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Chris Wright: “We import gasoline from abroad and we export diesel and jet…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 00:35

Energy is just so big. It's a global marketplace. The United States, we consume a larger part of our oil in the form of gasoline than the world does. And so We import gasoline from abroad and we export diesel and jet fuel all around the world. So for our refineries to run at maximum efficiency, they've got to produce a certain slate. Some of that's exported and in turn we import some of it. (00:35–00:42)

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