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PROF. SUNDAY W. PETTERS
Ag VICE -CHANCELLOR
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BACKGROUND AND ACADEMIC CONTRIBUTIONS
Professor Sunday Petters was appointed Acting Vice-Chancellor of the Akwa Ibom State University of Technology (AKUTECH) on November 21, 2007. He holds the B.Sc, degree in Geology from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria; the M.Phil and Ph. D degrees from Rutgers – The State University of New Jersey, U.S.A. He was a post-doctoral fellow at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. and at the University of Delaware.
Previously, he worked in the Shell - BP Geological Laboratory, Lagos (1969 – 71); lectured at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, (1975 – 76); he was a senior lecturer and reader at the University of Ibadan, (1976 – 82), professor of geology at the University of Calabar (1982 – 2007); the Mobil / Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Professor of Petroleum Geology (1993 – 99); and Consultant in the NNPC Research and Development Division (1982 – 86). He also served as Sub-Dean (Post-Graduate), Faculty of Science, University of Ibadan (1982); Head, Geology Department, University of Calabar (1982 – 84, 86 – 89); Dean of Science, University of Calabar (1985 – 89); Dean of Graduate School, (1990 – 93); and Orator, University of Calabar (1987 – 2007).
Professor Petters is a fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science; Fellow, Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) based at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy; Fellow, Institute of Advanced Study (Berlin, Germany); and a fellow of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. He was an American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund Scholar, Rutgers University; New Jersey State Grant Awardee; and a beneficiary of the American Embassy (Lagos) Educational Travel Grant in Summer 1968, during which he travelled extensively in the United States, visiting the US Soil Conservation Service; Bureau of Land Reclamation; Bureau of Indian Affairs; U.S. Forest Service; U.S. Wildlife Service; and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Professor Petters was a John F. Kennedy Scholar at the University of Ibadan, after he won the first-place prize at the nation-wide essay contest organized in Nigeria by the American Embassy.
International scientific visiting fellowships awarded to him include, the senior staff fellowship of the British Council for summer 1984 at the University of Leeds, United Kingdom; the German Academic Exchange (DAAD) at the Technical University, Berlin, Germany (1987, 1995); Guest of Mobil International (now ExxonMobil), Dallas, U.S.A. (1989); visiting scientist, University of Tubingen, Germany 1998, 2000); Guest of Shell International Research Centre (E & P), Rijswik, Holland (2001), during which he visited the University of Utretch and the Technical University, Delft. He was invited by UNIDO to the Integrated Coastal Management and Conservation Extension Study Visit Programme at the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand ,in June 2008. For his outstanding geoscientific research, spanning three decades, Professor Petters has been awarded the following prizes by the petroleum industry in Nigeria:
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Among his honours and citations are entries / listings in:
| i | International Who’s Who in Education, 3rd Edition. | |
| ii | International Directory of Distinguished Leadership. | |
| iii | International Who’s Who of Intellectuals, 7th Edition. | |
| iv | International Register of Profiles, 10th Edition. | |
| v | Financial Times Who’s Who in the World Oil and Gas Industry, 10th Edition. | |
| vi | Who’s Who in the Nigerian Petroleum Industry. | |
| vii | Who’s Who in Nigeria. | |
| viii | Who’s Who in Akwa Ibom State. | |
| ix | Excellence in Academics awarded by the Entertainment and Broadcasting Network Ltd; Akwa Ibom State. | |
| x | Grand Fellow, Antiquity Association of Nigeria. | |
| xi | Institute of Advanced Study, Berlin, Fellows’ Yearbook 1989/90. | |
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Yearly listings in the Third World Academy of Sciences, Fellows’ Yearbooks (2002 till date).
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Membership of Professional Organization include:
| American Association of Petroleum Geologists. | ||
| Geological Society of America. | ||
| Geological Society of Africa. | ||
| Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society. | ||
| Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists. | ||
| Pioneer Publicity Secretary, Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society. | ||
| Second National Vice-President, Nigerian Association for Environmental Education. |
Professor Petters has served on the following public boards / committees as:
| i | Chairman, Task Force on Soils and Land-use Survey, Akwa Ibom State (1988 – 89). | |
| ii | Chairman, Ecological Commission, Akwa Ibom State (1993 – 94). | |
| iii | Chairman, Mineral Resources Committee, Akwa Ibom State (Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, Abuja) (2000 – 2001). | |
| iv | Member, Governing Council, The Polytechnic, Calabar (1984 – 89). | |
| v | Member, Board of Management, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (1985 – 89). | |
| vi | Member, Science Curriculum Review Panel, NUC (1986 – 89). | |
| vii | Member, Uyo Capital City Development Authority, Akwa Ibom State (1988 – 89) | |
| viii | Member, Economic Advisory Committee, Akwa Ibom State (1993). | |
| ix | Member, Advisory Board, Niger Delta Stratigraphic Committee, Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) (1995 to date). | |
| x | Member, President Obasanjo’s Presidential Policy Advisory Committee, (PPAC) (1999). | |
| xi | Member, Think-Tank on Natural Resources and Rural Development, Akwa Ibom State (1999). | |
| xii | Consultant, Federal Ministry of Environment, Abuja (2000 – 2002). | |
| xiii | Member, National Think-Tank on Mining & Geosciences, Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, Abuja (2001). | |
| xiv | Member, National Delegation, 17th World Petroleum Congress, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2002). | |
| xv | Member, Transition Committee, Office of Governor – Elect, Akwa Ibom State, May, 2007. | |
| xvi | Chairman, Sub-Committee (on Agriculture, Commerce and Industry, Transportation, Science and Technology, Energy, Oil & Gas, Environment, Solid Minerals, Tourism) of the Transition Committee of the Akpabio Administration, Akwa Ibom State (2007). |
Professor Petters has so far supervised 9 Ph. Ds and 25 M.Scs. He has participated in various International Geoscientific Projects listed below:
| i | UNESCO – International Geological Correlation Programme (IGCP), Project 145 on West African Biostratigraphy, 1977 – 81, based in UNESCO, Paris. | |
| ii | UNESCO – IGCP Project 381 on South Atlantic Correlations, based in Brazil. | |
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Member, Advisory Board, 13th African Micropaleontological Colloquium, Yaounde, Cameroon, 1998. |
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| iv | Project Leader, Proposed UNESCO-IGCP Project 438 on Gulf of Guinea Correlations (based in UNESCO – Paris), 1998 till date. | |
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International Commission for Earth Sciences in Africa, Book Project on the Geology of the African Plate, 2000. |
Research Projects completed by Prof. Petters in North America and Africa are:
1. NORTH AMERICA
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Petroleum Geology of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, New Jersey, USA, 1976 (see publications).
