HAVANA, Cuba, Mar 11 (ACN) At 8,047 meters long, Varadero 1012 is now the longest horizontal oil well in the country, executed in 546 days by Cuban Petroleum Company (Cupet by its Spanish acronym) and the Chinese company Gran Muralla.
According to Granma newspaper, the project was designed by Cuban engineers and specialists, with a construction that reaches more than 7,000 meters of displacement on the seabed, where its reserves are located.
Juan Carlos de la Concepcion Fariñas, head of drilling operations, said that the work is located in the area of greatest prospects in the Varadero Oest