Email: jeogala@delsu.edu.ng
- Area of Specialization: Petroleum Geology & Sedimentology
- Department of Geology
- Dr. Jude Etunimonuwa Ogala, is currently an Associate Professor of Petroleum Geology and Sedimentology in the Department of Geology and Acting Director, Research and Innovation Centre at the Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria. He received his PhD in 2012 from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He has been an academic staff member at Delta State University since 2002. He served as Acting Head of the Department of Geology, Delta State University (2016-2018), Member of Council and Membership Secretary of the Geological Society of Africa (GSAf) between 2009 and 2016. He is a recipient of the European Union Erasmus+ & International Staff Mobility Grant between 2016 and 2020. He has published over 38 papers in peer reviewed journals and his papers received more than 450 citations in the SCI systems.
My Publications- Jude Etunimonuwa Ogala, Stavros Kalaitzidis, Apollon-Marios Rizos, Kimon Christanis, Omoleomo Olutoyin Omo-Irabor, Edwin Ozor Adaikpoh, Omabehere Innocent Ejeh, (2020) Petrographic and mineralogical study of extended outcrops of lignite layers in Agbor area, southern Nigeria. , Journal of African Earth Sciences/Elsevier
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2019.103659 Vol.164 Pages: 1-14
- Jude Etunimonuwa Ogala, (2020) Concentrations of radionuclides, major, trace and rare earth elements of surface water samples in Okhuokhuo area, southern Nigeria. , FUW Trends in Science and Technology Journal/Published by Federal University of Wukari, Nigeria
http://www.ftstjournal.com/ Vol.5(1) Pages: 37-42
- Omo-Irabor Omoleomo O, Omo-Irabor Imuetiyan E, Ogala Jude E., Umudianughe Juliet E. (2020) Multicriteria decision tool for prioritizing gas monetization projects in Nigeria, International Research Journal of Innovations in Engineering and Technology
Vol.4 Pages: 20-24
- Jude Etunimonuwa Ogala, Stavros Kalaitzidis, Kimon Christanis, Omoleomo Olutoyin Omo-Irabor, Adewale Akinmosin, Caleb Ugbede Yusuf, Nikos Pasadakis, Miltiadis Constantinopoulos, Helen Papaefthymiou, (2019) Geochemical and organic petrological study of bituminous sediments from Dahomey Basin, SW Nigeria., Marine and Petroleum Geology/Elsevier
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/marine-and-petroleum-geology Vol.99 Pages: 577-595
- Egbai, J.C., Oseji, J.O., Ogala, J.E., and Emmanuel, E.D., (2019) Resistivity method applied to aquifer protection study in Agbor-Obi and Environs, Delta State, Nigeria., International Journal of Applied Engineering Research/Published by Research India Publication
https://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=21100217234&tip=sid Vol.14(2) Pages: 373-383
- D. Nifora, E. Gianni, J.E. Ogala, D. Papoulis, S. Kalaitzidis, K. Christanis, V. Angelatou, E.M. Panagiotara, (2019) Characterization of Nigeria Kaolin as Raw Material for the Ceramic Industry, Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece, Special Publication/Published by the Geological Society of Greece
https://www.gsg2019.gr/ Vol.7 Pages: 355-356
- Jude Etunimonuwa Ogala, (2019) Pyrolysis-gas chromatography of kerogen in coals and source rocks from the Upper Cretaceous Mamu Formation, Southeastern Nigeria., Petroleum and Coal/Published by VURUP, Slovakia
https://www.vurup.sk/petroleum-coal-journal/ Vol.61(5) Pages: 1120-1136
- Jude Etunimonuwa Ogala, (2018) Geochemistry of chemical elements in ashing products of bituminous sediment samples from Turonian-Maastrichtian Afowo Formation, Dahomey Basin, South-western Nigeria., FUW Trends in Science and Technology Journal/Published by Federal University of Wukari, Nigeria
http://www.ftstjournal.com/Digital%20Library/currentissue.php Vol.3(1) Pages: 239-245
- C.M.A. Iwegbue, O.V. Beecroft, J.E. Ogala, F.E. Egobueze, and B.S. Martincigh, (2018) Concentrations and ecological risks of metals in surface sediments of some coastal creeks in the Niger Delta, Nigeria, African Journal of Aquatic Science/Taylor and Francis
https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/taas20 Vol.43(3) Pages: 241-253
- Jude Etunimonuwa Ogala (2018) Geochemistry of coal and coal bearing strata from the Upper Cretaceous Mamu Formation, southeastern Nigeria: Implications for paleoredox history., FUW Trends in Science and Technology Journal/Published by Federal University of Wukari, Nigeria
http://www.ftstjournal.com/ Vol.3(2B) Pages: 787-796
- C.M.A. Iwegbue, E. Aganbi, G. Obi, S. A. Osakwe, P.M. Eguvbe, J.E. Ogala, and B.S. Martincigh (2016) Aliphatic hydrocarbons profile in sediments of Forcados River, Niger Delta, Nigeria. , Environmental Forensics/Taylor and Francis
https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/uenf20 Vol.17(2) Pages: 144-155
- O. Odedede, J.E. Ogala, F.C. Ugbe (2016) Palynological zonations and sequence stratigraphic analysis of sediments in Benin West-1, Anambra Basin, Nigeria. , Journal of Scientific Research/Published by Faculty of Science, University of Rajshahi, Bangladash.
