Max_B
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I haven't researched the issue, but I will say this seems less a Trump-thing and more a "what we should expect from a Republican president with a republican controlled congress" thing.
Aye. They were testing sending this crude to Europe back in 2014, they did a bit more testing in 2015. Europe has already upgraded most of its refineries to process these heavy oils. Peugeot, Citroen, Ford already have catalyst/DPF diesel engines in place to deal with the higher sulphur content in these fuels. Clearly it's been planned for a long time, but resisted by the previous US administration - for some reason. Continental America has almost 400 years worth of conventional/unconventional oil reserves available. They could apparently supply the world for about 35 years if they wanted, that was back in the mid 2000's. They obviously intended to supply Europe. God knows where we're going here...