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Chris Wright: “Today we're running like 120 [gas rigs] and we're the…”

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 40:43

Are you going to have enough? Like we were running a thousand gas rigs 20 years ago when we were the biggest importer of gas in the world and Today we're running like 120 [gas rigs] and we're the biggest exporter in the world. You know, can we supply more gas to Europe and we can double our exports to Europe and guess what, we got to stand up 10 or 15 more rigs. (40:43–40:47)

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Asserts that the U.S. is the largest exporter of gas while operating approximately 120 gas rigs.

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