Oloibiri

Oloibiri is a small community in Ogbia LGA located in Bayelsa State, in the eastern Niger Delta region of Nigeria.

The discovery of oil in Oloibiri hasn't helped most Nigerians and only has led to destruction of the environment and the way of life of indigenous people of the Niger Delta.

[1] Since 1946 when then Shell-BP began test oil drilling at Oloibiri and subsequently began large scale operations in 1948 which reached its peak in 1968 minor oil spill pollution occurred repeatedly and even a few larger oil spills at the facility that polluted the direct area heavily that have caused lasting environmental issues in the Niger Delta Oloibiri is somewhat developed, has small local hospitals, various schools, and a court, local governance buildings.

Thus there is no longer a need to have wells all over the Nigerian Delta rivers, this has helped in drasticly reducing small oil spills.

There is still some localized environmental issues around the old oil wells at Oloibiri island visible from satellite images.