7:40 "state company loses 11 million $ annually due to illegal selling..." THEIR ANNUAL REVENUE IS 80+ BILLION!!! I sure hope they can pull trough inspite of those massive losses. /s
the irony is that they have to sell to Pertamina, which owns most of the gas stations in Indonesia, yet can't provide one near enough for the workers to refuel their vehicles.
Yet it earns them more than growing, say corn, apparently. Not so much a "trap" as an opportunity. Imagine taking it away, what happens to those families dependent on that income.
Yes, and that is passed to the consumer. And now there is a moat of such thinking over the enterprise so it is harder to a newcomer to undercut and brake apart the monopoly.
Maybe they should invest in new wells and well tech. You know, maybe not leak half of the crude into the dirt? This is outrageous. The environment and the workers have no worth while the company makes billions.
Oil City, Pennsylvania yo be specific. My families from there. So is my buddies mom, and they live in Florida of all places. It's a cool old little town. Pretty land
"Artisinal refinery" is an entirely new phrase to me, really. This small scale leftover extraction is ridiculously inefficient and extremely polluting. I understand the property owners desire to remain in charge, but it doesn't look like a beneficial strategy to them at all.
they make more money that way. its literally the only way to make ends meet for them. they wouldnt do it if it didnt benefit them more. it was extracted that way for hundreds of years but on a way bigger scale, the area is already ruined. Its fucked up, but i would do the exact same if i were them. theyve been put in a messed up position.
@@ganjalfcreamcorn8438 They are nothing like government contractors. Oil reserves belong to the country, never individuals. The locals only own the land, but not the oil reserves. The locals are just forced to sell their oil to state-owned petroleum company. They are paid to provide a service to the government by extracting oil , but they are not government contractors, but more like freelancers
Without the bogeyman of the European colonialists, the locals have no won to blame, but themselves, this leads those in power to become ever more totalitarian, to stop dissent, which also enables the tiny elite to be corrupt without limit.
There're apps for your phone, which you can use to get lunch delivered to you. Or even cheaper, have a bloke roll up with a small kitchen mounted on his motorcycle, like a foodtruck with two wheels, within 10 minutes after pressing a button in one of those apps. Although these also make the rounds through the neighbourhoods during lunchtime. Larger food trucks set up shop during lunchtime near schools, officebuildings and factories.
Have you been to every single construction site in America? I am in NYC and the area I work in has dozens of construction sites. I see construction workers going to small mom and pop restaurants and fast-food places just like regular office workers do.
As an Indonesian, i already hear about them several years ago, a lot of locals praised them for actually handling oil by themselves instead of letting larger state owned corporations take it over, it is pretty clear however that their independentness makes their work unsafe and unregulated. however, i can't help but seeing some contradictions in the narration here, the locals wants government's aid so they can explore more potential oil reserve in their land but on the other hand they are trapped? They definitely have no will to abandon these old oil fields in their land, even though they can quite easily do that by selling the land to Pertamina with quite a lucrative prices, the reason they still continue is because they know that these oils are giving them a steady and pretty high income earnings. In my opinion, it is clear that the Government need to standardize their work, giving them more equipment, but it would be impossible without legalizing their work first, incorporating them into Pertamina is an option.
Agreed, but that wouldn't get pity and donations. Unfortunately that's what sells over here. Not logic but "look at the poor people, don't you feel bad for them". While pretty much ignoring what the actual problems are, and sell the rich vs poor story. And then make money off their hardship too 😂 these kind of "journalists" are just scummy
@@MANADOSTREET it's all down to the capital, state owned companies always have the capital to acquire the latest technologies in oil extraction and processing, if you are a bunch of guys that want to harnest black golds in your lawn however, it wouldn't be that easy
I have been extremely grateful as an Indonesian to have been born into privilege. When I see and hear stories of my fellow countrymen and women struggle, it really makes my blood boil. It's not easy to manage a country with over 200 million people scattered over thousands of kilometers, however, when I see the elite throwing lavish weddings for their pets, senators and the rich stealing from the people, meanwhile people like this that can barely afford school books, uniform, and food for their children. I have to wonder how the political elite sleep at night. I am not a religious person, but I do hope hell exists for people who turn a blind eye to these situations, and I ask forgiveness and mercy for my soul when I die for not being able to help my fellow countrymen and women in need.
I can't believe how inefficent this process is. Dropping a bambu stick down a hole and lifting it back up. The liquit spilling all over the ground. Even with limited resoutced you can make this so much safer and profitable
With límited resources? How much is a metal Pipe down there? Should they decide to Buy a metal Pipe or a power plant instead of feeding their families?
@@gerardosalazar527 Had these folks invested even 20% of their revenues back into their business, they would be millionaires today. Refusing to invest in productivity-increasing tools is a sure way to lose your azz in business.
Ah yes, the classic 'just build modern facilities and fix everything' comments. Because obviously, people barely scraping by just forgot to order a factory off Amazon. Love how you casually gloss over systemic issues with 'they can't be that poor, they have vehicles'-as if those vehicles aren’t older than your hot takes. Must be nice solving global inequality from your comfy chair with a latte in hand. Keep it up, world peace is just one more comment away!
@@thedopplereffect00 banks do not give out money willy nilly silly . They need to sniff your anus first to ensure you have the credit score or ability to pay them back, including interest.
I work in Canadian oil and gas and the exposure these guys are get is insane. Just bathing in that produced and oil, then eating with their hands. It still astounds me we still import from these countries. Canada's the 3rd biggest oil and gas reserves in the world. Our sites look as clean as surgical rooms compared to these wells.
Wdym, Indonesia is actually a net importer of oils since the last few decades. The domestic productions had declined and these are basically the crumbs that remains outside of the big oil wells owned by big corporations. Canada probably exports more oil to Asia than vice versa
@@hanselsihotang Yes, this is obviously an outlier cherry picked case. I understand that. But its the concept. We still import huge amounts of oil from countries like Saudi Arabia and Russia. Their environmental standards wouldn't come close to Canada's. We now have super tight regulation on all aspects - exploration, wildlife, reclamation, disposal etc. I've worked in all aspects and environmental was always forefront. Sometimes debilitatingly so.
They don’t have any other choice. To give you an idea, the average income of people working in the city is $200 USD per month. Now imagine their income in rural areas. Their only alternative is farming, which doesn’t even earn them $60 USD per month. That’s why, if there’s a job that can provide at least more than that, they will choose it even if it’s riskier. Don’t compare it to Canada, where the HDI is far beyond theirs.
