Dan Brouillette. Credit: Washington Examiner
Deputy US energy secretary Dan Brouillette has said in an interview published yesterday that President Trump’s announcement that the US will recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital is evidence that policies designed to reduce dependence on oil imports are working.
“….So this year, either this quarter or the first quarter of next year, the U.S. will for the first time be a net exporter of energy…we are achieving that independence that we talked about for three generations,” Brouillette was quoted as saying by the Washington Examiner. “And I think the proof of that, the proof positive of that, is the president’s announcement with Jerusalem. We have to ask ourselves: Would he have done that 10 years ago? Would any president have done that 10 years ago if we were still dependent upon Middle Eastern oil? I don’t think they are.”
“I think it is proof positive that we’re actually achieving the goals of energy independence,” he was quoted as saying. “And I think we’re going to continue that.”
Brouillette, who was appointed to be Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s deputy last summer, told the IP Week conference in London this week that the US is aiming for “dominance” in world energy.
“We are already a natural gas exporter and are on the cusp of becoming a net energy exporter,” he said. He said that US oil output was now averaging 10m barrels a day (b/d).
Brouillette said that President Trump’s energy strategy involved displacing imports and encouraging production to meet rising domestic and global demand.
Special attention is being devoted to gas exports.
“10m cubic feet a day of LNG exports will be operational by 2020,” he said. “When it comes to exporting to LNG, the US is open for business..we remain ready willing and able to export LNG to anywhere in the world.”
You can read the full article in the Washington Examiner here: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/dan-brouillette-rick-perrys-no-2-sees-the-bright-side-of-the-energy-debate/article/2649116