Debasish Shom – Oil Rush: Black Gold in Myanmar | LensCulture

All along the Irrawaddy River in Myanmar, you will find oil fields. But these are not the oil fields of Texas, with enormous derricks reaching up to the sky, emblazoned with multinational company logos. Indeed, the giant petroleum companies are nowhere to be found in a country which only very recently opened itself up to the outside world. In the place of foreign prospectors, you will find a much more local phenomenon: thousands of people who drill for crude oil using crude means.