I know they're poor now, but...back when that well was producing 900 gallons/day (21.4 bbl/day), they were grossing AT LEAST $1,000/day. They EASILY could have saved up for a couple of months to buy a used pump jack and have it shipped over for say $30k. With the increased production from the pump jack they could've invested in enhanced recovery systems and then really started making money. I hate to say it, but most of their bad luck is self made.
Threatening the lives of loved ones for cheap labor and bigger profits is just another reason that population growth is declining across the globe. It's nice having kids, but it's a lot harder to coerce people when they aren't worried about feeding their children. And the more this world continues on the "well it's not slavery technically" track, the less people will have any reason to raise children to end up in the same horrible way of life.
International organizations should demanda the indonesian government to extract that oil by themselves with proper technology and to sanitize those areas for future generations.
7:00 Pauni doesn't have the machinery? No... Pauni doesn't have access to capital Government interferes in everything. Best wishes to all the good people in Indonesia.
In case you didn't watch the video they said Exxon Mobile controls the "government-owned" oil company. The government was more concerned with inviting western business interests to dine and dash in their country than helping their own citizens. And the US and oil companies are more of a "you give us or we take by force" type anyway.
the oil being government run is the only reason these folks still own their land and have jobs. you think it's better here in america where we grant public land to oil companies so they can not share a single cent and price gouge us every chance they get? at least these people get some small share in their land's natural resources whereas here it's simply given to the already-wealthy. where's my free land to drill on? probably consider yourself a libertarian or something ridiculous like that. laughable.
I lived in Cepu for several years. These oil wells, part of Cepu Block, located in Wonocolo, Bojonegoro, East Java. When I was a little boy, My father who worked as an officer in Pertamina often brought the entire family there during the weekend. There are accidents and sometimes people killed there during the oil extraction process, including one that happened right before our last visit. Dangerous job with small amounts of money. Fyi, the old extraction "engine" was powered by several men pulling the sling cable.
I wish they could get high efficiency distilling equipment, look how much vapor is lost out of the ends of the pipes. They must only recover 5% of the vapor going through those big pipes
You can make a high quality still with nothing but copper tube and fittings you can buy at any fleamarket in the world, just like the bootleggers did in the 1920's - 1930's. These people are stuck in poverty because they didn't reinvest their profits into capital projects back when it would've mattered.
Industrial oil companies can extract the oil more efficiently at lower environmental demage and refine the oil more efficiently into a higher quality product at lower pollution. In the end, there is simply more value added to Indonesia at lower environmental demage if it is done by an industrial company.
For those commenting about why the government doesn't give them equipment and regulate them, you won't like the answer. The answer is that those wells are no longer economical. The only way the independent owners can make money is because they break all sorts of safety regulations and ignore environmental concerns. The sooner they stop, the better.
The amount of wasted energy for 55 gallons of crude oil a week is insane. 2,000 ft tap plumbed pumpjack. Efficient and effective way to extract now focus on harvesting as a lined pool that can be gravity fed.
Without oil we would not have anything we have today. When oil runs out or becomes too costly or inefficient to extract the world will become a very different place.
The government officials get kick-backs from the big oil companies. They might try to help their own people if the politicians were not getting rich from bribes. It's the same thing that happens to poorer nations all over the world
They tried but..... not effective because the locals itself, they don't want to change their way. They make good money by Indonesia standard. Higher than most populations.
The government always does the exact opposite. These people could pull their resources together and invest in new equipment if they were allowed to sell on the free market
I've always figured that rather than burning the gas off (including sour gas), it should be collected and used to fire Boilers which in turn can create steam for Turbines to create Electricity. Otherwise it is Wasted and Pollutes our air.
The entire situation really is quite sad. The workers are quite crafty and it is astonishing what they are able to do to extract the oil. However this isn´t healthy for them or their land. It´s so unsafe and inefficient too. Them wanting support by the government to drill more is redicolouse too. What they do isn´t good. Deeper wells would help them but it wouldn´t make it better. They by themselves are never going to get oil out of the ground in a modern way. There really ought to be a better solution.
I can't believe it took almost until the end of the video 14:33 to finally see them use a siphon. So much scooping can be replaced with a plastic tube.
7:58 Actually, that’s a pretty fabulous meal. I grew up in Indo with that kind of food. Now that I live in VA, a bunch of cassava leaves from the Asian market costs $8 (just enough for one lunch). Add herby fried chicken, fish crackers, egg, and sambal (Indo/ Thai chili, shallot, garlic, tomatos, shrimp paste), and the whole meal easily costs me $25.
one of these location "wonocolo" , central java near them there is big oil company , petrochina and exxon mobile. this oil field actually "marginal field" which one single oil well only produce 1-3 barel per day , and cannot production for 24 hour due to water cut 99,9 %. so they wait till next day give oil well low influx producing oil. illegal drilling in these area was common , one well could be sell up to $ 200,000 / well depend on location , and there is " KUD" koperasi unit desa , legal small unit business run this activity but they have to sell their oil to goverment oil company PERTAMINA, in this video they operate illegally due to the profit more than sold to pertamina
Is it worth trashing the whole countryside so one guy can make $70 per week selling black market instead of 69 a week legitimately? Kinda pointless to wreck the whole watershed down hill over a dollar a week isnt it? Awe everything keeps dying in the family mango orchard, well geez I wonder why? Is a mango orchard not worth a lot more than a dollar a week? If the dumbass would stop and think about what he is doing a little bit, he could double his earnings by not wasting half of what he is pulling out of the ground. You would be hard pressed to come up with a more stupid way to produce an oil well. If he was able to scrounge a second hand truck engine to power a cable tool, he coulda found a few sticks of pipe and a pump and not be doing everything in open buckets. Dude shoulda stuck to mangos. The reason why Amoco, apparently the company he used to work for who provided that uniform for him is not producing that well is because they know that well wont make what it costs to operate. But apparently the dude hasnt figured that out yet and wasnt smart enough to keep his job with Amoco where he wouldnt be covered with crude oil all day, every day. I'm all for private enterprise but not when it destroys all his neighbor's property too.
I always chuckle at some of the half baked political ideologies that lead third world countries to kick out the developed nations who actually have the knowhow to extract resources. Now what are you going to do? All you're going to do now is end up having to do business with the same countries, but this time via corporations lol Look at the history of any of these nations, and you'll see the quality of life was much better when they were under the direction (and protection) of developed nations.
