Overview
- The Liberian-flagged Ocean Mariner arrived in Havana on Jan. 9–10 and is discharging about 86,000 barrels at the Ñico López refinery in Regla.
- The shipment left Pemex’s Pajaritos complex in December, according to confirmations cited by EFE and the University of Texas Energy Institute.
- Ocean Mariner is one of two recent Mexican vessels sent to Cuba, alongside the Eugenia Gas.
- Cuba needs around 110,000 barrels per day for basic energy demand, produces about 40,000 domestically, and imports most of the remainder for electricity generation.
- Prolonged blackouts and repeated grid collapses persist as Venezuelan supplies decline and U.S. enforcement and policy statements create added uncertainty for future fuel access.