Re: [greenyes] More oil from where?

[Keith Ripley <vze3gxms@no.address>]

Wayne,
Importing significantly more crude from Venezuela is unlikely in the 
near future. The Bush Administration and Chavez Administration are, to 
put it mildly, on bad terms. Chavez has even threatened to reduce or cut 
off oil shipments to the US because of what he sees as US support for 
his critics. That's not very likely either, since Venezuela's production 
is heavily geared to the US market and not easily and cheaply retooled 
and the US market not easily replaced. Also, however, as I understand 
it, Venezuela crude is not nearly of the same grade and quality as Saudi 
crude, and to take in more would require changes in US refineries. 
Venezuela sells more heating oil to us than anything else.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Keith

Wayne Turner wrote:

> Headlines in Monday newspapers and on several web news services stated
> that President Bush was going to ask the Saudi crown prince to increase
> oil production, ostensibly to increase worldwide supply and thus lower
> prices.  According to 2003 DOE statistics, the US imports about
> 1,700,000 bbl/day of crude oil from Saudi Arabia and 1,600,000,
> 1,500,000, 1,200,000 bbl/day from Mexico, Canada and Venezuela,
> respectively.  Can anyone tell me why the same overture Bush made to the
> Saudis wouldn't be made to these other 3 oil exporting countries with
> whom we do a lot of business, all of which are in more politically
> stable areas of the world and certainly much closer to home?  Based on
> an NPR report I heard, Saudi Arabia is already producing oil at their
> infrastructure's capacity, so it doesn't appear to be an available
> capacity issue.
>
> Wayne
>
>
>  

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