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Latin America

DetlefK

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1. The venezuelan oil is horrible quality.

Reply to GatoGordo (Original post)

Fri Nov 10, 2017, 11:04 AM

Nov 2017

The oil-sector has been taken over by the government, people have been fired... And whoever is in charge now doesn't know how to properly pump the oil: Venezuelan oil is full of dissolved metal, salts and water and there have been cases where foreign refineries have straight-up refused to accept venezuelan oil.

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Now India isn't getting paid by Venezuela [View all] GatoGordo Nov 2017 OP

The venezuelan oil is horrible quality. DetlefK Nov 2017 #1

The Rosneft mafia just spent 3 weeks in Venezuela, inspecting the refineries GatoGordo Nov 2017 #2