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Foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, New Jersey, USA, 1977. Several papers were published in international journals. |
2. AFRICA
Between 1979 and 1991, he conducted research on African Geology at various institutions (University of Leeds, UK; St. Andrews University, Scotland; British Museum of Natural History, London; University of Tubingen, Germany; Technical University, Berlin); and was in residence at the Institute of Advanced Study in Berlin, 1989/90, where he completed the book titled:
“Regional Geology of Africa”, published by the international publishing company, Springer-Veriag, Heidelberg, Germany in 1991. In scope this book
covers the geology and mineral resources of Africa: and is the first of such a comprehensive textbook on Africa.
3. PETROLEUM GEOLOGY OF NIGERIAN BASINS
Basin analysis and petroleum systems studies have been completed, leading to the following publications:
| 1 | Petters, S. W. and Ekweozor, C. M. (1982). Petroleum geology of Benue Trough and southeastern Chad Basin, Nigeria: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, V.66, pp. 1141 – 1149. | |
| 2 | Reijers, T. J. A. and Petters, S. W. (1987). Depositional environments and diagenesis of Albian carbonates on the Calabar Flank, SE Nigeria: Journal of Petroleum Geology, V.10, pp. 183 – 294. | |
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Obaje, N. G., Ulu, U. K. and Petters, S. W. (1999). Biostratigraphic and geochemical controls of hydrocarbon prospects in the Benue Trough and the Anambra Basin: Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists Bulletin, V.14, pp. 18 – 54. |
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| 4 | NIGERIAN SEDIMENTARY BASINS STRATIGRAPHY |
All Nigerian Basins (Sokoto, Chad, Benue Trough, Nupe Basin, Anambra Basin, Mamfe Embayment, Calabar Flank and Dahomey Basin) have been investigated and their ages and ancient environments and mineral deposits documented in many international journals (please see list of publications.
5. Ages and paleoenvironmental aspects of the petroleum geology of the Niger Delta have also been thoroughly documented in several major papers in international journals. Under the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) of the Ministry of Petroleum, Prof. Petters accomplished the most comprehensive documentation of planktonic Foraminifera using Niger Delta oil wells. This volume, yet to be published, was prepared for the STRATIGRAPHIC COMMITTEE OF THE NIGER DELTA (STRATCOM).
6. FORAMINIFERAL AND OSTRACOD TAXONOMY:
His research has also yielded the largest documentation of planktonic and benthonic Foraminifera in Nigeria, involving one new genus, 46 new species. Ostracods of Late Cretaceous - Paleocene age have also been documented jointly with Professor F. M. Swain (USA).
7. CARBONATE SEDIMENTOLOGY OF CALABAR FLANK:
Professor Petters conducted pioneering research and documentation of the first limestone caves and karsts described from coastal West Africa, culminating in landmark publications (see bibliography), which involved carbonate petrology; with a Ph.D. and M.Sc’s graduated on the Mfamosing Limestone, Cross River State. Collaboration was with Dr. Tom Reijers, formerly of Shell.
8. MINERAL EXPLORATION:
He has lead several exploration teams for solid mineral deposits in Nigeria, notably:
* Gypsum
* Salt
* Limestone
* Phosphates
* Economic Minerals in Oban-Obudu Basement Complex
9. AKWA IBOM STATE
Multi-disciplinary teams of researchers and scholars led by Prof. Petters conducted investigations involving mapping, socio-economic and ecological analyses and documentation of Akwa Ibom State, since the State was created in 1987. The following major publications have emanated on the State:
i) Petters, S. W. (edited), (1989). Akwa Ibom State: Physical Background, Soils, Land Use and Ecological Problems, Government of Akwa Ibom State, Uyo.
ii) Petters, S. W., Iwok, E. R. and Uya, O. E. (Edited), (1994), Akwa Ibom State: The Land of Promise, Gabumo Publishing Company, Lagos.
iii) Urban Map of Uyo Municipality on a scale of 1:2000. In 1988, Prof. Petters led a team of licensed surveyors; and produced the first large-scale contour map of Uyo Township, the first such map for any new state capital in Nigeria. The map was, until recently, a major tool for the planning of Uyo.
10. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN NIGERIA:
While serving as Dean of Graduate School, he, jointly with the Nigerian Conservation Foundation, introduced the first Diploma course on Environmental Education (EE), in Nigeria and West Africa. Initially based in the Institute of Education, University of Calabar, other faculties and departments in UNICAL expanded their environmental awareness and followed suit to mount environmental degree programmes.
Professor Petters also wrote the first 2 books that were used for the commencement of the EE diploma programme. They are:
i) Petters, S. W., 1993. Nigerian environmental education and management; University of Calabar Press, Calabar.
ii) Petters, S. W., Ekpoh, I. J. and Bisong, F. E. 1985. Environmental education; Nigerian Conservation Foundation / Macmillan, Lagos.
Furthermore, he facilitated the writing of 10 other environmental education books by lecturers in the Faculty of Education, University of Calabar, published in 1995 by NCF / Macmillan.
11. PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS:
Involvement in the analysis of Nigerian public policy began in 1999, when he served on President Obasanjo’s Think-Tank, termed the Presidential Policy Advisory Committee (PPAC). In 2004 – 2005 he was the general editor of a book on the Obasanjo Presidency, where he also wrote 9 chapters.
12. ESTABLISHMENT OF PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY IN NIGERIA
This was a cause successfully championed by Prof. Petters since 1999, leading to the establishment of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources in Delta State by the Federal Government.
13. ON-GOING RESEARCH BY PROF. PETTERS :
Marine Studies on Offshore, Akwa Ibom State
i) Sea-bed samples have already been collected from 9 oil platform sites, to monitor effects of prevailing physico-chemical conditions and nutrients levels on marine life (Foraminifera).
ii) A comprehensive documentation of the coastal and marine ecosystems of the continental shelf off Akwa Ibom State is being planned, involving:
· Mangrove ecology
· Marine environments
· Bathymetric mapping
· Marine geology
· Ocean circulation
· Marine biology (fisheries, invertebrates)
· Sea- bed sediment analysis
iii) Assessment of the Integrity of beach protection measures and coastal engineering works
iv) Visit to the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand June 2008, will greatly enhance his leadership of coastal research and development in Akwa Ibom State.
2. Surveys of Akwa Ibom Inland Waterways:
i) Site selection and investigations for NNPC Floating Filing Station
ii) Inland Waterways Development - Feasibility Studies
3. Solid Minerals Mapping of Akwa Ibom State
The proposal is with the Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources.
4. Gulf of Guinea Geological Correlations – A proposed UNESCO-IGCP West African Regional project.
5. Biostratigraphic analysis of samples from early Shell Oil Exploration Wells at Ikono, Ituk Mbang and Edik on Calabar Flank – scanning electron microscopy of a vast Foraminiferal collection is already completed.
14. EDITORIAL WORK
Professor Petters has served on the EDITORIAL BOARDS of several international and Nigerian publishers, journals and scientific projects. He has been:
i. Technical Reviewer, Elsevier Publishing Company, Holland, 1978 -1984.
ii. Technical Reviewer, US Geological Survey, USA, 1984 – 1988.
iii. Member, Editorial Board, Journal of African Earth Sciences, Pergamon Press, UK, 1993 – 2000.
iv. Member, Editorial Board, Modern Geology, Gordon & Breach Scientific Publishers, UK, 1984 till date.
v. Member, Editorial Board, Tropical Journal of Applied Sciences, University of Calabar, 1991.
vi. Member, Editorial Board, Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists Bulletin, 1995 – 1998.
vii. Consultant Editor, Oil Mineral Producing Areas Development Commission (OMPADEC) 1995.
viii. Peer Reviewer, Niger Delta Environmental Survey (NDES), 2000.
ix. Member, Editorial Board, Niger Delta Stratigraphic Committee, Department of Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Petroleum, 1998 till date.
x. Senior Editor, International Commission for Earth Sciences in Africa and Journal of African Earth Sciences (UK), Book Series on the Geology of Africa, Vol.6.
PUBLICATIONS OF PROF. SUNDAY W. PETTERS
Although a scientist, Professor S. W. Petters is also a writer with considerable output, having contributed the following:
Books
1. Petters, S. W. 1965. Education: Key to National Unity; US Embassy, (United
States Information Service), First-place Prize Winning Essay, John, F. Kennedy Memorial Essay Contest, 1965, U.S. Embassy, Lagos.
2. Petters, S. W. 1982. Central West African Cretaceous – Tertiary Benthic
Foraminifera and Stratigraphy; Palaeontographica Abt A. Ed. 179, Stuttgart, Germany.
3. Petters, S. W. (Edited), 1989. Akwa Ibom State: Physical Background, Soils,
Land Use and Ecological Problems; Government of Akwa Ibom State, Uyo, Nigeria.
4. Petters, S. W. 1991. Regional Geology of Africa; Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany.
5. Petters, S. W., 1993. Nigerian Environmental Education and Management;
University of Calabar Press, Calabar.
6. Petters, S. W. Iwok, E. R. and Uya, O. E. (Eds), 1994, Akwa Ibom State: The
Land of Promise; Gabumo, Lagos.
7. Petters, S. W., Ekpoh, I. J. and Bisong, F. E. 1995. Environmental Education;
Nigerian Conservation Foundation / MacMillan, Lagos.
8. Mamman, A. B., Oyebanji, J. O. and Petters, S. W. (ed.) 2000. Nigeria: A
People United, A Future Assured; Vol.II, Federal Ministry of Information, Abuja.
9. Uya, O. E. and S. W. Petters (editors), 2004, Knowledge for Service: The University of Calabar 1975 – 2002; University of Calabar Press, Calabar.
10. Petters, S. W. and D. N. Omokaro, 2006. Graduate School, University of
Calabar: Theses and Dissertation Titles (1982 – 2005); University of Calabar Press, Calabar.
JOURNAL ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS:
11. Petters, S. W. 1976. The Upper Cretaceous subsurface stratigraphy of Atlantic Coastal
Plain of New Jersey; American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, Vol.60, pp. 87 – 107.
12. Petters, S. W. 1976. The Marine Maastrichtian and Paleocene sediments – The
Dukamaje Formation and Nigerian Cretaceous – Recent localities; Special publication No.1, Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society, pp. 76 – 87.
13. Petters, S. W. 1977. Bolivinoides evolution and Upper Cretaceous biostratigraphy
of the Atlantic Coastal Plan of New Jersey; Paleontology, Vol.51, pp. 1036.
14. Petters, S. W. 1977. Upper Cretaceous planktonic foraminifera from the
subsurface of the Atlantic Coastal Plain of New Jersey; Journal of Foraminiferal Research, Vol.7, pp.165 – 187.
