Dutch ဘာသာျဖင့္ ေရး ထား ေသာ Claire van der meer ၏ Traditional Oil Drillers ကို google translate ျဖင့္ ျပန္ ဆို သည္။ မူ ရင္း link verspers.nl/artikel/join/10027/traditionele-olieboorders/#.VKEGAFAzA The coastal province of Arakan in western Myanmar is known for its natural resources. The earth contains gas, oil, jade and marble. In addition, above the ground to find one of the best types of teak in the world. Yet the inhabitants of Arakan are one of the poorest of the former Burma. Much of the wealth flows still the superpower bordering Myanmar in the east China. A country that had close ties with the former military regime in Myanmar. A man puts his right on the blue PVC pipe that disappears into the ground. His face shows utter concentration, while trying to hear the black gold. Shortly before the small generator stopped bubbling. The old girl, that a rope through a pulley to which is a kind of piston drives, operates in the same oil to which is wanted here. Five pairs of bare feet on the sticky, oil-covered floor of the hut, the thongs neat rows outside the structure. The traditional Myanmar oil drillers here on the island Ramree drilling in tight pyramidal huts, made of four bamboo stalks covered with palm leaves. The top is decorated with a piece of plastic: protection against the heavy rain in the last days of the rainy season. In their village, whose name translates freely Olieberg, but are a short distance from each other a hundred of these huts. The production is small. If they encounter oil let the men always a small pipe with a stop at the bottom in blue PVC pipe bags. Quantities of about four liters at a time can thus be pulled up. All the inhabitants of the village (three hundred households in total) managed to fill up only ten barrels per day. Of modest income, they can survive, but money for something extra supplies not. The knowledge and resources to make good fuel oil missing. After a temporary process in which the oil is heated by a wood fire and then cooled in a bucket of water, the finished something motorbikes, kerosene lamps and small generators can run, but throw the stuff in a car is dangerous. The hut where the men are currently in contains the deepest borehole in the village: 228 meters. Make local drillers worry, its recently become harder to get at the oil. Additionally them still hangs a threat over the head, another party preys on the stock in the ground. Energy for China The remote Ramree island in recent years should welcome more and more Chinese initiatives. Under the heading Shwe gas and oil project (Shwe means gold), the Chinese state-owned CNPC is all kinds of energy projects started in the vicinity. Such as the construction of a gas rig off the coast of the island and the construction of a giant deep sea even further which will soon build tankers with oil from the Middle East. In these brand new port in Kyaukpyu start two pipelines - one for oil and one for gas - with a length of 900 kilometers each traverse Myanmar to China. Traditional oil drillers seemed safe for a long time Chinas hunger for raw materials in the area. The oil terminal built in Kyaukpyu go elsewhere pumping oil to China. Until recently there was no interest in the oil in the Arakan province itself. However, outside Olieberg you can see a field that has been plowed by big tracks. Pilot Bore We had no idea they were coming, they were here suddenly with their gigantic machines and took our land for drilling, without any form of compensation. In a small bamboo hut is the 53-year-old Mya Myo Nwe. She talks about the day that representatives of the Chinese CNPC stood on her plot. She wears a white T-shirt where the sleeves are cut from, including a traditional orange Longi. What is left of that visit in the wild field is a large concrete shaft of about one meter in diameter, covered with a metal plaque that is bolted with large bolts. Mya Myo Nwe was disappointed: The Government of Myanmar cares not around us. Since 2011, blowing a moderate (democratic) wind through Myanmar, after a military regime nearly fifty years ruled the roost. Wealth flowed at that time to the rulers or to China, with whom she maintained a good relationship. After the wrap hoped the people of Arakan improvement. Fairer distribution of all valuable that the province has to offer, electricity, good roads, schools and a social safety net. But here in the west seems such progress is still a dream. The proceeds from the gas drilling example for the next thirty years if China promised. The small villages in the region have either no, or sporadic electricity. Also in the field of employment projects of CNPC have yielded little of value to the local population. Workers from China and India manning, the projects in the area. Mya Myo Nwe tells how the Chinese are a lot deeper than the traditional collar roughnecks in the neighborhood and that a lot of garbage was produced. The chemicals used during drilling, are dumped into the small streams in the area. This country can not I use as rice field, she says. She is a widow, two years ago, her husband died. She has no idea that the Chinese are going to come back to win large-scale oil. I fear that day, I have two sons and a daughter, we need this country. At the time she sells the clay on her plot to someone who makes bricks. Get help from the government or to protest at CNPC they dare not, Im afraid of the authorities and CNPC. The oil drillers in the small hut down again to turn the generator, as long as it is possible to continue to drill them. Too much looking forward do not. In the short term they use what is left of the pilot bore. The large pieces of plastic left behind by the Chinese, now make their small huts oil waterproof.
Posted on: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 18:17:10 +0000
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