Cuba’s Ministry of Energy and Mines clarified on its social media account that two tankers, the Belgin Sultan and the Erol Bay, with an installed capacity of 124 MW, are currently in the country.
According to the Ministry, following the recent arrival of Russian fuel, both tankers will begin generating electricity in the second half of this month.
The Ministry also clarified in its post on Twitter that no other tankers have arrived in the Caribbean nation in recent hours.
Recently, the Russian tanker Anatoli Kolodkin arrived in Cuba with approximately 100,000 tons of crude oil as part of the Russian government’s solidarity aid.
This was the first oil tanker to dock in Cuban ports in the last three months, after the U.S. government imposed a fuel blockade on the island following sanctions against any country that supplies oil to Cuba.
The Caribbean nation had not received any oil shipments since January 9, triggering a severe energy crisis.
