Matt Randolph

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6,151 appearances 29 recordings 3 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 11 Sep

Matt Randolph’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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American Power · Did Trump Get Played on Venezuela’s Oil Deal? · 2 Sep 2026 podcast

Now, this stuff doesn't stay blended forever. voice-verified

Um, light oil and heavy oil is just like oil and water. voice-verified

Eventually, if you shake it up and just set it down, it'll it'll separate. voice-verified

So voice-verified

The one way this could happen is if the oil could be run through an upgrading process, which is a form of refining. voice-verified

It's what Canada does to a lot of their bitumen and heavy oils up there. voice-verified

But uh Venezuela doesn't have the upgrading capacity to basically convert this heavy oil into a light oil. voice-verified

to put into the SPR. voice-verified

And so they would have to build an upgrader um at ten to twelve billion dollars and probably five to seven years of construction time. voice-verified

That's the only way it would work. voice-verified

And even then it may not fit the specs is the thing. voice-verified

Like there's no guarantee. voice-verified

So that is what would have to happen for for that specific oil from Venezuela to go into the SPR. voice-verified

Basically you have to change the entire, you know, uh chemical makeup of the oil and convert it to a different kind. voice-verified

blend the oil and refine it, but you can't take that oil and stick it in the SPR? voice-verified

That's not the thing. voice-verified

You just That's what voice-verified

So if if you picture if you picture a glass of water with oil in it, the oil floats on top of the water, right? voice-verified

And and how do we get oil out of the S P R? voice-verified

We pump water into it, we bring the oil up. voice-verified

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