Myanmar: Hunting for Myanmar's Hidden Treasure

Oct 17, 2014 | Al Jazeera
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Ramree Island, Myanmar - Zaw Myint looked quizzical as he sniffed a handful of grey sludge. He had just pulled the mud up from the bottom of an oil well he's digging on Myanmar's impoverished western coastline, hoping for the sweet whiff of black gold.

"The money I get working here is good," Zaw Myint said, standing in a shallow pool of water that glistened with the sheen of oil.

However, Zaw Myint's success may soon change. Big Oil is hot on his trail.

The hunt for hidden treasure in Myanmar, Southeast Asia's hottest frontier market, is rapidly gaining pace.