GOP Claims China Drilling Off Cuban Shores; Actually, That's False (for now)

Vice President Cheney is quoted as saying "Oil is being drilled right now 60 miles off the coast of Florida. We're not doing it. The Chinese are in cooperation with the Cuban government... Even the communists have figured out that a good answer to high prices is more supply. Yet Congress has said... no to drilling off Florida."

Apparently China's Sinopec oil company has an agreement with the Cuban government to develop onshore resources west of Havana and the Chinese have done some seismic testing but so far no drilling.

The Congressional Research Service states that "While there has been some concern about China’s potential involvement in offshore deepwater oil projects, to date its involvement in Cuba's oil sector has been focused on onshore oil extraction".

Wouldn't that be be ironic if the Chinese do begin operating wells 60 miles off the Florida coast?