Oiapoque, a remote city in Brazil's northern state of Amapa, is already experiencing several impacts from an anticipated oil-driven economic boom. Since Petrobras, the country's state oil company, began exploratory drilling off the coast of the Amazon rainforest, thousands of migrants have moved to the city, clearing forest for makeshift housing as they wait for jobs they believe could result from eventual oil production.
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