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The United States needs more heavy oil for a whole series of reasons. President Joe Biden could have chosen to have that oil come from a close friend and ally, environmentally conscious Canada, or from one of the world’s nastiest regimes, Nicolas Maduro’s Venezuela, which doesn’t give a toss about the environment.
In the relationship between nations, trade plays a significant role. Central to the ties between New Delhi and Doha is LNG, the fuel on which India is critically dependent — and of which Qatar is the predominant supplier. This is the context in which diplomacy around the eight Indians on death row will take place.
Over the last year, the U.S. has been ramping up its natural gas production, with plans to develop several more LNG facilities in the south of the country. But it seems like it’s not the only country to have major gas ambitions, as Canada continues to work on a massive new export facility.