15. Petters, S. W. 1977. Ancient seaway across the Sahara; The Nigerian Field, Vol.42,
pp.22 – 30.
16. Petters, S. W. 1978. Foraminiferal paleoecology of the southeastern part of the
Maastrichtian–Paleocene Saharan Eperic Sea; Journal of Foraminiferal Research, Vol.8, pp. 303 – 311.
17. Petters, S. W. 1978. Mid-Cretaceous paleoenvironments and biostratigraphy of the
Benue Trough, Nigeria; Geological Society of America Bulletin,
Vol. 89, pp.151 – 154.
18. Petters, S. W. 1978. Stratigraphic evolution of the Benue Trough and its implications for Upper Cretaceous paleogeography of West Africa; Journal of
Geology, Vol.86, pp.311 – 322.
19. Petters, S. W. 1978. Maastrichtian-Paleocene foraminifera form NW Nigeria and
their paleogeography; Acta Paleontologica Polonica, Vol.23, pp. 131 – 152.
20. Petters, S. W. 1978. Dolomitization of the Ewekoro Limestone; Nigerian
Journal of Mining and Geology, Vol.15, pp.78 – 83.
21. Jan Du Chene, R., Perch-Nielsen, K. and Petters, S. W. 1978. New stratigraphic
data on the Paleogene Ewekoro and Akinbo Formations (South-Western Nigeria); Archives des Sciences, Geneve, Vol.10, pp. 205 - 212.
22. Jan Du Chene, R., Adegoke, O. S., Adediran, S. A., Petters, S. W. 1978.
Palynology and foraminifera of the Lokoja Sandstone (Maastrichtian), Bida Basin,
Nigeria; Revista Espanola de Micropaleontologia, Vol.10, pp.379 – 393.
23. Petters, S. W. 1979. Nigerian Paleocene benthonic foraminiferal
biostratigraphy, paleocology and paleobiogeography; Marine Micropaleontology; Vol.4, pp. 85 – 99.
24. Petters, S. W. 1979. Some Late Tertiary foraminifera from Parabe-1, Western Niger
Delta; Revista Espanola de Micropaleontologia, Vol.11, pp. 110 – 133.
25. Petters, S. W. 1979. Stratigraphical history of the south-central Sahara;
Geological Society of America Bulletin, Vol. 90, pp. 752 – 760.
26. Petters, S. W. 1979. Paralic arenaceous foraminifera from the Upper
Cretaceous of the Benue Trough; Nigeria; Acta Paleontologica Polonica, Vol. 81, pp. 451 – 471.
27. Petters, S. W. 1979. Maastrichtian arenaceous forminifera from North-Western Nigeria;
Paleontology, Vol.22, pp. 945 – 962.
28. Petters, S. W. and Olsson, R. K. 1979. Planktonic foraminifera from the
Ewekoro Type Section (Paleocene) Nigeria; Micropaleontology, Vol.25, pp. 206 – 213.
29. Petters, S. W. 1979. West African cratonic stratigraphic sequences; Geology, Vol.7, pp. 528 –531.
30. Petters, S. W. 1979. The Late Paleocene planktonic foraminifera Planorotalites
pseudomenardii Zone in Nigeria; Journal of Natural Sciences, Vol. 1, pp. 79 – 89.
31. Petters, S. W. 1980. Maastrichtian - Paleocene cyclothems and paleoclimate in SE
lullemmeden Basin, West Africa; Newsletters on Stratigraphy, Vol.8, pp. 180 – 190.
32. Petters, S. W. 1980. New cave sites in Cross River State, Nigeria; West African Journal of
Archaeology, Vol.10 pp. 171 – 176.
33. Petters, S. W. 1980. Technical Bulletin Volume 12, published by the Committee for Co-
ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asia and Pacific, Bangkok, 1978, 108p, Review; Tectonophysics, Vol. 68, pp. 162 – 164.
34. Petters, S. W. 1980. Foraminiferal paleoecology of Nigerian Late Cretaceous
Eperic Seas; in Moullade, M. (ed.), Mesozoique et Cenozoique de la Tethys; Correlations avez I’Afrique; Ann Mus. Hist. Nat., Nice, Vol.6, pp. 83 – 133.
35. Petters, S. W. 1980. Paleogene Foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the Eastern Dahomey
Embayment, West Africa in Moulade, M. (ed.), Mesozoique et Cenozoic de la Tethys; Correlations Avez l’Afrique; Ann, Mus. Hist. Nat., Nice, Vol.6, pp. 210 – 225.
36. Petters, S. W. 1980. Biostratigraphy of Upper Cretaceous foraminifera of the
Benue Trough, Nigeria; Journal of Foramineral Research, Vol.10, pp. 101 – 106.
37. Ako, B. D., Adegoke, O. S. and Petters, S. W. 1980. Stratigraphy of the Oshosun
Formation in Southeastern Nigeria; Journal of Mining and Geology, Vol. 17, pp. 97 – 106.
38. Adegoke, O. S., Adeleye, D. R., Odebode, M. O., Petters, S. W., and Ejeaba, D. M. 1980.
Excursion to the Shagamu Quarry (Paleocene – Eocene) Geological Guide to some Nigerian Cretaceous – Recent Localities; Special Publication No.2 of the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society, pp. 1 – 26.
39. Adegoke, O. S., Petters, S. W., Enu, E. I., Ako, B. D., Adedoke-Anthony, C. W.,
Odebode, M. O., Coker, S. J. L., Emofurieta, W. O., 1980. The Bituminous Sands of Ondo and Ogun States of Nigeria, Geological Guide to some Nigerian Cretaceeous – Recent Localities; Special Publication No. 2 of the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society, pp. 27 – 37.
40. Petters, S. W. 1981. Stratigraphy of Chad and lullemmeden Basins (West
Africa); Eclogae Geologica Helvetiae, Vol.74, pp. 109 – 159.
