00:00And Cuba has successfully refined its high-density, high-viscosity crude oil for the first time using a thermoconversion technology
00:08developed entirely within the country.
00:10The Hermanos Diaz refinery, located in Santiago in the southeast of the island, has succeeded in processing highly viscose domestic
00:18crude oil with a high sulfur content to produce nafta fuel oil and diesel, essential derivative for the country's operation.
00:25This is no small feat. Cuban crude oil comes mainly from the northern oil belt, which for decades was considered
00:32practically unsuitable for conventional refining.
00:35This achievement has been made possible thanks to the work of a multidisciplinary team that adapted the refinery's facilities to
00:41process a crude oil for which it was not originally designed.
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