Rubio touts U.S. refineries’ ability to process Venezuela’s oil

By Chuck McCutcheon – AXIOS

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday touted what he called a unique U.S. capability to refine Venezuela’s abundance of crude oil, a linchpin of the Trump administration’s takeover strategy for the country.

The big picture: Refineries in the Gulf of America (renamed from Gulf of Mexico) are generally better designed to handle Venezuela’s “heavy” crude than the lighter grades from shale produced from fracking.