cement Quarry, Northeastern Nigeria. Development Journal of Science and Technology Research (DJOSTER), 4 (2), P. 28-45.
xviii. N. G. OBAJE, H. HAMZA, N. G. GOKI, A. K. AWEDA, U. M. UMAR, T. M. OZOJI, T. B. GBATSE and. Y. ANZAKU (2015): Petrochemistry and Experimental Defusinization Studies of some Nigerian Coal Deposits as Raw Materials for the Production of Smokeless Fuel: Preliminary Results. Development Journal of Science and Technology Research (DJOSTER), 4 (2), P. 95-104.
xix. ALI MOUMOUNI, HALIDU HAMZA, MIJINYAWA ABUBAKAR (2016): Statigraphic review of the Cretaceous-Tertiary deposit of the Iullemmeden Basin in Niger and Nigeria. Asian Journal of Applied sciences (ISSN: 2321-089) Volume 04-Issue 02 P. 540-547
xx. OBIOSIO, E. O, HAMZA, H. AJAH C, and NWAEJIJE, E. C. (2017). Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy and Palaeoenvironment of Delta - 32H Well, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Bima Journal of Science and Technology Vol. 1 No. 1. P. 140 – 147.
xxi. Y. B. MOHAMMED, H. HAMZA and B. SHETIMA (2018): Geochemical Assessment of Mudstone Member of the Gombe (Sandstone) Formation, Gombe and Environs, Gongola Basin. IOSR Journal of Applied Geology and Geophysics Vol. 6, Issue No. 3 (Version II). P. 21 – 26.
xxii. N. G. OBAJE, A. K. AWEDA, H. HAMZA, N. G. GOKI, A. N. AMADI, U. M. UMAR, I. SHUAIBU and A. MOUMOUNI (2018): Application of Rock Eval and Coal Petrographical Data in the Evaluation of Some Nigerian Coal Deposits as Raw Materials for the Production of Smokeless Fuel. Development Journal of Science and Technology Research (DJOSTER), Vol. 7. No. 1 P. 77 – 93
xxiii. MOHAMMED, Y. B., HAMZA, H. and DANBATTA, U. A. (2018). Trace Element Geochemistry of Upper Cretaceous Sediment in Bornu Basin at its Boundary with Gongola Basin, NE Nigeria: Implication for Petroleum Source Rock Evaluation. Research Journal of Science Vol. 19, No. 1. P. 9 – 24.
xxiv. IBRAHIM, H, HAMZA, H, ADAMU, I H., and MOHAMMED, H. G. (2023): Tectonostratigraphy of the Nigerian Sector of Iullemmeden Basin (Sokoto Basin), Northwestern Nigeria. International Journal of Geoscience and Remote Sensing. Vol. 2, Issue No. 1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.36266/IJGRS/107
xxv. HAMIDU IBRAHIM, UMAR ZAKI FARUQ, IBRAHIM HABIB ADAMU, HALIDU HAMZA and HARUNA GREMA MOHAMMED (2024): High-Resolution Sequence Stratigraphy of the Maastrichtian-Palaeocene Succession in the Sokoto Basin. Arabian Journal of Geosciences HTTBS://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-023-11829-9.
List of conferences/workshops/seminar Papers
i. H. HAMZA (1988): Undergroundwater resource evaluation; Its prospect in the present Nigeria. B.Sc. Seminar, Geology Department, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
ii. H. HAMZA (1992): Petroleum Source and Reservoir Rocks properties: “The Niger Delta example”. M.Sc. Seminar, Geology Department, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
iii. OBAJE, N. G., OBIOSIO, E. O. and HAMZA, H. (1996): Hydrocarbon source rock potential of the mid-Cretaceous Awgu Formation in the central portion of the Nigerian Benue Trough. NAPE 14th Annual International Conference Abstract Book, NAPE’ 96 Lagos.
iv. HAMZA, H., OBAJE, N. G. and OKOSUN, E. A. (1997): Ostracode and Foraminiferal biostratigraphy of parts of the Bornu Basin and the implications on the petroleum potential. NMGS 33rd Annual International Conference Abstract Book, Jos ’97, P. 34.
v. H. HAMZA, N. G. OBAJE and E. A. OKOSUN (1998): Cretaceous Ostracode Fauna from Bornu Basin. NMGS 34th Annual International Conference Abstract Book, Ife ’98, P. 24.
vi. HAMZA, H., OBAJE, N. G. and OKOSUN, E. A. (1998): Foraminiferal biostratigraphy and palaeoecology from Bornu Basin. NAPE 16th Annual International Conference Abstract Book, NAPE ’98 Lagos, P. 35.
vii. OBAJE, N. G., WEHNER, H., HAMZA, H. and SCHEEDER, G. (2004): New geochemical data from the Nigerian Sector of the Chad Basin: Implications on hydrocarbon prospectivity. NMGS 40th Annual International Conference Abstract Book, Maiduguri 2004, P. 20.
