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I was EHS (Environmental Health and Safety) at ARCO before BP bought them, LOL but I worked at the lab that did enhanced recovery research for the prudogh bay and some other areas.

Refining not my strong suit either but I did learn a thing or two about crude oil and the various grades. and the product percentages you get from them.

Another thing about sour/ heavey/ extra heavey crude is the percentage of gasoline you get per barrel of crude.
lighter oils (light sweet) you get 30% or so gasoline and such products when you move to sour you drop down closer to 10 or 15%, and when you get down to extra heavy you get 5% gasoline.
A major reason we still get so much from the middle east, (very light sweet).

I was all ERRD (Enhanced Recovery Research Department) when I was w/ Shell in Bellaire. Chemical stuff. Some polymer work, mostly alkaline (alk foams too) and surfactant experiments, and a pilot project in Whie Castle. LA, south of Red Stick. Had 3 labs devoted to it. Alkaline was usually Silicates, OH- converts petroleum acids to soaps, soaps form a high-viscosity emulsion which drives out the oil in front of it. Had up to around 80% recovery under lab conditions (low pressure, formation temp, unconsolidated medium). Had to work up a wet lab silicate analytical technique derived from some Russian inorganic chem journal (pre-interwebs, library was most engineering/geology/metallurgy/organic chem stuff). Interesting stuff.

In-situ cat-cracking will probably be used extensively in heavy-crude formations soon (if it isn't already; I'd have to do the research).

Guys... could you get just a tiny little bit more technical please  ?

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Should never have messed with the Monroe Doctrine? My grammar is pretty suspect as usual, too but you know what I mean.

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OK Could have sworn that Chavez's country was not infringed on by the actions Colombia took. (1.5 mile incurssion into Equador while chasing rebels).
Last I checked Equador was not part of Venezuela. So Thompson if Venezuela attacked Colombia they would be at the very best defending a neighbor and ally
The US would be pretty much obligated to provide some military assistance in that case, since Colombia is a US ally.


But you are correct in that the Monroe Doctrine would not apply as it was set up to prevent Eastern Hemipshere/ european counrties from attacking Countries in the Americas.