With a view to energy sovereignty, the country is looking for alternatives to increase the production of national crude oil used in thermoelectric plants and gas extracted from oil wells, in order to embark on a favorable path in the National Electric System (sen).
An example of this is the recovery, by specialists from the Cuba-Petroleum Union (Cupet), of the Canasí well, the one with the highest gas production in Cuba, which was paralyzed and provided between 450,000 and 500,000 cubic meters per day to Energás.
According to a report from the Cuban News Channel, this impact, at the time, represented about 60 megawatts (mw) that stopped being generated at the Puerto Escondido Plant. However, now, the well is still in operation, once the work is completed.
Likewise, projects for oil and gas drilling in the northern part of the western region stand out, in search of crude oil and concentrated gas reserves.
This purpose is evident in the largest horizontal drilling, in the Varadero 1012 well, considered a technological feat, whose drilling length exceeded 8,000 meters.
In addition, a new drilling will be carried out in the Varadero 1015 field, which is expected to reach a depth of 7,400 meters.
In this endeavor, another of the most accurate paths is the installation, until 2028, of 92 photovoltaic solar parks, with a generation capacity of 2,000 mw of power (more than 20 mw each), for which the studies are already being carried out. earthworks and corresponding studies.
Given that the Greater Antilles consumes eight million tons of fuel annually, and only produces three million, it is necessary to operate under the strategic principles of achieving independence and replacing them with renewable energy sources.
