US Energy Secretary Chris Wright
US sees energy dominance as strategic necessity
The Trump administration is using energy exports to strengthen political and economic ties with allies and weaken adversaries, while simultaneously exploiting those ties to open up further markets for US energy
The White House has been unequivocal about striving for “US energy dominance”, having even established a National Energy Dominance Council earlier this year to advance that aim largely through deregulation. The stated goal is to make US energy more abundant, affordable and secure—not just domestically but also abroad. This push was framed at the Gastech conference in Milan on 9–12 September as a pursuit of global “peace and prosperity”. Leading the strong US presence were Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Energy Secretary Chris Wright. “We achieve prosperity at home and with our allies through energy abundance—affordable, reliable, low-cost energy drives economies, drives productivity [and]
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