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mitch96

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1. We started with Venezuela which has the worlds largest oil reserves...The problem is it's thick sour oil

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Tue Apr 28, 2026, 04:06 PM

Apr 28

as opposed to light sweet crude which gas is made from. It just so happens US Gulf states just so happen to have refineries to process that thick oil...
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A War for Oil: Economist Michael Hudson on U.S. Quest to Control the World's Oil Trade [View all] Uncle Joe Apr 28 OP

We started with Venezuela which has the worlds largest oil reserves...The problem is it's thick sour oil mitch96 Apr 28 #1

Yet ANOTHER war for oil... 2naSalit Apr 28 #2