viii. H. HAMZA (2005): Review of the Stratigraphy of Bornu Basin, NE Nigeria. Ph.D Seminar, Geology Department, A.B.U., Zaria.
ix. H. HAMZA (2007): Stratigraphy, Microfossils, Palaeoenvironment and Petroleum Potential of Cretaceous to Quaternary Sediments in the Bornu Basin, NE Nigeria. Ph.D Seminar, Geology Department, A.B.U., Zaria.69P.
x. H. HAMZA and I. GARBA (2009): Exploration potential, challenges of exploration and utilization of hydrocarbon in the Sokoto Basin. Workshop organized by PTDF Chair in petroleum Chemistry, Department, of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Usman Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, 30th April, 2009.
xi. H. HAMZA (2011): Benthonic foraminiferal assemblages from Bornu Basin, northeastern Nigeria. NMGS 47th Annual International Conference Abstract Book, Minna 2011, P. 25.
xii. H. HAMZA (2011): Planktonic foraminiferal assemblages from Bornu Basin, northeastern Nigeria. NMGS 47th Annual International Conference Abstract Book, Minna 2011, P. 25.
xiii. N. G. OBAJE, M. K. MUSA, A. N. ODOMA and H. HAMZA (2011): The Bida Basin in North-Central Nigeria: Sedimentology and Petroleum Geology. NMGS 47th Annual International Conference Abstract Book, Minna 2011, P. 28.
xiv. P. M. ZABORSKI and H. HAMZA (2012): Bornu Basin: Geology and Petroleum Potentials, paper presented at the Two-day summit on the Nigerian Frontier Inland Basins with the theme: Defining oil and gas resource base with enabling policies, fiscal guidelines and technological advancement. Organized by the Energy Commission of Nigeria and the National Centre for Petroleum Research and Development, ATBU, Bauchi.
xv. OBAJE, N. G., WUYEP, E. O., JATAU, S. B., HAMZA, H., GOKI, N. G., AWEDA, A. K., UMAR, U. M. and OZOJI, T. M. (2014): Mining Nigerian Coal Resources for Electricity Generation and Other Technological Applications, 14th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Society of Mining Engineers, held at the Abdulsalam Conference Centre, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria, 28-31 October 2014, Abstract book, P. 14.
xvi. S. ABDULKAREEM, H. HAMZA and T. NAJIME (2014): Sequence Stratigraphy of the Kanawa Member at Ashaka Cement Quarry, Northeastern Nigeria, NAPE 32nd Annual International Conference Abstract Book, NAPE 2014 Lagos, P. A9-A10.
xvii. HAMIDU, I. and HAMZA, H. (2015): Environmental Significance of Sedimentary Structures in the Campano-Maastrichtian Succession in the Gongola Basin NE Nigeria, NMGS 51st Annual Conference Abstract Book, EKO 2015, Lagos, P.65.
xviii. ABUBAKAR USMAN, HALIDU HAMZA, ENAM OBIOSIO and MUSA BAPPAH USMAN (2015): Late Oligocene to Early Middle Miocene Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy and Palaeoenvironment of well- 004, Niger Delta, NMGS 51st Annual Conference Abstract Book, EKO 2015, Lagos, P.11-12.
xix. N. G. OBAJE, H. HAMZA, N. G. GOKI, A. AMADI, A. K. AWEDU, U. M. UMAR and T. M. OZOJJI (2016): Coal Deposits in Nigeria: Recent Organic Geochemical Data Interpreted in the Line of their Energy Conversion Efficiencies. Paper Presented at the 26th Colloquium of African Geology, International Conference Centre, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. 23rd – 27th November, 2016.
xx. L. G. KASA, H. HAMZA, E. O. OBIOSIO and I. HAMIDU (2018): Biostratigraphy, Sequence Stratigraphy and Palaeoecology of Foraminifera in Malu-26 Well Offshore Western Niger Delta, Nigeria. 54th NMGS Annual International Conference an Exhibition, Kano 2018, Book of Abstract P. 61.
xxi. SARAH HABU, HALIDU HAMZA and IBRAHIM HAMIDU (2018): Stratigraphy of Kaltungo Inlier (Sheet 173) Northeastern Nigeria. 54th NMGS Annual International Conference an Exhibition, Kano 2018, Book of Abstract P. 68.
xxii. ABDULMALIK N. F, GARBA I., DANBATTA, U. A. and HAMZA H. (2018): Discrimination of Various Rock Types and Delineation of Structural Lineaments around Shanono Area using Multispectral Remote Sensing. 54th NMGS Annual International Conference an Exhibition, Kano 2018, Book of Abstract P. 112.
xxiii. ABDULMALIK N. F., GARBA I., DANBATTA, U. A. and HAMZA H. (2018): Aeromagnetic and Radiometric Analysis of the Kalangai Fault, Associated Structural Lineaments and Landforms in Shanono Area, NW Nigeria. 54th NMGS Annual International Conference an Exhibition, Kano 2018, Book of Abstract P. 113.