Why Venezuela’s Oil Won’t Matter and Why Heavy Crude Is First Off the Market

CleanTechnica
By Michael BarnardJan 7, 2026, 4:01 am197 ptsTop
The idea that Venezuela’s oil matters to the United States, to global oil prices, or to the trajectory of decarbonization keeps resurfacing whenever geopolitics intrude into energy discourse. It is usually framed as a latent supply story, a sense that a large reserve base exists somewhere and could be tapped…

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