The Cuban government is hoping for an oil well in Varadero

in the middle of a Severe fuel crisis It has plunged Cuba into blackouts and transportation shortages, and the government has announced plans to drill for oil.

The Union Cuban Oil (CUPET), together with Chinese experts, has completed the exploitation of one of the “most challenging oil wells in the world” and is very close to Varadero.

Official Journalist of Cuba Bernardo Espinosa The well, listed as Varadero VDW-1012, has a record-breaking horizontal length of 8,047 meters offshore from the coast of Boca de Camarioca, according to social media.

The project was widely celebrated by the regime as a “feat of national engineering” led by Cuban experts. Union Cuban OilWith the support of the Chinese company “Great Wall”.

Oil drilling is approaching the production phase. The extracted oil will be used to generate electricity in the country's thermal power plants, providing an immediate response to the island's growing energy demand.

The Cuban Electrical Union Announced, a few days ago, another significant deposit exploitation, The Kanasi 300 schemeIt is intended to achieve extraction of natural gas that contributes to the country's electricity generation.

They assured that these efforts are part of the effort to achieve greater energy independence by exploiting national resources.

They also announced the search in August 2023 High quality oil near Matanzas province by Australian company Melpana Energy.

However, this news is not enough for Cubans because it does not change their daily reality. People are suffering from repression, prolonged economic decline, increasing blackouts, famine, inflation and abject poverty.

With discontent on the island, some Cubans predict a possible social eruption at the least expected moment.

In this context of urgency and uncertainty, the government chooses to promote its own energy exploitation initiatives, which are high-cost projects and whose benefits are not immediate.