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Venezuela has the largest oil reserves in the world (by a lot) (en.wikipedia.org)
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I'd thought it was either somewhere in the Middle East or a big country like Russia

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[–] harcesz@szmer.info 6 points 1 day ago

Yeah, but very hard to extract, much like Canadian natural gas/oil or Polish coal. Makes great propaganda claim for politicians, but economically unfeasable.