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Message: <blockquote data-quote="djjaya" data-source="post: 16653613" data-attributes="member: 461202">තෙල් ලිදක් හාරමුද?Myanmar’s Manual Oil DrillsTo drill a well, workers first set up a tripod of bamboo poles or tree  trunks 40 or 50 feet high with a pulley affixed at the top to lower a  drilling tool into the earth. Workers then spend hours pounding the tool  into the earth to reach the oil before hauling it out with a hand  crank. Despite the hard work and inefficient drilling rigs, independent  drillers are pumping up up to 300 barrels of crude oil a day, worth  $3,000, which is sold off to local refineries. The profits have sparked  an oil rush akin to the one that happened in America more than a hundred  years ago.<img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-43ircASVvv4/U2I__-IoTBI/AAAAAAAAx8E/Rt0cK4oI8DQ/mynmar-oil-drills-11%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Drilling is expensive and a costly gamble. Land costs about $4,000 an  acre, and drills are $2,000. Permits must be purchased from the local  refineries and their prices vary, but it’s the bribing of the officials  that’s really expensive. Most drillers pool their resources to pay the  bills and share their profits. Many start out drilling by hand until  they can afford a generator and engine.   The oil fields are  unregulated and in some cases, drillers are operating illegally, and  competition over oil claims has led to violence, including knife fights  between rival drillers.  But the country's artisanal wells won’t  last long. With the end of the military rule in 2011, Burma has opened  up and many onshore blocks are now being offered to foreign and local  firms looking to cash in on the nation's great oil and gas reserves.  Local drillers will soon be swallowed up by multinational energy  corporations, and it's unlikely their interests will be protected. <img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-MVtshsOndbE/U2JACEO1YmI/AAAAAAAAx8M/ULsxldeFd0k/mynmar-oil-drills-12%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Ko Min, 26, manually extracts oil from one of three 300 feet deep wells  he works on in the Minhla township of the Magwe district October 27,  2013. Everyday, Ko Min makes around $30 extracting crude oil from three  small wells after he bought rights to use them for close to $1000 from a  farmer who owns the land. <img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-98qvxJ2q6hs/U2JAELOcKoI/AAAAAAAAx8U/Kt25qDugjco/mynmar-oil-drills-10%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-pROwmzOtg24/U2JAGCKy50I/AAAAAAAAx8c/A_U5Jx87mRw/mynmar-oil-drills-9%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-lCP4uMa37ag/U2JAHz7KzdI/AAAAAAAAx8k/jqMuD9YcuNw/mynmar-oil-drills-8%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-2rMhocKd8LE/U2JALThpoOI/AAAAAAAAx8s/lgdwJX7mLX0/mynmar-oil-drills-7%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-lW50v8BSpP4/U2JANnIOkFI/AAAAAAAAx80/V19VFcI9lDA/mynmar-oil-drills-6%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-PHLj8s53Zkc/U2JARBMd3-I/AAAAAAAAx88/4LTHZfp51U0/mynmar-oil-drills-5%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-wQVHskBtzFI/U2JATOvXCbI/AAAAAAAAx9E/h4n4XQZN--o/mynmar-oil-drills-4%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-y94U5PXyaJ4/U2JAVHOljmI/AAAAAAAAx9M/X3axgCsG4A4/mynmar-oil-drills-3%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-KARDoaQVUyQ/U2JAXFOlCTI/AAAAAAAAx9U/i40T2oXNwWc/mynmar-oil-drills-2%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-zfLoef5g5wI/U2JAZv7W9pI/AAAAAAAAx9c/MMeAlQJda0w/mynmar-oil-drills-1.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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