US Energy Secretary Chris Wright appears on CNN on Wednesday. CNNEnergy Secretary Chris Wright told CNN he is getting “barraged” with interest from US oil CEOs who want to help develop Venezuelan oil infrastructure, after meeting with industry executives in Miami Wednesday. “I’m getting barraged with inbounds,” Wright told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “The Lead,” describing the communications from companies as, “‘We’re interested. “Of course, to make the very big, long-term investments, we’ve got to get the government in a better place where they’ve got secure rule of law, national security, and that’s a process,” Wright said. “We’re still working out the logistics of that, and there’s some legal things that are involved in that,” he said.

Source: CNN January 07, 2026 18:44 UTC