On Monday, speaking to CNBC’s Brian Sullivan, Energy Secretary Chris Wright described the Trump administration’s efforts to re-fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
CNBC: Is the price right to refill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve right now?@SecretaryWright: “Absolutely. We are refilling the Reserve now and we will continue to refill the Reserve the whole time I’m in office.” pic.twitter.com/RZNXzz87zB
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Brian Sullivan: Is the price right enough, pun intended I suppose, Mr. Secretary, to refill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve right now?
Chris Wright: Absolutely. We are refilling the Reserve now and we will continue to refill the Reserve the whole time I’m in office. You know, that was just such an irreponsible action to drain that reserve so quickly for electoral reasons, and in fact it was drained so…
