China is Ramping up Its Oil Drilling Initiative in Cuban Waters...

By R.C.

Fri, Apr 19, 2019 9:16 a.m.

China is ramping up its oil drilling initiative in Cuban waters, using cutting-edge technology to reach deposits that Cubans couldn't touch.

China's newest oil hotspot is in America's backyard — RT Business News Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua said on Tuesday that an affiliate of Chinese oil major CNPC, Great Wall Drilling, was drilling for oil off Cuba's coast as part of a joint venture with state-owned oil firm Cuba Petroleum Company (CUPET). "Our deposits extend out to sea, so increasingly, wells are longer and to reach them we need cutting-edge technology that we have accessed through the ... www.rt.com

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Once again it's about natural resources.

Venezuela.

Kuwait.

Libya.

Afghanistan.

Iraq.

Iran.

And now Cuba.

Up next: Bay of Pigs Redux.