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38. Orinoco Belt

Sun Nov 30, 2025, 07:46 PM

3 hrs ago

Could you explain what you mean about the Orinoco Belt petroleum reserve being “filthy bad oil”?

From Wiki:

“…Orinoco Belt are up to 235 billion barrels (3.74×1010 m3) which would make it the largest petroleum reserve in the world…”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orinoco_Belt

https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/fs20093028

I know oil isn’t oil. But bad oil? That seems like hyperbole to me.

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