41. Petters, S. W. 1981. Caves and tower karsts near Calabar; The Nigerian Field, Vol.46,
pp. 9 –20.
42. Petters, S. W. 1981. Paleoenvironments of the Gulf of Guinea; Oceanologia Acta,
Proceedings of 26th International Geological Congress, Geology of Continental Margins Symposium, Paris, July 7 – 17, 1980, pp. 81 – 85.
43. Petter, S. W. 1981. Eocene Foraminifera from clastic and phosphatic beds of
the Gulf of Guinea in Microfossils from Recent and Fossil Shelf Seas, Ellis Horwood, Chichester, England, pp. 214 – 231.
44. Perch-Nielsen, K. and Petters, S. W. 1981. Cretaceous – Tertiary planktonic
microfossil ages from the southern Benue Trough, Nigeria; Archives des Sciences, Geneve, Vol.24, pp. 211 – 218.
45. Petters, S. W. 1981. Quaternary Geology: A Stratigraphic Framework for multi-
disciplinary Work by Bowen, D. A., Review, West African Journal of Archaeology, Vol.11, pp. 161 – 163.
46. Petters, S. W. and Ekweozor, C. M. 1982. Origin of Mid-Cretaceous black
shales in the Benue Trough, Nigeria; Paleogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Vol.40, pp. 311 – 319.
47. Petters, S. W. and Ekweozor, C. M. 1982. Petroleum geology of Benue Trough and
Southeastern Chad Basin, Nigeria, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, Vol.66, pp. 1141 – 1149.
48. Petters, S. W. 1983. Littoral and anoxic facies in the Benue Trough, Bulletin
Centre Research Scientifique Explorations – Production, Elf-Aquitatine, Vol.7, pp. 361 – 365.
57. Petters, S. W. 1983. Gulf of Guinea planktonic foraminiferal biochronology and geological history of the South Atlantic; Journal of Foraminiferal
Research, Vol. 13, pp. 32 – 59.
50. Foster, C. A., Swain, F. M. and Petters, S. W. 1983. Late Paleocene Ostracoda
from Nigeria; Revista Espanola de Micropaleontologia, Vol. 15, pp. 103 – 166.
51. Petters, S. W., El-Nakhal, H. A. and Cifelli, R., 1983. Costellagerina, A new late Cretaceous
globigerine foraminiferal genus; Journal of Foraminiferal Research, Vol.13, pp. 247 – 251.
52. Petters, S. W. 1983. Foraminiferal biostratigraphy of Damagun, Deba Fulani,
Fika and Nafada Boreholes (Southern Chad (Basin), Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, Special Technical Report, Vol. 5/83, pp. 1 – 12.
53. Petters, S. W. 1983. Foraminiferal biostratigraphy of shallow boreholes in Southern
Chad Basin and Northeastern Benue Trough, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Special Technical Report, Vol. 6/83, pp. 1-10.
54. Petters, S. W. 1984. An ancient submarine canyon in the Oligocene-Miocene of the
Western Niger Delta; Sedimentology, Vol.31, pp.805 – 810.
55. Petters, S. W. 1984. The Natural Resources of Cross River State: An
address delivered during the Fifth convocation Ceremony at the University of Calabar, pp.42 – 47.
56. Agagu, O. K., Fayose, E. A., and Petters, S. W. 1985. Stratigraphy and
sedimentation in the Senonian Anambra Basin of Eastern Nigeria; Nigerian Journal of Mining and Geology, Vol.22, pp.25 – 36.
57. Petters, S. W. and Reijers, T. J. A. 1987. Cretaceous carbonates on Calabar
Flank; in Matheis, G. and Schandelmeir, H. (eds.) Current Research in African Earth Sciences, Balkema, Rotterdam, pp. 155 – 158.
58. Petters, S. W., Nwajide, C. S. and Okereke, C. S., 1987. Geology of the Mamfe Rift, SE
Nigeria, in Matheis, G. and Schandelmeir, H. (eds.) Current Research in African Earth Sciences, Balkema, Rotterdam, pp. 299 – 302.
59. Reijers, T. J. and Petters, S. W. 1987. Depositional environments and
diagenesis of Albian Carbonates on the Calabar Flank, SE Nigeria; Journal of Petroleum Geology, Vol.10, pp. 183 – 294.
60. Petters, S. W. 1989. Geological field trip Guidebook for parts of Southeastern
Nigeria and coastal (deltaic and non-deltaic) and shallow marine deposits; Petropos International Inc., Houston, Texas, USA, 24p.
61. Petters, S. W. 1990. The economic limestone and gypsum deposits in Nigeria;
Tropical Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol.2 pp. 136 – 148.
62. Petters, S. W. 1992. The Benue Trough structure and evolution; Vieweg,
Braunschweig/Wiesbaden, Review, Sedimentology, Vol. 39, pp. 947 – 949.
63. Petters, S. W. 1993. Energy resources and energy policy, in Adalemo, I. A. and
Baba, J. M. (eds.) Nigeria: Giant in the Tropics, Vol.1, Gabumo,
Lagos, pp.53 – 58.
64. Petters, S. W. 1993. Metallic and non-metallic (industrial) minerals, in Adalemo,
I. A. and Baba, J; M. (eds.), Nigeria: Giant in the Tropics, Vol.1, Gabumo, Lagos, pp. 81 – 84.
65. Petters, S. W. 1993. Natural Resources and environmental conservation, in
Adalemo, I. A. and Baba, J: M. (eds.) Nigeria: Giant in the Tropics, Vol.1, Gabumo, Lagos, pp. 81 – 84.
66. Petters, S. W. 1993. The petroleum, mining and energy sectors, in Adalemo, I. A. and Baba,
J. M. (eds.), Nigeria: Giant in the Tropics, Vol.1, Gabumo, Lagos.
67. Petters, S. W. 1993. Cross River State, in Udo, R. K. and Mamman, A. B.
(eds.), Nigeria: Giant in the Tropics, Vol.2, Gabumo, Lagos, pp. 117 – 125.
