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Secretary Wright at Gastech 2025: U.S. LNG Exports to Double, Europe and Russia Energy Pressure

September 10, 2025 · U.S. Department of Energy · 0:05:39

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What happened

Energy Secretary Chris Wright spoke with IMI’s Hadley Gamble at Gastech 2025 in Milan on September 10, 2025. Asked about the attack on Doha, Wright said the president and secretary of state handle the foreign-policy end, but argued Hamas has terrorized both Israel and the Palestinian people, that the world is a better place if Hamas is eliminated, and that the United States wants peace and security among Gulf oil producers and allies. He said he anticipated no further hits he was aware of, but that threats to peace must be eliminated before peace is possible, as he stated it.

On OPEC’s decision to put more barrels on the market, Wright said OPEC is focused on long-term growth and market share in a growing economy, and that he did not see it as a problem for the United States. On gas, he said a fair amount of Russian natural gas still reaches Europe by pipeline and LNG, and Russian oil arrives after refining in China or India; the U.S. wants to become a larger, secure supplier to Europe. He said U.S. natural gas exports will double in the next five years, with approvals to double again after that, as he stated it.

Wright, who said he was headed to Brussels next, contrasted U.S. and European energy paths since the financial crisis — the U.S. at 28 percent of global consumption, Europe down to 18 percent with almost no economic growth — and said expensive, unreliable energy dependent on adversaries is bad for Europe’s economy and security. On Russia, he said ending the three-and-a-half-year war requires worldwide cooperation to tighten pressure, since the U.S. cannot control pipeline gas and LNG arriving in Europe.

Why it matters

Wright’s Gastech remarks make the export-doubling pledge the centerpiece of the U.S. pitch to Europe: American LNG as the secure alternative to Russian supply, tied directly to ending the Ukraine war.

Scoreboard watch

Wright’s statement that U.S. natural gas exports will double within five years is a dated, checkable scoreboard claim.

Sources: U.S. Department of Energy, “Secretary Wright speaks to IMI’s Hadley Gamble at Gastech 2025 in Milan – September 10, 2025”, 2025-09-10 (official upload, embedded above; published 2025-09-10). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.