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In Spite Of Its Vast Oil Reserves, Cuba Fails To Woo Investors
Oilprice.com ^ | 18-02-2016 | Cuba Libre

Posted on 02/18/2016 3:28:14 PM PST by bananaman22

With the end of the 54-year U.S. trade embargo on Cuba, and Cuban government moves to encourage foreign investors, Cuba is a suddenly attractive venue that is sitting on an estimated 4.6 billion barrels of oil and promising tantalizingly low production costs that defy low oil prices.

In December 2014, the U.S. lifted the trade embargo, and earlier that year—banking on an end to the embargo—Cuba began to lay the foundation for attracting foreign investment by offering corporate tax credits.

It sounds great—but there has been no rush onto this playing field.

(Excerpt) Read more at oilprice.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Politics
KEYWORDS: crude; cuba; energy; investment; oil

1 posted on 02/18/2016 3:28:14 PM PST by bananaman22
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To: bananaman22

Please.

No

more

supply


2 posted on 02/18/2016 3:31:09 PM PST by ConservativeDude
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To: bananaman22

Come, my friend. Invest in our revolution.

You drill, we confiscate.


3 posted on 02/18/2016 3:34:08 PM PST by lurk
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To: bananaman22

Obama could put another stick in our eye by finding a way to send Cuba US aid funds or some other scheme to fund the Cuban tyrants.


4 posted on 02/18/2016 3:36:48 PM PST by Truth29
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To: Truth29

after the sting of Venezuela, who would?


5 posted on 02/18/2016 4:10:52 PM PST by ak267
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To: bananaman22

I’ll take my machine shop and manufacture parts for 1950s American cars...


6 posted on 02/18/2016 4:11:17 PM PST by Organic Panic
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To: Truth29

Just wait until he gives Guamtamo Bay to the Cuba’s......


7 posted on 02/18/2016 4:15:51 PM PST by Osage Orange (Nowadays we are just Central America with snow.)
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To: bananaman22

Slant drill off their coast.


8 posted on 02/18/2016 4:33:35 PM PST by mindburglar (When Superman and Batman fight, the only winner is crime.)
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To: bananaman22

Think Meh-e-coh or Venezuela .... invest your money, build the business and then poof ... you’re nationalized (and stupid).


9 posted on 02/18/2016 5:21:04 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (The main Democratic presidential candidates .. two old communist revolutionaries pining for the 60s.)
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To: bananaman22
That's to bad.I was hoping that Cuba would start drilling off shore with Russian Technology.Who knows? Maybe there will be free oil lapping up on Florida's beaches. After-all the people of Florida preferred that the U.S. oil companies be denied the right to do the same with better technology.
10 posted on 02/18/2016 5:22:03 PM PST by puppypusher ( The World is going to the dogs.)
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To: bananaman22

Duh - look what happens when you try to do business with the commies in Russia. They kill you and then steal the business


11 posted on 02/18/2016 5:32:19 PM PST by cassiusking
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"In Spite Of Its Vast Oil Reserves, Cuba Fails To Woo Investors"

Bad timing.
12 posted on 02/18/2016 7:41:23 PM PST by clearcarbon
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To: bananaman22

Does Cuban crude have a red tint?


13 posted on 02/18/2016 7:42:47 PM PST by central_va
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