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Chris Wright: “We are trading those barrels. We're bringing barrels to…”

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

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Chris & Liz Wright on Iran, Solar, Nuclear, & Card Counting | KMP Ep.34

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There was no interruption of flow of energy. Then the Trump administration. We are not selling those barrels. We are trading those barrels. We're bringing barrels to market now when the marketplace needs them in exchange for 1.2 barrels of oil delivered next year. So at the end of this conflict, when you get to the end of next year, which the conflict will be over long before then, but at the end of … (05:51–06:02)

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Claims the current administration is trading oil from the reserve for future delivery.

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