Dude, are you really talking about Indonesian situation by looking at the sample of this video? It's like you look at the tiny area of Kensington, Philly and conclude that all of America is a drug addict society.. We are currently the 16th largest economy in the world and a member of the G20. We're more than capable of managing what we have, with or without partnership with western countries. This video is more of documentation about lowest class society daily life, not a full picture of the country.
@tirtaksara yes man but just remember that the gdp of Indonesia is still ONE FOURTH the gdp of only California with a population 7 times larger than California. It isn't about how much output you make, it's about how efficiently your making the output. Just like with the ridiculous way these people are producing oil.
At 10:00 those jugs of oil each weigh about twenty kilos, not twenty pounds. He's lifting a pair of forty pounders. And he does it all day, twelve or thirteen hours. These guys know what hard, hard work is.
These big companies need to be made to pay the landowners a percentage of what they make from the land of the people. Oh who am I kidding. I'm from Scotland and as our oil is nearly all gone ,we the British taxpayers are giving money to the big oil companies to dismantle their oil rigs, while they made billions of pounds and continue to do so. WTF are we paying them anything when BP alone in the last quarter ( 13 weeks) made £18billion profit. Our politicians are just as corrupt as Colombia, Nigeria and all the government's around the world. Time for us to take back control. People say the world has got worse in the last 20 years. No it hasn't. It's just we can see what goes on all around us and everywhere due to the internet. And don't think for 1minute that the British and American governments would stop our access to it, except it would cause an uprising if they tried. They have the fact that we know mostly what's happening and that's why they started stories on line to try and confuse people into knowing what is real news and bullshit.
And american democrates want to ban drilling and pumping in america, citing its harmful to the environment where we have full oversite. Yet purchase oil from offshore. Where there are no regulations.
"Artisanal refinery" is such a funny phrase, like refining crude oil is an artistic endeavor and not just some poor schmuck sacrificing his health to make a few bucks to not end up starving to death.
They aren't refining anything. They are scooping oil out of the ground in the sloppiest way possible, needlessly spilling it everywhere. It's called producing oil although in this case that term seems to nice.
For those wondering why indonesia in such a mess when they had very rich natural resources was because we're not really an republic country, we're more like an kingdom where people worship the aristocrats. We spend a lot of money just to please and make the aristocrats richer. Yes, we had election and all. But the system make it so only those people who had money can actually be the candidate. And it's always friend of (....) Or family of (....) That's also the reason why we never had capable person in charge in the government Even the police act like a knight in medieval story when they didn't even bother to respond what the people reports but only listen to what the government command, which make the situation a lot worse
You know, I'm think it wasn't the Dutch that caused this ecological disaster. I'm sure they prefered their crude oil without mud and their equipment not covered in it.
Are you stupid? Of course it's the Dutch that caused this by building those ugly oil wells.Getting mud mixed in is inevitable 😂.The locals didn't drill the ground but only scooped the oil that naturally oozed out...
"they were white so they must have done this in a much more well thought out way obviously" "no white people have ever done anything bad to in indigenous populations, especially in the 1800s" lol get real man. I'm not even a left leaning guy, you just sound ignorant.
In the 19th century, I think that is the kind of methods the Dutch use to extract oil , and the locals inherited the process from them and continue using the same primitive techniques from back then. You can't compare it to modern day oil extraction processes.
The Dutch taught then high tech ways to due it over a hundred years ago but their still doing the same ways? No one there has upgraded anything? 😕😞 Wow These people are destroying the environment doing things this outdated.
I hope they pay these people well when they interview them. Not “well for their region” but legitimately well. Take a year or more off of their financial burdens, it can’t be that expensive.
The more I hear about Indonesia the more I'd never ever visit: - Toxic oil extraction. - Toxic tofu produced over burning plastic. - Toxic Gold mining using mercury that poisons the air, crops, water and food chain top to bottom....
tbf indonesia is really freakin huge its like saying i dont want to visit spain, because you dont like how cold the wheater is in siberia. both are located in europe
This is near my home. This regency get a lot of advantage because oil extraction. But after decades it still has not been able to improve the welfare of its people.
Since the Oil Companies "own the oil" then they "own the mess" too. They should be required to clean it up at their own expense. They could even hire the locals to do it IF they pay a living wage.
The problem is that the illegal wells shouldn't get more equipment because their method of extraction and processing is atrociously toxic for the environment and global warming
As an australian migrant living in indonesia, take a look outside the window and the injustice shows clearly. Big, grand buildings with big pools and twenty people to carry your bags, surrounded by shacks that get flooded by black polluted rivers and people barely scraping by. Its really sad.
There’s always a hard stoic person ready to do what no one else will. 😢 wish these hardworking men a peaceful long life. Sorry they had to endure such a harsh life. 😢
The common denominator is what austrian economists call "high time preferences" and fiat currencies have a lot to do with it - did you know the sorrounding countries forced their own fiat currencies on Indonesia until it finally became independent? They refused other countries' scams and now they run their own. The scam is very old, it's just: Give me hard assets (oil, gold, wheat...) and I will pay you with paper which is more useful. The only issue is the one entity that can legally print the paper gains too much power - they can print the paper virtually for free but use it AS IF it was made by work - this small glitch will eventually bakrupt every fiat-based economy. Gold standard was better in this regard but it was too hard to verify and transport, hence the paper.
the interpreter miss on what he said at 15:27 . He said that he feels bad digging the oil because its free (No regulations/ illegal) but he has to make money for his family, thats why he doesn't have any other choices.
I agree with you. I know the government isn't helping them get machinery and such which would make it more efficient. But could use something else other than bamboo sticks to make it efficient and profitable.
i worked 5 hours today, friday, and earned $100 dollars american. i worked monday tuesday and wednesday and earned $500. i had thursday off.. i feel so blessed to have this opportunity. even in america where i live i am very poor indeed. but i still feel very blessed when i see this. even with all the money i have here in america i still struggle to live without help from others. america is very expensive. it cost me more than 25 dollars just to eat everyday here in america.
Why wouldn't the government nationalise this, modernise and pay the people in surrounding village's a decent wage? They're literally causing an environmental disaster soon they will have to up and move due to the place being inhabitable
The wells are old and typically lack natural pressure. Extracting oil using artificial lifting or other methods would require too many resources to be viable. If a legitimate oil production company managed this field, they would likely seal the wells and move on, as these wells appear to have reached the tertiary stage of production. Additionally, the government does not engage in the exploration and production of crude oil directly. Instead, it collaborates with Exploration and Production (E&P) companies, some of which are state-owned but operate independently to generate profit. Therefore, any charitable initiative to address these wells is unlikely.
