World's first oil well still bubbling up black gold in Poland The smell of money hangs thick in the air as black crude oil bubbles up from what is the world's oldest oil well, located in the sleepy Polish village of Bobrka. It was dug in 1860 under the watchful gaze of Polish pharmacist and inventor Ignacy Lukasiewicz, who launched the oil industry by creating the kerosene lamp. A natural sound version of an AFPTV report. + REFILE TO ADD TEXT STORY +