Saudi and Iranian oil is light crude.
Venezuelan oil is 'extra-heavy' crude, even among heavy oils.
Even if they have the #1 reserves in the world, the quality is so shitty they can't really do anything with it.
At best, they were just offloading it for cheap to China.
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