The Cuba-flagged LPG/chemical tanker Pastorita arrives at the port of Havana on February 9, 2026. Cuba is reeling from a US-ordered halt in oil shipments from Caracas after American troops captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro last month. The Cuban government on February 6 announced emergency measures to address the island's energy crisis, including a four-day work week for state-owned companies and fuel sale restrictions. President Donald Trump also signed an executive order allowing his country to impose tariffs on countries selling oil to Havana. (Credit: Photo by YAMIL LAGE/AFP via Getty Images)
A Florida-based energy company has reached a deal with Cuban authorities to lease government fuel storage facilities and supply gasoline and diesel to Cuba's private sector and humanitarian organizations, in what could become the largest U.S. fuel shipment to the island in decades amid Cuba's worsening energy crisis.
Coral Gables-based Vanguard Energy plans to send roughly 250,000 barrels of diesel and gasoline to Cuba every month or 40 days under an agreement signed with Cuba's state fuel company CUPET.
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