Editing Economy of Cuba (section)

==== Oil and gas ====
As of August 2012, off-shore petroleum exploration of [[Oil reserves in Cuba|promising formations in the Gulf of Mexico]] had been unproductive, with two failures reported. Additional exploration is planned.<ref name="GAP8612">{{cite news |date=6 August 2012 |title=2nd Cuban offshore oil well also a bust |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/feedarticle/10376094 |access-date=6 August 2012 |newspaper=The Guardian |location=Havana |agency=AP Foreign}}</ref>

In both 2007 and 2008 estimates, the country produced 62,100 bbl/d of oil and consumed 176,000 bbl/d with 104,800 bbl/d of imports, as well as 197,300,000 bbl proved reserves of oil.<ref name="The World Factbook" /> Venezuela is Cuba's primary source of oil.

In 2017, Cuba produced and consumed an estimated 1189&nbsp;million m<sup>3</sup> of natural gas and has 70.79&nbsp;billion m<sup>3</sup> of proved reserves the nation did not export or import any natural gas.<ref name="The World Factbook" />