Life is cheap in that part of the world, in most of the world, and in most of human history. Those people will go away soon enough. None of your virtue signaling will change that.
@@fbmw98 They're already using "artificial lifting". They cannot use a simple jack pump? They cannot even manage to construct proper containers to catch the oil, they can't mechanize the dipper, and their derricks are the most ramshackle imaginable. Maybe a jack pump is even too much to ask.
I understand their position, I would do the same too just to put a food on the table. Safety, regulations, investment, climate or environmental effect are the talk for those who had plenty and to much food on their table. The price from Pertamina is to low to make a difference for a living and maybe an upgrade in how they work.
I think a big company should take the mining industry of their land and they just become a land lord in the area. The can get their share every month as the land lord. It would be better for them and for the country.
Holy shit! I’ve hauled crude oil and natural gas for 15yrs now. THATS sour oil, that type of oil has a higher content of h2S gas! How they’re not dead is beyond me. People go to great lengths to do what they need to do to survive. Just so sad 😞
Promoting bacteria growth on contaminated land feeds the microbes. Piling and leaving organic wastes on oil spills might make good compost and help the land eat the oil.
Hey California, some of your oil comes from these guys. You ok with that? That's Indonesian sour crude oil, chock full of Sulphur. Unlike north slope crude... USA oil usually has way less Sulphur in it. But since there are no crude oil pipelines going to California, they import it from Indonesia and other environmentally responsible countries...If the refineries had a choice, most of them would use North Slope crude.
Not the little that's left, it comes back, it's not dinosaur bones! We live in a duality, of course water has its opposite. But hey if you knew that than you wouldn't pay 5 dollars a gallon for something that doesn't run out...
7:40 "state company loses 11 million $ annually due to illegal selling..." THEIR ANNUAL REVENUE IS 80+ BILLION!!! I sure hope they can pull trough inspite of those massive losses. /s
@@navysealblackwater
What part of Indonesia is "western civilization"??
Idiot.
The state company is plagued with corruption 😂
That's terrible.
@@sheedyaja6465 Woodworms
These people will be jailed if they don't change their ways in the future, along with everyone else.
the irony is that they have to sell to Pertamina, which owns most of the gas stations in Indonesia, yet can't provide one near enough for the workers to refuel their vehicles.
Mereka nggak jual ke pertamina bro.. daerah sy dekat dg situ, mereka berani krna investor sumuran mereka itu bukan orang kaleng²
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yet it earns them more than growing, say corn, apparently. Not so much a "trap" as an opportunity. Imagine taking it away, what happens to those families dependent on that income.
Also pertamax can destroy your vehicle gas filter
@@chandragiriwangsa learn English no ones cares
An $11mil loss is not even a drop in the ocean for oil and gas companies. Don't make it sound like they are hurting a lot.
Yes, and that is passed to the consumer.
And now there is a moat of such thinking over the enterprise so it is harder to a newcomer to undercut and brake apart the monopoly.
Maybe they should invest in new wells and well tech. You know, maybe not leak half of the crude into the dirt? This is outrageous. The environment and the workers have no worth while the company makes billions.
It's a State owned company.
This "bailer" method is literally how we extracted petroleum at the first wells in Pennsylvania in the 1850s.
Oil City, Pennsylvania yo be specific.
My families from there. So is my buddies mom, and they live in Florida of all places. It's a cool old little town. Pretty land
Why can't these people innovate or improve as the rest of the world has.
Money
Its hard to inovate when you only get about 200usd per month@@ZoomZoomMX3
@@ZoomZoomMX3 Fund Factors, or maybe negligence from the company themselves (?)
@@ZoomZoomMX3 Rotten culture/education system
"Artisinal refinery" is an entirely new phrase to me, really. This small scale leftover extraction is ridiculously inefficient and extremely polluting. I understand the property owners desire to remain in charge, but it doesn't look like a beneficial strategy to them at all.
They say the same thing about child slaves in African cobalt mines.
"Artisinal miners"
It's a disgusting lie.
they make more money that way. its literally the only way to make ends meet for them. they wouldnt do it if it didnt benefit them more. it was extracted that way for hundreds of years but on a way bigger scale, the area is already ruined. Its fucked up, but i would do the exact same if i were them. theyve been put in a messed up position.
@@c6q3a24 i dont think comparing child slaves to these government contractors is a very great comparison.
@@ganjalfcreamcorn8438 They are nothing like government contractors. Oil reserves belong to the country, never individuals. The locals only own the land, but not the oil reserves. The locals are just forced to sell their oil to state-owned petroleum company. They are paid to provide a service to the government by extracting oil , but they are not government contractors, but more like freelancers
thats the same thing though. there is actual cobalt mining, but thousands show up with spoons and get in the way @@c6q3a24
79 years of independence and rich with natural resources... this country still couldn't prosper their people.
Obviously you haven’t been there for a while. Suggest you go again and look at the present economy
@@robertmcgowan3352most of Indonesia still poor the last time i visit the country 2 years ago
79 years run by lack of honest and competent authorities
@@robertmcgowan3352 at least 10 million Indonesians Gen Z are unemployed and not enrolled in any formal education or training.
Without the bogeyman of the European colonialists, the locals have no won to blame, but themselves, this leads those in power to become ever more totalitarian, to stop dissent, which also enables the tiny elite to be corrupt without limit.
"which is why workers bring lunch from home". Where else are they gonna go, McDonald's? Deli counter at Publix?
There're apps for your phone, which you can use to get lunch delivered to you. Or even cheaper, have a bloke roll up with a small kitchen mounted on his motorcycle, like a foodtruck with two wheels, within 10 minutes after pressing a button in one of those apps. Although these also make the rounds through the neighbourhoods during lunchtime. Larger food trucks set up shop during lunchtime near schools, officebuildings and factories.
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theres this called "warteg" in indonesia, just look it up on google. you'll know
Indonesian food, the original spice producers, is way more delicious than American food
Wegmans has wonderful variety in *checks notes* Buhmphuk, I hear.
“Which is why workers bring lunches from home”…….. what on earth is the difference between that and every single construction site in America lol
Americans!
yeah, why don't they just go to Applebee's for lunch?
