 Sapele also, is hub to oil and gas exploration, with flow stations situated in Shell Road and Oton.It has various oil wells in neighboring towns and villages like Ugborhen, Ugbukurusu, Amukpe, Okirigwe and Oton under Sapele's local Government.Its population was 135,800 as of 1995, growing to 242,652 as of 2005/06.