MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Apr.2026, Words: 75) — Specialists from CUPET and the Chinese Geological Survey toured Cuba’s northern oil belt, visiting the Fraile field and the Varadero 1015 well. RELATED: DELCY RODRĂŤGUEZ’ VISITS GRENADA TO TALK BILATERAL TRADE, MARITIME TRANSPORT AND ENERGY The trip […]
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Mexico sends $3bn+ in subsidized fuel to Cuba through Gasolinas Bienestar: El Financiero
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 18.Oct.2025, Words: 221) — Between May-Aug. 2025, Mexico sent more than $3bn in subsidized fuel to Cuba through Gasolinas Bienestar, a subsidiary of state-owned PetrĂłleos Mexicanos (Pemex), thus, tripling the amounts of the previous administration, according to Mexicans Against Corruption and […]
EAI brief: Cuba’s Camilo Cienfuegos refinery undergoes technical maintenance
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 14.Jul.2025, Words: 120) — Personnel with Cuba’s state-run oil monopoly Cubapetroleo (Cupet) conducted specialized technical maintenance at the Camilo Cienfuegos refinery. Cuba, which in past years relied on oil and refined product imports from idealogical ally Venezuela, has turned to Mexico […]
Cash-short Cuba Orders More Power Cuts
(Argus, 26.Aug.2020) — Cuba is deepening power cuts as US sanctions on its main fuel supplier Venezuela make it harder for the island to keep its lights on. Venezuela’s state-owned PdV has long supplied crude and fuel to Cuba under a barter agreement dating back two decades. But PdV’s own […]
PdV Restarts Coker For Export Via Cuba
(Argus, 20.May.2020) — State-owned PdV has partially restarted a 70,000 b/d delayed coker which had been off line for over a year at its 305,000 b/d Cardon refinery, three PdV and oil union officials said. Once the coking unit operations have stabilized, PdV plans to ship the coke to Cuban […]
CUPET To Host Licensing Round Workshop
(GEP, 18.Nov.2019) — As the official CUPET meeting and roadshow to mark Cuba’s first offshore bid round, the Cuba Energy, Oil and Gas conference will be returning at the end of the month (26-29 November) hosted by CUPET. Featured as part of this year’s four day conference programme, CUPET, alongside […]
Total, Siemens Hope to Sign Cuban LNG Deal Soon
(Reuters, Marc Frank, 30.Apr.2018) — French energy firm Total SA and German industrial giant Siemens AG hope to sign a deal soon with Cuba to build a 600 megawatt gas-fired power plant on the island, according to diplomats and businessmen with knowledge of the talks. The two are leading a […]
PDVSA Strengthens Cuba-Venezuela Agreement
(PDVSA, 22.Feb.2017) – The vice president of trade and supply of PDVSA Ysmel Serrano, concluded a work trip to Cuba in order to strengthen energy cooperation ties as part of the Cuba-Venezuela Agreement. Key issues for the development of integration policies with the peoples of the Caribbean were discussed in […]