I definitely can eat out everyday for lunch should I want for $50 or less.
The difference is they’re doing it out of necessity for how low wages are.
Every word of corporate legacy media reporting must fit a narrative. Always.
Have you been to every single construction site in America? I am in NYC and the area I work in has dozens of construction sites. I see construction workers going to small mom and pop restaurants and fast-food places just like regular office workers do.
As an Indonesian, i already hear about them several years ago, a lot of locals praised them for actually handling oil by themselves instead of letting larger state owned corporations take it over, it is pretty clear however that their independentness makes their work unsafe and unregulated.
however, i can't help but seeing some contradictions in the narration here, the locals wants government's aid so they can explore more potential oil reserve in their land but on the other hand they are trapped? They definitely have no will to abandon these old oil fields in their land, even though they can quite easily do that by selling the land to Pertamina with quite a lucrative prices, the reason they still continue is because they know that these oils are giving them a steady and pretty high income earnings.
In my opinion, it is clear that the Government need to standardize their work, giving them more equipment, but it would be impossible without legalizing their work first, incorporating them into Pertamina is an option.
Agreed, but that wouldn't get pity and donations. Unfortunately that's what sells over here. Not logic but "look at the poor people, don't you feel bad for them". While pretty much ignoring what the actual problems are, and sell the rich vs poor story. And then make money off their hardship too 😂 these kind of "journalists" are just scummy
WHO CARES, DRILL AND SUCK.
@@wookie-zh7go yeah i dont think they are getting many donations from the US so dont worry. pretty easy to say that shit from your gaming chair.
Di Amerika ada yang namanya fracking isinya UMKM semua.. teknologinya sudah ada dari tahun 50an tapi ga pernah masuk ke Indonesia...
@@MANADOSTREET it's all down to the capital, state owned companies always have the capital to acquire the latest technologies in oil extraction and processing, if you are a bunch of guys that want to harnest black golds in your lawn however, it wouldn't be that easy
I have been extremely grateful as an Indonesian to have been born into privilege. When I see and hear stories of my fellow countrymen and women struggle, it really makes my blood boil.
It's not easy to manage a country with over 200 million people scattered over thousands of kilometers, however, when I see the elite throwing lavish weddings for their pets, senators and the rich stealing from the people, meanwhile people like this that can barely afford school books, uniform, and food for their children. I have to wonder how the political elite sleep at night.
I am not a religious person, but I do hope hell exists for people who turn a blind eye to these situations, and I ask forgiveness and mercy for my soul when I die for not being able to help my fellow countrymen and women in need.
I can't believe how inefficent this process is. Dropping a bambu stick down a hole and lifting it back up. The liquit spilling all over the ground.
Even with limited resoutced you can make this so much safer and profitable
Wich is why they want the government to invest in new equipment I guess.
@@confuciuslola when he says "you" he means those who work there...
wood and stone aint too pricy indeed
With límited resources? How much is a metal Pipe down there? Should they decide to Buy a metal Pipe or a power plant instead of feeding their families?
@@gerardosalazar527 Had these folks invested even 20% of their revenues back into their business, they would be millionaires today. Refusing to invest in productivity-increasing tools is a sure way to lose your azz in business.
@@gerardosalazar527metal pipe might get stuck. Bamboo flexes
Ah yes, the classic 'just build modern facilities and fix everything' comments. Because obviously, people barely scraping by just forgot to order a factory off Amazon. Love how you casually gloss over systemic issues with 'they can't be that poor, they have vehicles'-as if those vehicles aren’t older than your hot takes. Must be nice solving global inequality from your comfy chair with a latte in hand. Keep it up, world peace is just one more comment away!
That's why you get loans to expand and buy equipment.
@@thedopplereffect00 you dense idiot, you know nothing about how the world works
@@thedopplereffect00 Predatory loans designed never to be paid off
@@thedopplereffect00 banks do not give out money willy nilly silly . They need to sniff your anus first to ensure you have the credit score or ability to pay them back, including interest.
A lot of process equipment is made in Thailand. Not too far away.
I work in Canadian oil and gas and the exposure these guys are get is insane. Just bathing in that produced and oil, then eating with their hands. It still astounds me we still import from these countries. Canada's the 3rd biggest oil and gas reserves in the world. Our sites look as clean as surgical rooms compared to these wells.
ha ha ha poor people
Wdym, Indonesia is actually a net importer of oils since the last few decades. The domestic productions had declined and these are basically the crumbs that remains outside of the big oil wells owned by big corporations.
Canada probably exports more oil to Asia than vice versa
@@hanselsihotang Yes, this is obviously an outlier cherry picked case. I understand that. But its the concept. We still import huge amounts of oil from countries like Saudi Arabia and Russia. Their environmental standards wouldn't come close to Canada's. We now have super tight regulation on all aspects - exploration, wildlife, reclamation, disposal etc. I've worked in all aspects and environmental was always forefront. Sometimes debilitatingly so.
They don’t have any other choice. To give you an idea, the average income of people working in the city is $200 USD per month. Now imagine their income in rural areas. Their only alternative is farming, which doesn’t even earn them $60 USD per month. That’s why, if there’s a job that can provide at least more than that, they will choose it even if it’s riskier. Don’t compare it to Canada, where the HDI is far beyond theirs.
Indonesian don't export. Not enough to cover local use.
Indonesia's independence declaration was 1945. 1949 was the dutch official recognition.
I know they're poor now, but...back when that well was producing 900 gallons/day (21.4 bbl/day), they were grossing AT LEAST $1,000/day. They EASILY could have saved up for a couple of months to buy a used pump jack and have it shipped over for say $30k. With the increased production from the pump jack they could've invested in enhanced recovery systems and then really started making money. I hate to say it, but most of their bad luck is self made.
Threatening the lives of loved ones for cheap labor and bigger profits is just another reason that population growth is declining across the globe.
It's nice having kids, but it's a lot harder to coerce people when they aren't worried about feeding their children. And the more this world continues on the "well it's not slavery technically" track, the less people will have any reason to raise children to end up in the same horrible way of life.
Yup. Its always been through children, that is one the easiest ways to manipulate someone into willing slavery.
International organizations should demanda the indonesian government to extract that oil by themselves with proper technology and to sanitize those areas for future generations.
Unfortunately, Indonesia is a democratic country, maybe you can do it if you follow a communist system.
7:00 Pauni doesn't have the machinery?
No... Pauni doesn't have access to capital
Government interferes in everything.
