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U.S. Geological Survey

    The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government.

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    Deep-water exploration drilling began about 50 kilometers north of Havana and will take at least 60 days to complete, this person added.Repsol is resuming exploration in the area after it failed to find exploitable oil in 2004. The U.S. Geological Survey has said there could be a substantial amount of untapped oil off the Cuban coast.The Repsol well is much closer to Florida than any other well in the region. U.S. authorities inspected the Scarabeo 9 drilling rig off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago and said the vessel complied with existing international and U.S. standards.The Spanish company is operating the rig in partnership with Norway's Statoil (STO) and a unit of India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (500312.BY).Copyright © 2012 Dow Jones Newswires...

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