Good thing we don’t need it any more.
Stifle all initiative, yeah, THAT’S the ticket!
Cuba once had a large and relatively efficient crude oil refining capability. Don’t much hear about that any more. Originally a joint venture between Venezuela and Cuba, a Russian-built refinery in the Caribbean has fallen largely into disuse, since Venezuela cannot provide the necessary flow of crude, which is only partially supplemented by shipments from Russia and Algeria.
There was also a large refinery within Cuba, built back in the days of Batista, which was nationalized when Castro took over in 1959, and for which no compensation was ever paid, but it has fallen into a moldering pile of rust.