https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/JSR/issue/view/1536 Vol.8(2) Pages: 171-179
- Chukwujindu M.A. Iwegbue, Grace Obi, Eferirhe Aganbi, Jude E. Ogala, Omoleomo O. Omo-Irabor and Bice S. Martincigh Published by (2016) Concentrations and Health Risk Assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in soils of an Urban Environment in Niger Delta, Nigeria, Toxicology and Environmental Health Sciences/Published by Springer/The Korean Society of Environmental Risk Assessment and Health Science
https://www.springer.com/journal/13530 Vol.8(2) Pages: 221-233
- P.M. Eguvbe, C.M.A. Iwegbue, S. Egboh, J.E. Ogala, G.E. Nwajei, (2015) Sources apportionment and identification of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sediment cores of selected Creeks in Delta State, Nigeria., Environmental Forensics/Taylor and Francis
https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/uenf20 Vol.16(1) Pages: 51-75
- P.M. Eguvbe, C.M.A. Iwegbue, S. Egboh, J.E. Ogala, (2015) Aliphatic hydrocarbons distribution in sediment cores of selected Creeks in Delta State, Nigeria., Environmental Forensics/Taylor and Francis
https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/uenf20 Vol.16(3) Pages: 275-295
- Ogala, J.E., Olobaniyi, S.B., Omo-Irabor, O.O., and Adaikpoh, E.O., (2015) Petrographic and geochemical study of the Maastrichtian Ajali Sandstone, North Central Nigeria., Geological Quarterly/Published by Polish Geological Institute, Poland
https://gq.pgi.gov.pl/index Vol.59(1) Pages: 79-90
- B.O. Peretiemo-Clarke, J.E. Ogala, F.E. Okiemien, O.O. Omo-Irabor, G. Siavalas and K. Christanis (2015) Mineralogy and geochemistry of clay sequences from parts of the Cenozoic Niger Delta Basin, Southern Nigeria: implications for chemical weathering and palaeoclimate, Journal of Mining and Geology/Published by the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society
http://www.nmgsjournal.org/jmg/index.php/jmg Vol.51(1) Pages: 1-22
- P.M. Eguvbe, C.M.A. Iwegbue, J.E. Ogala, G.E. Nwajei and S. Egboh (2014) Distribution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Sediment Cores of Selected Creeks in Delta State, Nigeria., Environmental Forensics/Taylor and Francis
https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/uenf20 Vol.15(2) Pages: 121-133
- J.E. Ogala, and I.M. Akaegbobi, (2014) Using aromatic biological markers as a tool for assessing thermal maturity of source rocks in the Campano-Maastrichtian Mamu Formation, southeastern Nigeria., Earth Sciences Research Journal
https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/esrj Vol.18(1) Pages: 51-62
- Omo-Irabor, O.O. and Ogala, J.E., (2014) Statistical evaluation of hydrogeochemical and bacteriological characteristics of surface and groundwater within parts of Ogwashi-Asaba Formation, southern Nigeria, Water Resources Journal/Published by the Nigerian Association of Hydrogeologists
http://nah-nigeria.org/#/journals/all Vol.24(1/2) Pages: 1-19
- J. Ogala, G. Siavalas, and K. Christanis (2012) Coal petrography, mineralogy and geochemistry of lignite samples from the Ogwashi-Asaba Formation, Nigeria. , Journal of African Earth Sciences/Elsevier
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-african-earth-sciences Vol.66-67 Pages: 35-45
- J.E. Ogala, (2012) The geochemistry of lignite from the Neogene Ogwashi-Asaba Formation, Niger Delta Basin, Southern Nigeria., Earth Sciences Research Journal
https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/esrj Vol.16(2) Pages: 69-82
- Ogala, J.E., (2011) Source rock potential and thermal maturity of the Tertiary Lignite Series in the Ogwashi-Asaba Formation, Southern Nigeria. , Asian Journal of Earth Sciences
https://scialert.net/current.php?issn=1819-1886 Vol.4(3) Pages: 157-170
- J.E. Ogala. 53(1): 35-44. (2011) Hydrocarbon potential of the upper Cretaceous coal and shale units in the Anambra Basin, Southeastern Nigeria. , Petroleum and Coal
https://www.vurup.sk/petroleum-coal-journal/ Vol.53(1) Pages: 35-44
- J.E. Ogala and C.M.A. Iwegbue, (2011) Occurrence and profile of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in coals and shales from Eastern Nigeria. , Petroleum and Coal
https://www.vurup.sk/petroleum-coal-journal/ Vol.53(3) Pages: 188-193