68. Petters, S. W. 1993. Environmental problems and the challenges of
environmental education in Nigeria: 1st National Conference on Environmental Education; Conference Proceedings, 17 – 19 March, 1993, Nigerian Conservation foundation, pp. 10 – 19.
69. Petters, S. W. 1994. Petroleum and mineral resources, in Petters, S. W., Iwok,
E. R. and Uya, O. E. (eds.), Akwa Ibom State: the Land of Promise, Gabumo, Lagos, pp. 257 – 262.
70. Petters, S. W. 1994. Environmental problems; in Petters, S. W., Iwok, E. R. and Uya, O.
E. (eds), Akwa Ibom State: The Land of Promise, Gabumo, Lagos, pp. 299 – 308.
71. Petters, S. W. 1994. The Role of the petroleum industry in environmental
management. World-wide Fund for Nature/Cross River National Park; Environmental Education Workshop/Seminar, Calabar, November, 1 – 2, 1993.
72. Petters, S. W. 1994. Current issues in the environment, World-wide Fund for
Nature/Cross River National Park, Environmental Education Workshop/Seminar, Calabar, November, 1 – 2, 1993.
73. Petters, S. W. and Ekpoh, I. J. 1995. West African regional climate variability:
Historical perspectives. In Umolu, J. E. (ed.), Global Climate Change: Impact on
Energy Development, Damtech Nigeria Ltd., Jobs, pp. 35 – 39.
74. Petters, S. W. 1994. Foraminiferal biofacies in Nigerian rift and continental
margin deltas, in Oti, M. N. and Postma, G. (eds.) Geology of Deltas, A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam, pp. 219 – 235.
75. Swain, F. M., Petters S. W. Chuanilie, Xie, 1995. Some Cretaceous Ostracoda from
Nigeria; Revista Espanola de Micropaleontologia, Vol.27, pp. 41 – 65.
76. Ekwueme, B. N., Nyong, E. E., and Petters, S. W. 1995. Geological Excursion
Guidebook to Oban Massif, Calabar Flank and Mamfe Embayment, Southeastern Nigeria, 31st Annual Conference of Nigerian Mining and Goesciences Society, Calabar, March 12 – 16, 1996, pp. 26 – 36.
77. Petters, S. W. 1996. Terminal Cretaceous regression in Nigerian Basins: Geologie de
I’Afrique et de I’Atlantique Sud: Actes Colloques Angers, 1994, pp. 209 – 217.
78. Petters, S. W. and Edet, J. J. 1996. Shallow shelf and anoxic facies in the Late
Campanian-Early Maastrichtian of SE Nigeria; Geologie de I’Afrique et de I’Atlantique Sud: Actes Collogues Angers, 1994, pp. 219 – 233.
79. Petters, S. W. and Reijers, T. J. A. 1996. Karsts in Mfamosing Limestone,
South-eastern Nigeria, Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationist Bulletin, Vol. 11, pp. 84 – 99.
80. Reijers, T. J. A. and Petters, S. W. 1997. Sequence stratigraphy based on
microfacies analysis: Mfamosing Limestone; Calabar Flank, Nigeria: Geologie en Mijnbouw, Vol. 76, pp. 197 – 215.
81. Reijers, T. J. A., Petters, S. W. and Nwajide, C. S. 1997. The Niger Delta Basin; African
Basins, Sedimentary Basins of the World, 3, Selley R. C. (ed.), Elsevier, Holland, pp. 151 – 172.
82. Petters, S. W. 1997. Strategies for environmental resources management, in Etta, K. M.
(ed.), Nigeria’s Ultimate Goals: The Journey So Far; Proceedings of the Second University of Calabar Public Symposium (August 20, 1997), Calabar, University of Calabar Press, pp. 131 – 173.
83. Petters, S. W. 1998. Transitions in Nature and Society; Inaugural Lecture No.10, Calabar:
University of Calabar Press, 40p.
84. Petters, S. W. 1998. Quaternary Studies in Africa: The State of the Discipline; in B. W.
Andah, M. A. Sowunmi, A. I. Okpoko, and C. A. Folorunso (eds.), Africa: The Challenge of Archaeology, Heinemman, Ibadan, pp.40 – 63.
85. Obaje, N. G., Ulu, U. K. and Petters, S. W. 1999. Biostratigraphic
and Geochemical controls of hydrocarbon prospects in the Benue Trough and the Anambra Basin; Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists Bulletin, Vol.14, pp. 18 – 54.
86. Petters, S. W. 2000. Geological background; in Ajaebu, H. I., St. Matthew-Daniel, B, J., and
Uya, O. E. (eds.), Nigeria: A People United, A future Assured, Federal Ministry of Information, Abuja, pp. 71 – 73.
87. Petters, S. W. 2000. Energy resources policy; in Ajaebu, H. I., St. Matthew-Daniel, B, J.,
and Uya, O. E. (eds.), Nigeria: A People United, A future Assured, Federal Ministry of Information, Abuja, pp. 75 – 78.
88. Petters, S. W. 2000. The solid mineral sector; in Ajaebu, H. I., St. Matthew-Daniel, B, J.,
and Uya, O. E. (eds.), Nigeria: A People United, A future Assured, Federal Ministry of Information, Abuja, pp. 79 – 82.
89. Petters, S. W. 2000. The Petroleum sector, in Ajaebu, H. I., St. Matthew-Daniel, B, J., and
Uya, O. E. (eds.), Nigeria: A People United, A future Assured, Federal Ministry of Information, Abuja, pp. 167 – 170.
