Oloibiri is a small community in Ogbia

Ogbia

Ogbia is a Local Government Area of Bayelsa State in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Ogbia in the south of the area at....

 LGA located in Bayelsa State

Bayelsa State

Bayelsa State is a state in southern Nigeria in the core Niger Delta region, between Delta State and Rivers State. Its capital is Yenagoa. The language spoken here is Ijaw language and dialects of the Ijaw language such as Nembe, Atissa, Akassa, Ogbia, etc. However, like the rest of Nigeria,...

, in the eastern Niger Delta

Niger Delta

The Niger Delta, the delta of the Niger River in Nigeria, is a densely populated region sometimes called the Oil Rivers because it was once a major producer of palm oil...

 region of Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

. Oloibiri is a historic town to the oil and gas industry in Nigeria. Nigeria first commercial oil discovery was made at (Otuabagi/Otuogadi) in Oloibiri district by Shell Darcy on Sunday 15 January 1956.

Oloibiri has many firsts to its credit in the Nigeria Oil and Gas industry:

• Oloibiri-1 well is the first commercial oil well in Nigeria.

• Oloibiri-1 well is the first completed commercial oil well in Nigeria. It was completed on June 1956.

• Oloibiri Oilfield

Oloibiri Oilfield

Oloibiri Oilfield is an onshore oilfield located in Oloibiri in Ogbia LGA of Bayelsa State, Nigeria, about east of Port Harcourt in the Niger Delta. Oloibiri field is about and lies in a swamp within OML 29. Oloibiri Oilfield is named after Oloibiri, a small, remote creek community, where it is...

 is the first commercial oil field in Nigeria.

• Nigeria first crude oil export came from Oloibiri field in February 1958.

• Nigeria first crude oil pipeline was laid from Oloibiri oil field to Port Harcourt on the Bonny River (Bonny Export Terminal).

The development of the oil and gas industry in the Nigeria will be incomplete without a mention of Oloibiri where it all started. Oloibiri field launched Nigeria into the limelight of Petro Dollar State.

References

Chuks Onyems, Nigeria Oilfields Encyclopedia.