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[–] tendiesonfloor 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

No more difficult than anywhere else

The HOVENSA refinery had to be specially outfitted to handle the ultra-sulfurous Venezuelan crude.

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[–] tanukihat 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I mean, deep sea refineries need to be outfitted with special deep sea shit. Mining oil is difficult everywhere, but Venezuela really fucked it up hard.

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[–] Benweiser22 ago 

That is the mining aspect, but yes refining the Venezuelan oil is more costly than Saudi crude.

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[–] ANGRY_Hippopotamus 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

"A handful of Saudis could go in there and have production up and running in a week".

So could the very capable Venezuelans he fired on live TV and the many other who silently left the country over the past decades.

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[–] tanukihat ago 

Yep.