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Chris Wright: “We're in active dialogue between our administration…”

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 10:57

President Trump has talked about potentially a Mechanism by which we can compensate oil companies for our US Majors for making investments in the country and get pretty concurrent returns. Is that something that the administration is contemplating? Absolutely. We're in active dialogue between our administration, Venezuelans and the oil and gas companies that were there before. What are the conditions that will make capital flow that work for everyone around. But it is a process. You know, think of, think of what Venezuela was a week ago. (10:57–11:05)

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Asserts that there is active dialogue between the U.S. administration, Venezuelans, and oil and gas companies.

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