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Chris Wright: “Natural gas...that's the fastest growing energy source on…”

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

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Goldman Sachs MD Neil Mehta speaks to Energy Sec. Chris Wright at energy conference — 1/7/2026

Published | Video Starts at 12:09

Look at what's happened in, in the United States. Look, we, we've tripled liquids production in less than two decades in the United States to be by far the world's largest producer … Natural gas...that's the fastest growing energy source on the planet over the last 15 years. … It takes infrastructure to move and deliver it, but it's basically just massively cheaper than oil. You know, this is 50 cent a gallon gasoline. You know how many buyers are there for that? (12:09–39:25)

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Asserts that natural gas has been the fastest-growing energy source globally over the last 15 years.

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