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Craig Goldman: “They're not the cleanest oil deposits in the world. The term…”

Featuring: Craig Goldman, Republican | U.S. House, Texas, District 12

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Venezuela's future post-Maduro and more with Rep. Craig Goldman and Leopoldo López - Sedona Forum

Published | Video Starts at 06:43

That's the good news, is that we took a tyrant out of a country that has the largest oil deposits in the world. The problem is They're not the cleanest oil deposits in the world. The term is dirty oil. It takes a lot more money, a lot more energy to refine that oil that, that's in Venezuela. But does that mean that countries are going to shy away? (06:43–06:48)

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Asserts that Venezuelan oil is considered "dirty" and requires more resources to refine.

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