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Chris Wright: “Flows today, close approaching half of the gap and they're…”

Featuring: Chris Wright, Republican | Secretary of Energy | National

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US Energy Secretary Wright on America's Energy Strategy

Published | Video Starts at 04:09

But we also have the, we have the most powerful military in the world. We've destroyed most, but not all of their military capabilities. And, and we're just going to restore flows ourselves. And Flows today, close approaching half of the gap and they're rising. Ultimately we will restore flows with or without them. So 7 million barrels a day are getting out right now. That's a rough estimate, a rough average of where we are right now. (04:09–04:17)

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Asserts that current oil flows are approaching half of the initial gap and are increasing.

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