Oloibiri Lecture Series and Energy Forum is an annual lecture series focused on contributing to oil and gas policies development for Nigeria in commemoration of the first oil-well drilled in Nigeria by Shell Darcy at Oloibiri, in Ogbia, Bayelsa State, in 1956. The annual lecture series attracts participation from the government, regulatory agencies, heads of industry practitioners at all levels, as well as other key stakeholders from around Africa.
At the inaugural edition of Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Nigeria Council’s Annual Oloibiri Lecture Series & Energy Forum, held in June 1991, had in attendance Dr. Suboroto, Secretary General of OPEC. In 2020, as a measure of containing the spread of Covid-19 pandemic, SPE cancelled the hosting of OLEF 2020.
The theme for this year 2023 is Effective Gas Resources Utilization: A lever for Enhancing Energy Security and Net-Zero Emission Goals in Nigeria.
Past Themes
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2022
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Global Energy Transition: Implications on Future Investments in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry
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2021
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Operational Excellence and Portfolio Optimization, way forward for the Oil and Gas Industry post covid-19
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2020
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Did not hold
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2019
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Energy Security & Sustainable Development in Nigeria: The Way Forward
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2018
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The Nigerian Oil Industry in a World of Changing Energy supply: Are We Prepared
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2017
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Domestic Gas Utilization in Nigeria - From Producers to Users
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2016
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Technological Advances in Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation: Solutions to Global Oil Price Stability
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2015
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Global Oil Price Dynamics: Impact and Strategic Solutions for Nigeria
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2014
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Oil & Gas in a Century of Nigeria’s Existence: Status and Outlook
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2013
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Emergence of Unconventionals: Impact on Nigerian Petroleum Industry
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2012
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Gas Flare Out: Challenges and the Way Forward. (“Gas as an Enabler of Economic Development”)
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2011
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Balancing the Oil industry Productivity with Safety and the Environment
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2010
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PETROLEUM INDUSTRY BILL AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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2009
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Topic: “Nigeria’s Gas in the New Economic Landscape”
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2008
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Nigerian Content Dynamics - The Journey So Far
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2006
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Nigeria’s Role in Global Energy Balance: From Oloibiri to Deep Offshore and Beyond
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