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hardlianotion 68 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Britain today generating 90%+ of electricity from ...

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...

traceroute66 68 days ago [–]

> 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.

hardlianotion 68 days ago | [–]

I am going to have to ask you for a source this time.

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