But Saudi Arabia and Canada aren't politically at odds with Israel. But Venezuela, Iran, Iraq, and Russia have been. There seems to be a more consistent pattern.
Before the rebrand, they used to be called the tar sands, which is what they are. It takes a shit tonne of power and water to separate the bitumen from the dirt.
Oil companies also have a long history of devious military pressure in places they want to drill. Though as xoenix indicates, Venezuelan oil is the least exported because it is generally considered low quality. It's extra-heavy and sour (high sulfur), making it thick like sludge and difficult/expensive to refine compared to light, sweet crude, though specialized US Gulf Coast refiners can process it, and it's valuable at high global prices. More on exports here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/4/venezuela-has-the-worlds-most-oil-why-doesnt-it-earn-more-from-exports All that said, it seems Maduro is right, that the a group of people on the Hill are using the President to attack Venezuela in order to force a favorable oil deal. Israel could easily be in on that because it potentially shifts dependence on oil away from the Middle East (which Israel has tried to destablize for thousands of years), if that shitty oil can be processed affordably in the Gulf.
Israel makes money off of oil in the middle east. They've long occupied an area of Lebanon called Golan Heights that they claimed was a "defensive occupation." But they run oil wells on it making it seem more like an economic grab than anything else. Israel is pretty ok with us having dependence on oil in the middle east in general because it gives us an economic tie in and involvement in the region, besides just blatant political capture.
The oil in the Golan Heights is considered by some to be the real reason for conflict in Syria. There is investment to be made in building a pipeline through Syria. But investors will only see it as profitable if it is the only pipeline running from Syria into Turkey and to Europe. There isn't investment for two redundant pipelines. So the question is does it run south to Israel and Saudi Arabia or does it run west through Iraq to Iran? Assad being allied with Russia and Iran would have only allowed a project heading west. But overthrowing him and installing a differently aligned puppet means you can secure it to go south.
Absolutely - and there isn't appropriate reporting or journalism on what's happened with Syria (maybe Aljazeera wrote about it, however), and what Israel continues to do in Syria. It's infuriating when one knows of the Syrians' hopes of going back home, but the instability continues solely (IMO) because of Israel and the funding of rebel groups (perhaps also by the US).
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But Saudi Arabia and Canada aren't politically at odds with Israel. But Venezuela, Iran, Iraq, and Russia have been. There seems to be a more consistent pattern.
Saudi Arabia and Canada have been politically captured since their inception.
Venezuela's oil is pretty crappy tar stuff like Canada's, which there is no shortage of.
Canada has oil sands, sand with oil in it.
Before the rebrand, they used to be called the tar sands, which is what they are. It takes a shit tonne of power and water to separate the bitumen from the dirt.
Oil companies also have a long history of devious military pressure in places they want to drill. Though as xoenix indicates, Venezuelan oil is the least exported because it is generally considered low quality. It's extra-heavy and sour (high sulfur), making it thick like sludge and difficult/expensive to refine compared to light, sweet crude, though specialized US Gulf Coast refiners can process it, and it's valuable at high global prices. More on exports here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/4/venezuela-has-the-worlds-most-oil-why-doesnt-it-earn-more-from-exports All that said, it seems Maduro is right, that the a group of people on the Hill are using the President to attack Venezuela in order to force a favorable oil deal. Israel could easily be in on that because it potentially shifts dependence on oil away from the Middle East (which Israel has tried to destablize for thousands of years), if that shitty oil can be processed affordably in the Gulf.
Israel makes money off of oil in the middle east. They've long occupied an area of Lebanon called Golan Heights that they claimed was a "defensive occupation." But they run oil wells on it making it seem more like an economic grab than anything else. Israel is pretty ok with us having dependence on oil in the middle east in general because it gives us an economic tie in and involvement in the region, besides just blatant political capture.
The oil in the Golan Heights is considered by some to be the real reason for conflict in Syria. There is investment to be made in building a pipeline through Syria. But investors will only see it as profitable if it is the only pipeline running from Syria into Turkey and to Europe. There isn't investment for two redundant pipelines. So the question is does it run south to Israel and Saudi Arabia or does it run west through Iraq to Iran? Assad being allied with Russia and Iran would have only allowed a project heading west. But overthrowing him and installing a differently aligned puppet means you can secure it to go south.
Absolutely - and there isn't appropriate reporting or journalism on what's happened with Syria (maybe Aljazeera wrote about it, however), and what Israel continues to do in Syria. It's infuriating when one knows of the Syrians' hopes of going back home, but the instability continues solely (IMO) because of Israel and the funding of rebel groups (perhaps also by the US).
The funny thing is we went to the Middle East and gave a public lecturing on funding state sponsored terrorism. Hilarious.