Hard money investors expect to make more than the 8-10% the stock markets return.....Drilling companies are going to want higher profits whether they are from Chino or the US. The fuel has to be shipped and refined......and Venezuela is certainly closer to Belize.......but you guys deal with that guy...I think he just likes his name in the paper.....his country is still poor when all should be rich.......cut your best deal....that's the American Way!