Cuba

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Most Caribbean islands are net energy importers.
The Caribbean has several export-oriented oil refineries, focused towards the U.S. market.

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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)			2011				2012
		30 Year History	Cuba	Central & South America	World	Rank	Cuba
Total Oil Production	Production of crude oil (including lease condensate), natural gas plant liquids, and other liquids, and refinery processing gain (loss). Negative value indicates refinery processing loss.	Total Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	55.69	7,807	87,093	61
Crude Oil Production	Includes lease condensate.	Crude Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	55.00	6,635	74,080	53
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum products and direct combustion of crude oil.	Petroleum Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	165.00	6,412	87,421	62	^F
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Total Oil Production – Consumption. Negative numbers are Net Imports.	Petroleum Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	-109.31	1,396	--	43	NA
Total Oil Exports to U.S.	Total crude oil and petroleum products.	Total Oil Exports to U.S. Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	NA			NA	NA
Refinery Capacity	Crude oil distillation capacity as of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Refinery Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	301	6,582	88,097	49	301
Proved Reserves(Billion Barrels)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.12	237	NA	60	0.12
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)			2010				2011
		29 Year History	Cuba	Central & South America	World	Rank	Cuba
Production	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	38	5,517	111,346	62	NA
Consumption	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	38	5,106	112,864	86	NA
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports - Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Note: Data range begins with the year 1990.	Natural Gas Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0	415	--	64	NA
Proved Reserves (Trillion Cubic Feet)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Natural Gas Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	3	267	NA	53	3
Coal (Million Short Tons)			2009				2010
			Cuba	Central & South America	World	Rank	Cuba
Production	Production of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale).	Coal Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.000	97	7,546	61	0.000
Consumption	Consumption of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale) and net imports of metallurgical coke.	Coal Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.030	41	7,318	105	0.037
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports – Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Includes primary coal and metallurgical coke.	Coal Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	-0.030	55	--	74	-0.037
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)			2009				2010
			Cuba	Central & South America	World	Rank	Cuba
Net Generation	Conventional thermal electricity, hydroelectric power, nuclear electric power, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power generation.	Electricity Net Generation Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	16.72	1,044	19,071	76	16.40
Net Consumption	Net generation+electricty imports-electricity exports-electricity distribution losses.	Electricity Net Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	13.97	878	17,360	75	13.64
Installed Capacity (GWe)	One billion watts or one thousand megawatts of electric capacity, as of January 1.	Electricity Installed Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	5.52	253	4,843	73	5.86
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)			2008				2009
			Cuba	Central & South America	World	Rank	Cuba
Production	Production of petroleum (crude oil and natural gas plant liquids), dry natural gas, and coal, and net generation of hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power.	Total Primary Energy Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	.172	30	489	86	0.162
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum, dry natural gas, and coal, and net hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electricity. Also includes net electricty imports.	Total Primary Energy Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.358	26	491	81	0.385
Energy Intensity (Btu per 2005 U.S. Dollars)	Consumption per dollar of gross domestic product using purchasing power parities.	Total Primary Energy Intensity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	18,661	5,954	7,454	11	19,775
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)			2009				2010
			Cuba	Central & South America	World	Rank	Cuba
Total from Consumption of Fossil Fuels	Emissions from the consumption of petroleum, natural gas, and coal and the flaring of natural gas.	CO2 from Consumption of Fossil Fuels Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	30.48	1,203	29,778	76	34.46