A well head is seen at Limau field in Prabumulih, South Sumatra province, November 21, 2014. REUTERS/Fergus Jensen
LIMAU, Indonesia (Reuters) - In a muddy clearing in southern Sumatra, a portable diesel power plant hammers away alongside a wellhead, struggling to extract crude from a depleted reservoir that lies below farmland and rubber plantations.
It was much easier to extract cash from a state-owned Chinese oil giant.
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