Cuba Block 9 – Exploration Resource Potential
Brief Exploration History of Block 9
Lightly explored, natural oil seeps and several small oil discoveries
Pre 1959:
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Asphalt mined from surface
deposits
Motembo discovery - light oil,
shallow, produced 5+ mmstb
Numerous other shallow wells,
many with oil shows/recoveries
1959-1991:
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Some early seismic acquisition
Number of wells drilled with oil
recoveries (some located pre-
seismic)
1991-2006:
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First international PSC for
Block 9
Shallow drilling, but results in
two producing discoveries
(now excised from Block 9)
Varadero Field is the largest
oil field in Cuba with over 11
billion barrels of oil in place
(10.5-14.3 API)
Varadero
Majaguillar & San
Anton producing fields
discovered in Block 9
Cantel
Majaguillar
San Anton
Cardenas
IIW Loma Triana
Bolanos-1 (1991)
recorded a recovery
of 22 API oil.
→Guadal 1
Rio La Palma
-Marti 5
Bolanos 1
Marti-5 (1988) flowed
light oil (24 API)
at unspecified rate
Marti 2
San Felipe
Santa Gertrudis ▲
Angelita A
Surface Geology Structural
Trend
Oil Seep
Natural Tar Pit
Well-Oil shows
Well - Strong oil shows
Oil Field
Oil and Gas Field
Block
9
Motembo Field (1881) has
intermittent production of
light oil (50-64.5 API)
Havana
Cuba
Guadal-1 (1971) recorded
recoveries of oil and gas
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ace Geology
Trends on
Structural High
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50
kilometers
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