Trump Picks Oil Fracking Boss Chris Wright as Energy Secretary

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ENB Pub Note: President Trump has committed to lowering our energy bills by 50%, and he is well on his way to doing that by selecting Chris Wright as Secretary of Energy. Chris is the best man for the job, and I have thoroughly enjoyed my podcasts and conversations with him. The American Consumer and the entire energy space is a real winner today. Congratulations, Chris!

President-elect Donald Trump nominated Chris Wright, who runs a Colorado-based oil and natural gas fracking services company, to lead the Energy Department, and said he planned to create a new council to drive US energy production.

Wright, the chief executive officer of Liberty Energy Inc., has no previous Washington experience. He’s made a name for himself as a vocal proponent of oil and gas, saying fossil fuels are crucial for spreading prosperity and lifting people from poverty. The threat of global warming, he has said, is exaggerated.

“Chris has been a leading technologist and entrepreneur in Energy,” Trump said in a statement Saturday. “He has worked in Nuclear, Solar, Geothermal, and Oil and Gas. Most significantly, Chris was one of the pioneers who helped launch the American Shale Revolution that fueled American Energy Independence, and transformed the Global Energy Markets and Geopolitics.”

Trump said Wright, if confirmed, would also sit on the newly formed Council of National Energy, which will be chaired by Doug Burgum, Trump’s nominee to lead the Interior Department.

“This Council will oversee the path to U.S. ENERGY DOMINANCE by cutting red tape, enhancing private sector investments across all sectors of the Economy, and by focusing on INNOVATION over longstanding, but totally unnecessary, regulation,” Trump said.

— With assistance from David Wethe – Source: Bloomberg

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