Tambang minyak adalah salah satu sektor industri ekstraktif bernilai ekonomi tinggi. Di Desa Sewu Jati yang terletak di perbatasan Jawa Timur dan Jawa Tengah, terdapat tambang minyak bekas perusahaan Belanda. Sejak perusahaan tersebut melakukan kapitalisasi terhadap sumber minyak di Sewu Jati, yang kemudian dilanjutkan oleh rezim elit desa dan koperasi, masyarakat terus mengalami peminggiran. Berkaitan dengan meluasnya kontrol negara terhadap sumber daya alam yang berdampak pada merosotnya akses masyarakat terhadap usaha penambangan di daerahnya, tulisan ini menggambarkan strategi masyarakat penambang dalam menjaga kelangsungan usahanya.
Oil mine is one of the extractive industries with higheconomic value. In Sewu Jati Village located on the border of East Java and Central Java, there is an oil mine well formerly owned by a Netherlands’ company. Since the company began to capitalize the oil resources in Sewu Jati, followed by local village elite regime and cooperative business, local mining community is marginalized continuously. Widespread state control over natural resources undeniably has impactson the mining community’s access of production in Sewu Jati.This paper draws the strategy of local mining community in maintaining their business.
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