Best wishes to all the good people in Indonesia.
In case you didn't watch the video they said Exxon Mobile controls the "government-owned" oil company. The government was more concerned with inviting western business interests to dine and dash in their country than helping their own citizens. And the US and oil companies are more of a "you give us or we take by force" type anyway.
The government stealing the mineral rights is the root of the problem. You can't raise money for capital improvement under this situation.
Only big players win. He doesn't have any capital or connections to do. So the government doesn't care.
@@michaeld4861 As I said, governments interference
You believe there is such a thing as a " decent" government that is not controlled by someone
the oil being government run is the only reason these folks still own their land and have jobs. you think it's better here in america where we grant public land to oil companies so they can not share a single cent and price gouge us every chance they get? at least these people get some small share in their land's natural resources whereas here it's simply given to the already-wealthy. where's my free land to drill on? probably consider yourself a libertarian or something ridiculous like that. laughable.
Trapped in a dead end job. Sounds familiar.
lol they would kill to be in america. im not sure if any of us can really relate
I lived in Cepu for several years. These oil wells, part of Cepu Block, located in Wonocolo, Bojonegoro, East Java. When I was a little boy, My father who worked as an officer in Pertamina often brought the entire family there during the weekend. There are accidents and sometimes people killed there during the oil extraction process, including one that happened right before our last visit. Dangerous job with small amounts of money. Fyi, the old extraction "engine" was powered by several men pulling the sling cable.
wow i really love this video , keep it up !!
I wish they could get high efficiency distilling equipment, look how much vapor is lost out of the ends of the pipes. They must only recover 5% of the vapor going through those big pipes
You can make a high quality still with nothing but copper tube and fittings you can buy at any fleamarket in the world, just like the bootleggers did in the 1920's - 1930's. These people are stuck in poverty because they didn't reinvest their profits into capital projects back when it would've mattered.
Industrial oil companies can extract the oil more efficiently at lower environmental demage and refine the oil more efficiently into a higher quality product at lower pollution. In the end, there is simply more value added to Indonesia at lower environmental demage if it is done by an industrial company.
It's crazy the work people will do for such meager wages, so physically taxing on the body and their health..
They keep saying it's for their families and need the money
The fact that they do it means it pays more more than subsistence farming.
For those commenting about why the government doesn't give them equipment and regulate them, you won't like the answer. The answer is that those wells are no longer economical. The only way the independent owners can make money is because they break all sorts of safety regulations and ignore environmental concerns. The sooner they stop, the better.
I'm trapped in java too. I've tried to move to C# but its just not the same
Learn C++ or Rust. It's not too late. The halcyon days of C# are past.
Why would you trap yourself in the Microsoft world?
The amount of wasted energy for 55 gallons of crude oil a week is insane. 2,000 ft tap plumbed pumpjack. Efficient and effective way to extract now focus on harvesting as a lined pool that can be gravity fed.
Without oil we would not have anything we have today. When oil runs out or becomes too costly or inefficient to extract the world will become a very different place.
And the government doesnt do anything to help these people get better a better life or education. Ohhh indonesia you never cease to amaze me.
The government officials get kick-backs from the big oil companies. They might try to help their own people if the politicians were not getting rich from bribes. It's the same thing that happens to poorer nations all over the world
The government want to buy the right to mine, that's why they let them suffer so that one day they will sell it
Common happens in global south countries where corrupt official is run the country
They tried but..... not effective because the locals itself, they don't want to change their way.
They make good money by Indonesia standard. Higher than most populations.
The government always does the exact opposite. These people could pull their resources together and invest in new equipment if they were allowed to sell on the free market
I've always figured that rather than burning the gas off (including sour gas), it should be collected and used to fire Boilers which in turn can create steam for Turbines to create Electricity. Otherwise it is Wasted and Pollutes our air.
Lmao, uhhhh you would need electricity generating turbines first…. Hahahaha
The entire situation really is quite sad. The workers are quite crafty and it is astonishing what they are able to do to extract the oil. However this isn´t healthy for them or their land. It´s so unsafe and inefficient too. Them wanting support by the government to drill more is redicolouse too. What they do isn´t good. Deeper wells would help them but it wouldn´t make it better. They by themselves are never going to get oil out of the ground in a modern way.
There really ought to be a better solution.
It would be more environmentally friendly and profitable if they refined cocoa leaves.
lol!
They would find a way to make a mess !
haha thats somthing america could get on board with
South East Asia region has something similar call "Kratom" .
"coca" not "cocoa" you mean
Watched how to extract iron at Cody's lab. Now learned how to extract and refine oil. I guess it is time to start a civilization.
I can't believe it took almost until the end of the video 14:33 to finally see them use a siphon. So much scooping can be replaced with a plastic tube.
How I imagine what Frostpunk 2 would look like
7:58 Actually, that’s a pretty fabulous meal. I grew up in Indo with that kind of food. Now that I live in VA, a bunch of cassava leaves from the Asian market costs $8 (just enough for one lunch). Add herby fried chicken, fish crackers, egg, and sambal (Indo/ Thai chili, shallot, garlic, tomatos, shrimp paste), and the whole meal easily costs me $25.
In indonesia you get just $1 for that fried chicken fish crackers and sambal with cassa leave and rice one portion
Go to warteg, One plate of food is less than $2
What's your point though? Food grown locally is always going to be cheaper.
@@aronquemarr7434seriously, I can’t believe people are so god damn dense.
This channel explain the documentary sharp short and easy to understand i love this channel
one of these location "wonocolo" , central java near them there is big oil company , petrochina and exxon mobile. this oil field actually "marginal field" which one single oil well only produce 1-3 barel per day , and cannot production for 24 hour due to water cut 99,9 %. so they wait till next day give oil well low influx producing oil.
illegal drilling in these area was common , one well could be sell up to $ 200,000 / well depend on location , and there is " KUD" koperasi unit desa , legal small unit business run this activity but they have to sell their oil to goverment oil company PERTAMINA, in this video they operate illegally due to the profit more than sold to pertamina
Is it worth trashing the whole countryside so one guy can make $70 per week selling black market instead of 69 a week legitimately? Kinda pointless to wreck the whole watershed down hill over a dollar a week isnt it? Awe everything keeps dying in the family mango orchard, well geez I wonder why? Is a mango orchard not worth a lot more than a dollar a week?