90. Petters, S. W. 2000. Conservation and development of the Niger Delta, in Ajaebu, H. I., St.
Matthew-Daniel, B, J., and Uya, O. E. (eds.), Nigeria: A People United, A Future Assured, Federal Ministry of Information, Abuja, pp. 197 – 202.
91. Petters, S. W. 2001. Managing the goose that lays the golden egg: The
petroleum sector in the Nigerian economy, in Taming the Wilderness: The First Two Years of the Obasanjo Administration; Abuja; Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President (Special Duties), pp. 131 – 143.
92. Petters, S. W. 2001.Solid minerals: A viable path to industrialization, in Taming
the Wilderness: The First Two Years of the Obasanjo Administration, Abuja; Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President (Special Duties), pp. 144 – 145.
93. Adegoke, O. S., Petters, S. W., Fayose, E. A., 2002. Foraminifera Taxonomy
Project Cenozoic Niger Delta; Stratigraphic Committee of the Niger Delta, Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Abuja, Nigeria.
94. Petters, S. W. 2004. Keynote Address on “University-Petroleum Industry
Partnering”; presented at the First University of Calabar Graduate School Lecture Series, 28 July, 2004, Proceedings, pp. 6 – 22.
95. Petters, S. W. 2005. African integration and co-operation; in Akpan, S. M. (ed.),
The Most Significant Achievements of the Obasanjo Presidency, Special Research Report: Vol.1, Special Research and Documentation Project, University of Calabar, pp. 113 – 124.
96. Petters, S. W. 2005. The historic debt relief; in Akpan, S. M. (ed.), The Most
Significant Achievements of the Obasanjo Presidency, Special Research Report: Vol.1, Special Research and Documentation Project, University of Calabar, pp. 131 – 139.
97. Petters, S. W. 2005. Education: Policies and actions; in Akpan, S. M. (ed.), The Most
Significant Achievements of the Obasanjo Presidency, Special Research Report: Vol.1, Special Research and Documentation Project, University of Calabar, pp. 201 – 237.
98. Petters, S. W. 2005. Agriculture and Presidential initiatives; in Akpan, S. M.
(ed.), The Most Significant Achievements of the Obasanjo Presidency, Special Research Report: Vol.1, Special Research and Documentation Project, University of Calabar, pp. 257 – 272.
99. Petters, S. W. 2005. Focus on the environment; in Akpan, S. M. (ed.), The Most
Significant Achievements of the Obasanjo Presidency, Special Research Report: Vol.1, Special Research and Documentation Project, University of Calabar, pp. 283 – 298.
100. Petters, S. W. 2005. Water Supply; in, Akpan, S. M. (ed.), The Most
Significant Achievements of the Obasanjo Presidency, Special Research Report: Vol.1, Special Research and Documentation Project, University of Calabar, pp. 299 – 316.
101. Petters, S. W. 2005. Oil and gas developments; in Akpan, S. M. (ed.), The Most
Significant Achievements of the Obasanjo Presidency, Special Research Report: Vol.1, Special Research and Documentation Project, University of Calabar, pp. 331 – 346.
102. Petters, S. W. 2005. Solid minerals development; in Akpan, S. M. (ed.), The
Most Significant Achievements of the Obasanjo Presidency, Special Research Report: Vol.1, Special Research and Documentation Project, University of Calabar, pp. 347 – 366.
103. Petters, S. W. 2005. War against corruption; in Akpan, S. M. (ed.), The Most
Significant Achievements of the Obasanjo Presidency, Special Research Report: Vol.1, Special Research and Documentation Project, University of Calabar, pp. 409 – 429.
104. Petters, S. W. 2006. Nigerian Content Development Bill: New partnering
opportunities for geoscientific research and training; Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists – University Assistance Programme, Leadership Forum Proceedings (2001 – 2005), pp. 70 – 72.
105. Petters, S. W. 2006. Impact of Strategic Planning on National Education Policies
– Critique and Reflections; Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists – University Assistance Programme, Leadership Forum Proceedings (2001 – 2005), p. 84 – 85.
CONFERENCE PAPERS (ABSTRACTS ONLY):
106. 1975 The American Association of Petroleum Geologists and Society of
Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogist, Dallas, Texas: “Stratigraphy and Biostratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous of Subsurface New Jersey Coastal Plan”.
107. 1975 The Geological Society of America, Northeastern Section, 10th Annual
Meeting, Syracuse, New York: : “Upper Cretaceous Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy of the Subsurface New Jersey Coastal Plan”.
108. 1976 7th African Colloquium of Micropaleontology, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, “Upper
Cretaceous Globigerine-shaped planktonic Foraminifera”.
109. 1977 Fifth International Conference of Protozoology, American Museum of
Natural History, New York: “West African Late Cretaceous – Early Tertiary Foraminiferal Paleoecology and Paleobiogeography”.
110. 1979 International Geological Correlation Programme (IGCP) Project 145,
Reunion, Tunis: “Foraminifera Paleoecology of Nigerian Late Cretaceous Eperic Seas” and “Paleogene Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy of the Eastern Dahomey Embayment, West Africa”.
111. 1979 International symposium on microfossils from Recent and Fossil Shell
Seas, University of Hull, England: “Eocene Foraminifera from clastic and phosphatic Beds of the Gulf of Guinea”.
112. 1980 26th International Geological Congress, Paris: “Paleoenvironments of the
Gulf of Guinea”
113 1980 16th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences
Society, Lagos: “The Limestone – Shale Sequence of the Benue Trough”.
114. 1982 Atlantic Energy Conference, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA:
“Cretaceous – Tertiary Planktonic Foraminifera from the Gulf of Guinea”.
115. 1983 19th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences
Society: “Ancient Submarine Canyon in Western Niger Delta”.
116. 1984 20th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences
Society: “Stratigrahy of a Karstic Limestone near Calabar”.
117. 1985. 13th Colloquium of African Geology, St. Andrews University,Scotland: “Cretaceous –Tertiary Stratigraphy of Nigerian Sedimentary
Basins”.
