Chris Wright
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“United States and Japan are delivering on their commitments,”
Chris Wright · said 2026-09-29 · reported 2026-10-02
Wright said the U.S. and Japan were meeting their commitments while some European countries had not fully released pledged supplies.
“several European member countries have released only a fraction of the crude oil and petroleum products they pledged.”
Chris Wright · said 2026-09-29 · reported 2026-10-02
Wright criticized several European countries for releasing only a fraction of their pledged crude oil and petroleum products.
“Chevron is going to more than double their energy production. In fact, that national energy production in Venezuela will more than double by the end of next year from the intervention on January 3rd this year,”
Chris Wright · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-11
Wright told Fox News Digital on the sidelines of the RNC Midterm Convention that Venezuela's national energy production will more than double by the end of 2027 following the January 3 military intervention.
“We're solving a 47-year conflict with Iran. We cannot have a nuclear-armed Iran. This is a nation sounding death to America and doing everything they can to implement it. But we've massively grown United States natural gas exports, good for our economy, good for the world economy,”
Chris Wright · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-11
Wright discussed the conflict with Iran, opposition to a nuclear-armed Iran, and the growth of U.S. natural gas exports.
“President Trump is an out-of-the-box, bold foreign policy leader.”
Chris Wright · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-11
Wright praised President Trump as a bold foreign policy leader in the context of the Venezuela intervention.
“You had 25 years of communist dictatorship. The standard of living has just plummeted in Venezuela. Eight million Venezuelans fled. About a million of them, and not all of them good actors, came to the United States of America. People tried to beg, borrow, bribe, anything they could to change the Venezuelan government. No luck,”
Chris Wright · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-11
Wright described Venezuela's decline under 25 years of communist dictatorship and the migration of millions of Venezuelans, including about a million to the United States.
“A brief military operation, arrest two criminals, and now we have leverage over the government. It’s an existing government. Are they perfect? No. But we have a lot of leverage,”
Chris Wright · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-11
Wright said the brief military operation gave the U.S. leverage over Venezuela's existing government.
“We are strangling their economy to try to bring either a change in policy from the existing regime or a new regime,”
Chris Wright · said 2026-09-06 · reported 2026-09-07
Wright said Washington might not be able to reach an agreement with Tehran preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
“If you look at the futures prices, if you wanted to buy today in bulk gasoline for two months out in November, it’s about $0.35 cheaper than it is today. So the marketplace thinks gasoline prices are going to move meaningfully lower,”
Chris Wright · said 2026-09-06 · reported 2026-09-07
Wright cited futures prices showing gasoline about $0.35 cheaper for November delivery as evidence markets expect prices to fall.
“Yes, they’re higher today, but we’re doing everything we can to push them down,”
Chris Wright · said 2026-09-06 · reported 2026-09-07
Wright acknowledged on ABC's "This Week" that gas prices are higher than Labor Day 2025 and said the administration is working to lower them.
“we're probably two-thirds or more of pre-conflict flows”
Chris Wright · said 2026-09-06 · reported 2026-09-06
Wright told CNN that oil moving through the strait and regional pipelines was reaching a significant fraction of pre-conflict levels.
“over 15 million barrels of oil and products”
Chris Wright · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21
Energy Secretary Chris Wright described the volume of oil that passed through the Strait of Hormuz with U.S. military assistance.
“In coordination with the U.S. military, the U.S. Department of Energy maintains the best available data related to oil and oil products leaving the Arabian gulf,”
Chris Wright · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21
Wright stated on social media that the Department of Energy holds the best data on oil transiting the region.
“Make no mistake, thanks to the U.S. Navy, oil is flowing through the Strait of Hormuz,”
Chris Wright · said 2026-08-21 · reported 2026-08-21
Energy Secretary Chris Wright credited the U.S. Navy for keeping oil moving through the Strait of Hormuz.
“many private businesses undercount the number of ships leaving the Strait of Hormuz due to ships moving covertly through the waterway.”
Chris Wright · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21
Wright addressed discrepancies between government data and private tracking of ships in the strait.
“The Trump administration remains committed to putting all Americans and their energy security first,”
Chris Wright · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
Wright commented on the Trump administration's energy priorities amid the dispute with California.
“Unfortunately, some state leaders have not adhered to those same principles, with potentially disastrous consequences not just for their residents, but also our national security.”
Chris Wright · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
Wright criticized state leaders for not adhering to national energy security principles.
“vital to our national security and defense”
Chris Wright · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
Wright argued the pipeline restart would improve US oil supply and national security.
“the president is playing the long game.”
Chris Wright · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-19
Wright said Trump is playing a long-term strategy in the Iran standoff.
“I think he does ... he wants to leave the next generation of Americans well-supplied with energy and without the existential threat of a nuclear-armed Iran,”
Chris Wright · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-19
Wright said Trump wants future generations to have secure energy supplies without a nuclear-armed Iran.
“These agreements reflect our two nations’ shared commitment to strengthening US-Saudi commercial relations, delivering prosperity at home and security to our allies abroad,”
Chris Wright · said 2026-07-22 · reported 2026-07-24
Wright issued a statement on Wednesday after Washington and Riyadh signed a nuclear cooperation deal.
“Iran will not have the ability to close the Strait of Hormuz going forward,”
Chris Wright · said 2026-06-24 · reported 2026-07-12
Wright said at a conference in New York City on June 24 that Iran will not have the ability to close the Strait of Hormuz going forward.
“assure the flow of energy out of the Gulf with or without an agreement with Iran.”
Chris Wright · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-12
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said last month that the U.S. military would assure the flow of energy out of the Gulf with or without an agreement with Iran.
“That's their key leverage and we're taking that leverage away from them.”
Chris Wright · said 2026-06-24 · reported 2026-07-12
Wright said at a conference in New York City on June 24 that closing the strait is Iran's key leverage and the U.S. is taking that away.