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Chris Wright: “The refinery capacity we have in the United States now is…”

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

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US Not Considering an Energy Export Ban, Secretary Wright Says

Published | Video Starts at 05:15

How do you, how do you plan to have exports continue to increase to U.S. allies? Well, not necessarily having the ramifications of much higher prices here because The refinery capacity we have in the United States now is greater than all of the consumption in the United States. If we didn't export our diesel and jet fuel, we'd have to turn down our refineries. Who would want to turn down their refining capacity in today's world? We want them. (05:15–05:23)

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Asserts that US refinery capacity exceeds domestic consumption.

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