118. 1986. 22nd Annual Conference of the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences
Society: “Carbonate Depositional Cycles in the Cretaceous of the Calabar Flank, Outcrop and Subsurface Data”.
119. 1987. 14th Colloquium on African Geology: Berlin, Germany: “Cretaceous Carbonates on the Calabar Flank” and “Geology of the Mamfe Rift, SE
Nigeria”.
120. 1990 Workshop on International Decade of East African Lakes (IDEAL), ,
University of Bern Switzerland, “Manpower Training for Great Lakes Research in East Africa”.
121. 1991 27th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences
Society, Port Harcourt: “An Odyssey in a Time Capsule: 3000 Million Years of African crustal Evolution”.
122. 1993 1st National Conference on Environmental Education, Nigerian
Conservation Foundation, Lagos – Keynote Address: “Environmental Problems and the Challenges of Environmental Education in Nigeria”.
123. 1994 12th African Micropaleontological Colloquium, Angers, France:
“Terminal Cretaceous Regression in Nigerian Basins” and “Shallow Shelf and Anoxic Facies in the Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian of SE Nigeria”.
124. 1995 13th Annual International Conference of the Nigerian Association of
Petroleum Explorationists, Lagos: “Sequence Stratigraphy based on Microfossil Analysis: Mfamosing Limestone, Calabar Flank”.
125. 1995 31st Annual Conference of the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences
Society, Calabar: “Ostracoda from the Eocene-Pliocene of the Niger Delta”; “Fluvial and paralic Depositional Environments in the Ikom-Mamfe Embayment, SE Nigeria”; “Karst Topography and Petrography of Mfamosing Limstone”; and “Lithostratigraphic Revision for the Calabar Flank”.
126. 1996 14th International Conference of the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists, Lagos: “Towards an African Sequence Stratigraphic
Framework”.
127. 1998 16th International Conference of the Nigerian Association of Petroluem
Explorationists, Lagos: “Calabar Flank Albian-Eocene Foraminiferal Bistratigraphy and Paleoenvironments”; and “Sequence Biostratigraphy of Cretaceous Sediments in the Benue Trough and the Anambra Basin, Nigeria”.
128. 1998 34th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences
Society, Ile-Ife: Keynote Address: “Carbonates, Ironstones and Phosphates: The Stratigraphic Viwpoint”.
129. 2005. International Conference on Energy, Environment and Disasters,
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA: “Impact of Dam Failures: Nigeria’s Experience”, “Foraminiferal Diversity around Oil Platforms in Eastern Niger Delta”; “Nypa Menace in Eastern Niger Delta”.
130. Njoh, O. A. and Petters, S. W. 2006. Upper Cretaceous foraminiferal
biostratigraphy of Rio Del Rey Basin, SW Cameroon. Gulf of Guinea Geosciences Congress and 1st Colloquium on Cameroon Sedimentary Basins.
TECHNICAL REPORTS:
131. Petters, S. W. (edited), 1985. Ogoja and Ikom Salt Exploration Phase I
Technical Report; Government of Cross River State, Nigeria, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Calabar, 173p.
132. Petters, S. W. (edited), 1988. Gypsum Exploration in Contiguous Parts of
Southeastern Nigeria: Geological Survey (Phase I) Report; Cement Manufacturers’ Association of Nigeria (Gypsum Committee), Lagos, 60p.
133. Petters, S. W. (edited), 1989. A Regional Hydrogeological Study of Rural Water
Supply Options for Planning and Implementation of Phase II Rural Water Programme in Cross River State: Cross River State Government, Nigeria, Directorate for Rural Development, Calabar, 97p.
134. Petters, S. W. (edited), 1989. Report on Preliminary Investigations of Economic
Mineral Occurrences in Oban-Obudu Basement Complex; Government of Cross River State, Nigeria, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Calabar, 75p.
135. Petters, S. W. (edited), 2004. Geological Investigations of Limestones
(Mfamosing) and Marls (New Netim) Deposits between Njakasang and Etankpini Villages (Odukpani LGA), Cross River State, Nigeria; Holcim Group Support Ltd., Switzerland.
136. Petters, S. W. (edited), 2004. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of proposed
Petrostar (Nigeria) Ltd., Fuel Depot, Calabar.
137. Petters, S. W. (edited), 2005. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of proposed
Canaan Consolidated Oil and Services Ltd., Fuel Depot, Calabar.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES ON PUBLIC POLICY:
138. “Idoho Oil Spill”, The Guardian, Monday, February 2, 1998.
139. “Idoho Oil Spill”: Matters Arising”, The Guardian, Thursday, February 12, 1998.
140. “Teachers Embattled”, The Guardian, Friday, February 20, 1998.
141. “Conservation for Survival”, The Pioneer, Monday, May 11, 1998.
142. “OMPADEC Leadership Horizons”, The Guardian, Thursday, March 5, 1998.
143. “The Dinosaurs Are Coming”, The Guardian, Thursday, March 12, 1998.
144. “Evolve Regional Development Plan”, Vanguard, Monday, October 5, 1998.
145. “Slaying the Niger Delta Monster”, The Guardian, Wednesday, November 4, 1998.
146. “Slaying the Niger Delta Monster II”, The Guardian, Thursday, November 5, 1998.
147. “Issues in Rural Frustration”, The Guardian, Tuesday, January 5, 1999.
148. Case for a Petroleum University, Thursday, May 13, 1999.
149. “Noah’s Ark in the Delta”, The Guardian, Tuesday, September 11, 2000.
150. “The Task before Anyim”, The Guardian, Monday, December 11, 2000.
151. “Signals from Re-election Declarations”, Weekend Pioneer, Friday, December 30, 2002.
152. “Oil Dichotomy Bill: Go Tell it to the Mountain”, The Pioneer, December 30, 2002.