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In central Myanmar’s Minhla Township, informal oil entrepreneurs dart between informal crude oil extraction sites that the hilly landscape. As clouds of acrid, black smoke belch above the flames engulfing an artisanal oil field, prospectors from nearby hillsides arrive in droves, hoping for riches from a fresh line of black gold. Dismissing the risk factors involved in the oil extraction process, the only thing that drillers and prospectors are worried about is not losing their investments.