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hardlianotionyesterday at 2:54 PM1 replyview on HN

Brent crude is a light, sweet oil. UK oil is extracted from same oilfields as Norways - little difference in quality - and the major extraction from both is Brent crude

A handy explainer on Brent quality is here: https://kimray.com/training/types-crude-oil-heavy-vs-light-s...


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traceroute66yesterday at 3:02 PM

> Brent crude is a light, sweet oil.

Brent is yesterday's story....

All the oil that would come from the prospective fields if extra drilling were to be permitted would absolutely be the heavy, viscous, waxy stuff.

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