- Akaegbobi, I.M., Ogungbesan, G.O., and Ogala, J.E., (2011) Carbonate microfacies and major element content of the Paleocene-Eocene sections exposed at the Sagamu quarry, Eastern Dahomey Basin, Nigeria., Global Journal of Geological Sciences,
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/gjgs Vol.9(2) Pages: 241-251
- Ogala, J.E., Finkelman, R.B., Akaegbobi, I.M., and Henry, F., (2010b) Evaluation of the trace element content of some Nigerian coal samples, Journal of Mining and Geology/Published by the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society
http://www.nmgsjournal.org/jmg/index.php/jmg Vol.46(2) Pages: 151-161
- Ogala, J.E., O.O Omo-Irabor., R.B. Finkelman, Akaegbobi, I.M., (2010a) Major oxides and trace element distributions in coal and coaly shale seams in the Enugu escarpment of south-eastern Nigeria., Global Journal of Geological Sciences
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/gjgs Vol.8(2) Pages: 175-186
- Ogala, J.E., (2010) Palynology and biostratigraphy of the Maastrichtian coal measures in the Anambra Basin, Southeastern Nigeria. , Global Journal of Geological Sciences
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/gjgs Vol.8(2) Pages: 117-141
- Iwegbue, C.M.A., Nwajei, G.E., Ogala, J.E., and Overah, C.L., (2010) Determination of trace metal concentration in soil profiles of municipal waste dumps in Nigeria, Environmental Geochemistry and Health/Springer
https://www.springer.com/journal/10653 Vol.32 Pages: 415-430
- A.O. Ola-Buraimo, J.E. Ogala and O.F. Adebayo, (2010) Well-log sequence stratigraphy and paleobathymetry of well-x, offshore western Niger Delta, Nigeria, World Applied Sciences Journal
https://www.idosi.org/wasj/wasj.htm Vol.10(3) Pages: 330-336
- J.E. Ogala, E.O. Adaikpoh, O.O. Omo-Irabor and R.U. Onotu, (2010) Granulometric analysis and pebble morphometric studies as indicators of depositional environments of the sandstone facies around Okanyan and environs in the Benin Formation, southwestern Nigeria., World Applied Sciences Journal
https://www.idosi.org/wasj/wasj.htm Vol.11(3) Pages: 245-255
- Ogala, J.E., Akaegbobi, I.M., Omo-Irabor, O.O., and Finkelman, R.B., (2009) Statistical analysis of geochemical distribution of major and trace elements of the Maastrichtian coal measures in the Anambra Basin, Nigeria. , Petroleum and Coal
https://www.vurup.sk/petroleum-coal-journal/ Vol.51(4) Pages: 260-269
- Iwegbue, C.M.A., Nwajei, G.E., Eguavoen, O. and Ogala, J.E., (2009) Chemical fractionation of some heavy metals in soil profiles in vicinity of scrap dumps in Warri, Nigeria., Chemical Speciation and Bioavailability/Taylor and Francis
https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tcsb20/current Vol.21(2) Pages: 99-110
- Ogala, J.E., Ola-Buraimo, A.O. and Akaegbobi, I.M., (2009) Palynological and palaeoenvironmental study of the Middle-Upper Maastrichtian coal facies in Anambra Basin, Nigeria. , World Applied Sciences Journal
https://www.idosi.org/wasj/wasj.htm Vol.7(12) Pages: 1566-1575
- Ogala, J.E., Adaikpoh, E.O., and Agbo, J.U., (2007) Sandy aquifers' geometry of the Pleistocene Chad Formation of Borno Basin, Northeastern Nigeria, Nigerian Journal of Science and Environment/Publication of Faculties of Science and Agriculture, Delta State University
Vol.6 Pages: 99-106
- Ogala J.E., Akaegbobi, I.M., and Adaikpoh, E.O., (2005) Sedimentologic characterization of the Maastrichtian Fluvio-Marine Sandstone Facies of the Anambra Basin., African Scientist
Vol.6(1) Pages: 17-28
- Adaikpoh, E.O., Nwajei, G.E. and Ogala, J.E. (2005) Heavy metals concentrations in coal and sediments from River Ekulu in Enugu, Coal City of Nigeria., Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management/
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jasem Vol.9(2) Pages: 5-8
- Olobaniyi, S.B., Ogala, J.E., and Nfor, B.N. ( 2007) Hydrogeochemical and bacterialogical assessment of groundwater in Agbor Area, Southern Nigeria., Journal of Mining and Geology/Published by the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society
http://www.nmgsjournal.org/jmg/index.php/jmg Vol.43(1) Pages: 79-89
- Nfor, B.N., Olobaniyi, S.B., and Ogala, J.E., ( 2007) The extent and distribution of groundwater resources in parts of Anambra State, Southeastern Nigeria. , Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jasem Vol.1(2) Pages: 215-221
