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Chris Wright: “The shale revolution, very early on in the late 1990s and…”

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

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How America Can Unleash the Next Energy Revolution: A Fireside Chat with Secretary Chris Wright

Published | Video Starts at 41:27

And of course, the short answer is definitely no shale revolution. If we had the same model electricity in oil and gas. In fact, one little known fact, The shale revolution, very early on in the late 1990s and early 2000s, a lot of the work was around and underneath at ExxonMobil's headquarters. They played no role whatsoever in the start of the shale revolution. So yes, it's not a big company game. These new innovations, they're out of the box ideas. You got to try them. And most of them don't work. (41:27–41:44)

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Asserts that ExxonMobil played no role in the early shale revolution despite proximity to its headquarters.

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