If the dumbass would stop and think about what he is doing a little bit, he could double his earnings by not wasting half of what he is pulling out of the ground. You would be hard pressed to come up with a more stupid way to produce an oil well. If he was able to scrounge a second hand truck engine to power a cable tool, he coulda found a few sticks of pipe and a pump and not be doing everything in open buckets. Dude shoulda stuck to mangos. The reason why Amoco, apparently the company he used to work for who provided that uniform for him is not producing that well is because they know that well wont make what it costs to operate. But apparently the dude hasnt figured that out yet and wasnt smart enough to keep his job with Amoco where he wouldnt be covered with crude oil all day, every day. I'm all for private enterprise but not when it destroys all his neighbor's property too.
I have a headache watching this. How are they still alive and well?
Crude oil isn't that pungy the processed ones Gasoline and Diesel are toxic to lungs
I always chuckle at some of the half baked political ideologies that lead third world countries to kick out the developed nations who actually have the knowhow to extract resources. Now what are you going to do? All you're going to do now is end up having to do business with the same countries, but this time via corporations lol Look at the history of any of these nations, and you'll see the quality of life was much better when they were under the direction (and protection) of developed nations.
Dude, are you really talking about Indonesian situation by looking at the sample of this video? It's like you look at the tiny area of Kensington, Philly and conclude that all of America is a drug addict society.. We are currently the 16th largest economy in the world and a member of the G20. We're more than capable of managing what we have, with or without partnership with western countries. This video is more of documentation about lowest class society daily life, not a full picture of the country.
@tirtaksara yes man but just remember that the gdp of Indonesia is still ONE FOURTH the gdp of only California with a population 7 times larger than California. It isn't about how much output you make, it's about how efficiently your making the output. Just like with the ridiculous way these people are producing oil.
@@tirtaksara "We're more than capable of managing what we have"
Clearly not though.
Look like they could use some Freedom 🦅🦅🦅
Freedom incoming
At 10:00 those jugs of oil each weigh about twenty kilos, not twenty pounds. He's lifting a pair of forty pounders. And he does it all day, twelve or thirteen hours. These guys know what hard, hard work is.
These big companies need to be made to pay the landowners a percentage of what they make from the land of the people. Oh who am I kidding. I'm from Scotland and as our oil is nearly all gone ,we the British taxpayers are giving money to the big oil companies to dismantle their oil rigs, while they made billions of pounds and continue to do so. WTF are we paying them anything when BP alone in the last quarter ( 13 weeks) made £18billion profit. Our politicians are just as corrupt as Colombia, Nigeria and all the government's around the world. Time for us to take back control. People say the world has got worse in the last 20 years. No it hasn't. It's just we can see what goes on all around us and everywhere due to the internet. And don't think for 1minute that the British and American governments would stop our access to it, except it would cause an uprising if they tried. They have the fact that we know mostly what's happening and that's why they started stories on line to try and confuse people into knowing what is real news and bullshit.
And american democrates want to ban drilling and pumping in america, citing its harmful to the environment where we have full oversite. Yet purchase oil from offshore. Where there are no regulations.
"Artisanal refinery" is such a funny phrase, like refining crude oil is an artistic endeavor and not just some poor schmuck sacrificing his health to make a few bucks to not end up starving to death.
They aren't refining anything. They are scooping oil out of the ground in the sloppiest way possible, needlessly spilling it everywhere. It's called producing oil although in this case that term seems to nice.
For those wondering why indonesia in such a mess when they had very rich natural resources was because we're not really an republic country, we're more like an kingdom where people worship the aristocrats. We spend a lot of money just to please and make the aristocrats richer.
Yes, we had election and all. But the system make it so only those people who had money can actually be the candidate. And it's always friend of (....) Or family of (....)
That's also the reason why we never had capable person in charge in the government
Even the police act like a knight in medieval story when they didn't even bother to respond what the people reports but only listen to what the government command, which make the situation a lot worse
Eat your rich
You know, I'm think it wasn't the Dutch that caused this ecological disaster. I'm sure they prefered their crude oil without mud and their equipment not covered in it.
bro they literally said that they haven't change the process since that time. It was as bad then as it is not.
Are you stupid? Of course it's the Dutch that caused this by building those ugly oil wells.Getting mud mixed in is inevitable 😂.The locals didn't drill the ground but only scooped the oil that naturally oozed out...
"they were white so they must have done this in a much more well thought out way obviously" "no white people have ever done anything bad to in indigenous populations, especially in the 1800s" lol get real man. I'm not even a left leaning guy, you just sound ignorant.
In the 19th century, I think that is the kind of methods the Dutch use to extract oil , and the locals inherited the process from them and continue using the same primitive techniques from back then. You can't compare it to modern day oil extraction processes.
I’m confused. Did you watch the video and decide not to believe it or what?
And yet; He manages a perfect, welcoming smile! Stay thirsty, my friend!
The Dutch taught then high tech ways to due it over a hundred years ago but their still doing the same ways?
No one there has upgraded anything?
😕😞
Wow
These people are destroying the environment doing things this outdated.
Mind blowing…
""We've ruined the land.... The government should fix that"" erm, nope that's on you!
They still smile in their struggle. I like that
Brings a whole new meaning to Javas Brewin
13:52 Peter Coleman signing, ex woodside CEO.
"I drink your milkshake...I DRINK IT UP *SLURRRRP* "
I hope they pay these people well when they interview them. Not “well for their region” but legitimately well. Take a year or more off of their financial burdens, it can’t be that expensive.
Corruption is ugly!
The more I hear about Indonesia the more I'd never ever visit:
- Toxic oil extraction.
- Toxic tofu produced over burning plastic.
- Toxic Gold mining using mercury that poisons the air, crops, water and food chain top to bottom....
Mate, I'd reckon the friggin' Planet is Fk'd... 😂👍
@mickgatz214 HAHA truth right there, mate😂
@@natashabusono4550 im also Australian
@@ganjalfcreamcorn8438 Cool👏🏾
tbf indonesia is really freakin huge
its like saying i dont want to visit spain, because you dont like how cold the wheater is in siberia. both are located in europe
ASEAN need to be held accountable for their disgusting pollution
This is near my home. This regency get a lot of advantage because oil extraction. But after decades it still has not been able to improve the welfare of its people.
Since the Oil Companies "own the oil" then they "own the mess" too. They should be required to clean it up at their own expense. They could even hire the locals to do it IF they pay a living wage.
The problem is that the illegal wells shouldn't get more equipment because their method of extraction and processing is atrociously toxic for the environment and global warming
I wonder how many hours of practice the narrator had to go through to get that exact style.
