Pictures: Locals Drill for Oil by Hand in Myanmar

Wednesday, November 27, 2013 - 12:23 in Physics & Chemistry

Across Myanmar, independent laborers prospect for oil using grueling manual techniques. But as large energy companies eye the newly opened country, the days of drilling for small operators may be numbered.

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