Quote Originally Posted by rvg
You got that right. Virtually all of the Venezuelan oil is being refined in Texas. Since most of the world refineries work with sweet light crude, Chavez will have a very tough time selling his heavy sour crude to ANYONE other than us. It's a simple matter of economics, as most countries would instead prefer to pay more for sweet light than retool their refineries to accomodate Chavez. He can run around with his mouth wide open, shout imprecations and threaten Uncle Sam, but guess what, if we stop refining his oil, his gravy train is over.
What he said. Who else is going to buy it?