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Why Cuba's Dreams of Major Oil Discoveries Might Come True

Recent estimates suggest that the island could move into the petroleum big leagues

By Thomas Omestad

Posted March 3, 2009

Cuban workers extract petroleum in the north coast of Havana. (Zoila Amelia Tejeda/WPN)

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