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(3,202 posts)
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 05:44 PM Saturday

Anybody need oil?

We have oil. We need a regime change. Canada, Greenland, are you listening? Anybody?

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Anybody need oil? (Original Post) stage left Saturday OP
More ale. Ale is what I need. Nictuku Saturday #1
Add Mexico to that MiniMe Saturday #2
Maybe they could all band together to save North America. nt stage left Sunday #5
Venezuelan oil? Not right now, I don't think. Seeking Serenity Saturday #3
No, not Venezuelan oil. stage left Sunday #4

Seeking Serenity

(3,279 posts)
3. Venezuelan oil? Not right now, I don't think.
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 10:04 PM
Saturday

There's a reason that Venezuela is still sitting on the largest oil reserve in the world. Primarily because the oil is crap. Unlike light sweet crude out of, say, the North Sea, Venezuela's oil is called heavy sour. It's tar-like thick and is full of sulfur and other contaminates.

It's super-expensive to refine and with oil prices as they are currently, it's probably not worth the refining expense to turn it into barrels that could be sold on the open market.

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(3,202 posts)
4. No, not Venezuelan oil.
Sun Jan 4, 2026, 01:15 AM
Sunday

American oil. We have lots, I understand. I don't know what the quality is. The Trump regime may not be as bad as Madura's. I really don't know. But it's bad enough, corrupt enough, lawless enough, that I'd really like to see the U.S. undergo a regime change,

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