Cuba’s Offshore Oil Development:Background and U.S. Policy Considerations

Nerurkar, Neelesh ; Sullivan, Mark P.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Energy;    Petroleum;    Submarine oil well drilling;    Government ownership;   

RP-ID  :  R41522
RP-ID  :  R41522_2011May20

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report first examines Cuba’s oil sector, including current production and consumption levels.It then looks at Cuba’s offshore development, including the Repsol project, other offshoreprojects involving state-owed foreign oil companies, and the outlook for Cuba’s offshore oilproduction. The report then analyzes considerations for the United States raised by Cuba’soffshore oil development, examining oil spill risks and environmental dangers if spilled oilreaches U.S. waters, the status of disaster coordination between the United States and Cuba, andpotential approaches on the issue. The report then examines the debate over broader U.S.involvement in Cuba’s offshore oil development, and touches on two outstanding boundary issuesrelated to Cuba’s offshore oil development. Finally, the report examines legislative initiatives thathave been advanced to deal with Cuba’s offshore oil development.