So sad to see how much we pollute around the world I worked in the hazardous waste field for six years and the amount of waste created is unthinkable
As an australian migrant living in indonesia, take a look outside the window and the injustice shows clearly. Big, grand buildings with big pools and twenty people to carry your bags, surrounded by shacks that get flooded by black polluted rivers and people barely scraping by. Its really sad.
There’s always a hard stoic person ready to do what no one else will. 😢 wish these hardworking men a peaceful long life. Sorry they had to endure such a harsh life. 😢
That dude in the video was 22 years old. Do you think he’s going to make it to. 25 inhaling all that poison everyday? Hahaha
The common denominator is what austrian economists call "high time preferences" and fiat currencies have a lot to do with it - did you know the sorrounding countries forced their own fiat currencies on Indonesia until it finally became independent? They refused other countries' scams and now they run their own. The scam is very old, it's just: Give me hard assets (oil, gold, wheat...) and I will pay you with paper which is more useful. The only issue is the one entity that can legally print the paper gains too much power - they can print the paper virtually for free but use it AS IF it was made by work - this small glitch will eventually bakrupt every fiat-based economy. Gold standard was better in this regard but it was too hard to verify and transport, hence the paper.
We should all just be extremely grateful if we are not forced to live this way...🙏🙌
the interpreter miss on what he said at 15:27 . He said that he feels bad digging the oil because its free (No regulations/ illegal) but he has to make money for his family, thats why he doesn't have any other choices.
The narrator , the cinematography, is so calming and very inspiring you can even watch this when you need to sleep.
Thats your takeaway from this video?....that its something to watch when you feel sleepy
You are definitely white
@@benjaminndukwe4007 It's a bot.
@@RanmaSyaoranSaotome jokes on you I'm breathing 😂
but it only goes for 16:55....
Sure, I would go to sleep, but as soon as it finishes, I'd wake up again. 😥
This isn't even the shadiest thing they do probably 10x healthier than ship breaking Or drinking from basically any river
If someone else owns the mineral rights, you do not own the land outright!
Oil leaking from the ground without drilling or mining is wild
Crazy how the hardest working people are the ones at the bottom of the bottom
Hunger makes people stupid.
I agree with you. I know the government isn't helping them get machinery and such which would make it more efficient. But could use something else other than bamboo sticks to make it efficient and profitable.
INDONESIA MENDUNIA!!!!
i worked 5 hours today, friday, and earned $100 dollars american. i worked monday tuesday and wednesday and earned $500. i had thursday off.. i feel so blessed to have this opportunity. even in america where i live i am very poor indeed. but i still feel very blessed when i see this. even with all the money i have here in america i still struggle to live without help from others. america is very expensive. it cost me more than 25 dollars just to eat everyday here in america.
May i ask what do you do?
That's crazy after all these years they couldn't fab together a primitive pump.
Good documentary, but narrator rubbish.
Why wouldn't the government nationalise this, modernise and pay the people in surrounding village's a decent wage? They're literally causing an environmental disaster soon they will have to up and move due to the place being inhabitable
The wells are old and typically lack natural pressure. Extracting oil using artificial lifting or other methods would require too many resources to be viable. If a legitimate oil production company managed this field, they would likely seal the wells and move on, as these wells appear to have reached the tertiary stage of production. Additionally, the government does not engage in the exploration and production of crude oil directly. Instead, it collaborates with Exploration and Production (E&P) companies, some of which are state-owned but operate independently to generate profit. Therefore, any charitable initiative to address these wells is unlikely.
Life is cheap in that part of the world, in most of the world, and in most of human history. Those people will go away soon enough. None of your virtue signaling will change that.
the govermant? thats so cute, they dont give a f. all they care is their personal pocket
The government seems to be the problem, not the solution
@@fbmw98 They're already using "artificial lifting". They cannot use a simple jack pump? They cannot even manage to construct proper containers to catch the oil, they can't mechanize the dipper, and their derricks are the most ramshackle imaginable. Maybe a jack pump is even too much to ask.
I understand their position, I would do the same too just to put a food on the table. Safety, regulations, investment, climate or environmental effect are the talk for those who had plenty and to much food on their table. The price from Pertamina is to low to make a difference for a living and maybe an upgrade in how they work.
Wow, I don't even know if this exists in Indonesia 😶
Indonesia kaya dengan sumber minyak bumi . Sebab itu pertamina dan Petronas harus Berkerjasama untuk majukan nusantara
The video may imply it, but it’s a shame that they do not translate the "DESPERATE/DESPERATION" that these people explicitly state in the beginning.
They sell on the black market and then call for government help. It seems nearly impossible to run a small private business in this sector...
if Pertamina pays minimum wage for these workers hard works , they deserve to lose the money
The resource curse is real man.
Those oil wells stuck in the past is defining their future
It seems that they need to be unburdened by what has been.
@harmonk8012 "to have more confidence in thier passage of time"
You mean refining their future? /j
@@harmonk8012 bruh.
Amazing.
Business insiders have so much inside sight that they discovered how these struggling gentleman get their lunch.😅
Smiling through the pain.
I think a big company should take the mining industry of their land and they just become a land lord in the area. The can get their share every month as the land lord. It would be better for them and for the country.
Holy shit! I’ve hauled crude oil and natural gas for 15yrs now. THATS sour oil, that type of oil has a higher content of h2S gas! How they’re not dead is beyond me. People go to great lengths to do what they need to do to survive. Just so sad 😞
Promoting bacteria growth on contaminated land feeds the microbes. Piling and leaving organic wastes on oil spills might make good compost and help the land eat the oil.
The State owned company is killing its workers. So who do the workers petition for better conditions?
Hey California, some of your oil comes from these guys. You ok with that? That's Indonesian sour crude oil, chock full of Sulphur. Unlike north slope crude... USA oil usually has way less Sulphur in it.
But since there are no crude oil pipelines going to California, they import it from Indonesia and other environmentally responsible countries...If the refineries had a choice, most of them would use North Slope crude.
You load 16 tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt.
"Poors paid low wages" Who wants to go to the store and pay more than the lowest price they go for?
Human ingenuity never ceases to amaze me.
This isn't that
Not the little that's left, it comes back, it's not dinosaur bones! We live in a duality, of course water has its opposite. But hey if you knew that than you wouldn't pay 5 dollars a gallon for something that doesn't run out...