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PETROBRAS TO DRILL WILDCAT WELL.

Caribbean Update

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Brazilian state oil firm Petrobras, carrying Cuba's hopes of discovering a major, good-quality find, plans to start drilling an exploration well off the north-central Cuban coast in mid-November, reports CANA-Reuters (September 6, 2000). Demarco Jorge Epifanio, the head of Petrobras' Cuban subsidiary Brasoil Cuba, said November 18 had been set as the target date to begin the two-month drilling operation on a tiny offshore coral key north of central Ciego de Avila province:

"This really is a wildcat well. It is a high-risk bid -- we estimate the probability of success at below 15%," Epifanio said, adding that "if we do find something, it…

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