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To: traumer
We are so screwed...

How so? Oil is fungible, if it goes elsewhere we'll go elsewhere too. No net loss. Big deal.

7 posted on 08/15/2005 3:03:34 PM PDT by Nonstatist
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To: Nonstatist
It could have a short term effect, if the fool actually follows through with it. Each refinery is tooled for the grade of crude it receives, and several of our Gulf Coast refineries process the heavy Venezuelan imports.

The other place it could hurt us is in with our imports of already refined gasoline which Venezuela also exports to us.

Both crude and gasoline are fungible products, so it wouldn't affect world prices, but it would increase our transportation costs to bring both here, and we'd have to retool our refineries.

It's not an entirely empty threat.

11 posted on 08/15/2005 3:09:39 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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