MIAMI, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Cuban energy officials say the communist island may have more than 20 billion barrels of oil in offshore deposits, more than twice what U.S. geological officials estimated.

MIAMI, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Venezuela will supply Paraguay "with all the oil it needs," said President Hugo Chavez, who welcomed the election of another leftist leader in Latin America.

MIAMI, July 30 (UPI) -- Venezuela has agreed to sell oil to Spain at the deeply discounted price of $100 a barrel in exchange for medical materials and new technology, the latest in a series of preferential energy agreements orchestrated by Caracas.

MIAMI, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez recently announced his country's decision to build a refinery on the Caribbean island of Dominica, part of his effort to further integrate the region's energy supplies.

MIAMI, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- A Soviet-era oil refinery in Cuba is getting back online with the help of the communist island's close regional ally and petroleum benefactor, Venezuela.