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Cuban offshore oil plans gain momentum

CNN -- Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- While the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has sparked debate in America on the merits of deepwater drilling, 90 miles away Cuba's offshore plans are quietly taking shape.

The country aims to drill seven exploration wells in its share of the Gulf of Mexico by 2014, according to American oil experts who recently met with Cuba's state oil monopoly Cupet and regulatory officials.

"Cuba's a sovereign nation and they're going to drill on their shelf waters and in their economic zone," Lee Hunt, the president of the International Association of Drilling Contractors, told CNN.

Spain's largest oil company, Repsol, has ordered a Chinese rig to start exploring in Cuban waters.

"They expect the arrival of the Scarabeo 9 rig sometime around the end of the first quarter next y

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graceman Champion Author Baltimore Posts:3,225 Points:818,165 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 10:26:23 PM Ignore graceman Report Abuse I see more problems.
Vette1967 Champion Author Albany Posts:3,644 Points:813,900 Joined:Jun 2009	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 10:22:43 PM Ignore Vette1967 Report Abuse I hope they have more safety measures in place than BP did.
fuelconscious Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:2,077 Points:537,795 Joined:Jan 2008	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 10:04:08 PM Ignore fuelconscious Report Abuse Are they expecting payments in cuban cigars?
playtimeCLE Champion Author Cleveland Posts:5,898 Points:1,091,400 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 7:34:05 PM Ignore playtimeCLE Report Abuse Its there waters. Let them drill until they have a leak that effects us. Then we will make them pay.
Lugi1967 Champion Author Ohio Posts:2,580 Points:542,470 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 3:54:32 PM Ignore Lugi1967 Report Abuse Drill baby, drill
JimTee Champion Author Tampa Posts:2,322 Points:1,189,725 Joined:Apr 2006	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 3:51:46 PM Ignore JimTee Report Abuse I tend to agree with MAC48. We need to drill or we will loose.
Luckylindy Champion Author Milwaukee Posts:2,146 Points:667,220 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 3:19:00 PM Ignore Luckylindy Report Abuse Chinese well drilling ships in waters this close to us. That can't be a good idea.
MAC48 All-Star Author Dallas Posts:728 Points:499,925 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 2:56:17 PM Ignore MAC48 Report Abuse And we sit idly by twiddling our thumbs while Cuba with Chinese assistance taps into the oil & natural gas reservoirs between Florida & Cuba. It will not be long before the Cuban wells engage in slant drilling taking oil from reserves lying in US waters. We do not drill in this area because the Florida tourism & sport fishing interest vehemently oppose exploration for & production of oil & natural gas in this area due to the fear that such production might mess up their businesses. These are the same Florida business interest that refused to go with light blackouts during the early months & years of WWII because it would hurt their tourism business. It did not matter to them that their well lighted towns, cities & resorts silhouetted passing US ships making them easy targets for German U-boats. To heck with the Florida tourism business interest & Governor Charlie Crist. Start exploring for & eventual production of the oil & natural gas reserves in US waters between Florida & Cuba. IF we do not, the Cubans will and we will produce the oil & natural gas in a much more environmentally sound manner.
PDQBlues Champion Author San Diego Posts:4,702 Points:979,420 Joined:Jan 2009	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 1:43:44 PM Ignore PDQBlues Report Abuse If it's their waters they drill in, good for them.
kag2010 Champion Author Winnipeg Posts:2,884 Points:559,460 Joined:Apr 2010	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 1:15:15 PM Ignore kag2010 Report Abuse sounds better than before.
OHMS Champion Author Orange County Posts:10,791 Points:1,249,445 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 12:39:56 PM Ignore OHMS Report Abuse sounds better than the previously reported "offshore Florida". Still Chinese ships with giant equipment sailing to CUBA sounds like the experience JFK experienced. What else comes on those ships?