GOP Rep. Wesley Hunt predicts gas-production surge under Trump: ‘Drill, baby, drill’

ANN ARBOR, Michigan – The next White House will usher in a new era of energy policy as President-elect Donald Trump and two of his Cabinet-ranked members – the nominees for the Environmental Protection Agency. lee zeldin and named Secretary of Energy chris wright – Be ready to “Drill, Baby, Drill”.

In exclusive interviews, Representative Wesley Hunt (R-Texas) and economic development consultant and fracking advocate Greg Kozera told The Post they expect the new administration to immediately cut regulations and open new opportunities for the natural-gas industry.

Rep. Hunt, a resident of Houston, the US energy capital, said he is relieved that Donald Trump has been re-elected after four years of Biden-Harris energy policy.

“It’s been a complete disaster,” Hunt said. “Sitting on the Natural Resources Committee, I learned that these people were committed and this administration was committed to dismantling the oil and gas industry and basically strengthening our adversaries and strengthening our enemies abroad.”

“This is what I’ve seen by eliminating our (liquefied-natural-gas) production, Limiting Pipelines“We’ve seen onerous and burdensome regulations on refining and everything else,” Hunt said. “We have to make a complete and total 180 change in policy,” he said. “I think we’ll see this accelerate within the first 100 days of President Trump’s term.”

Hunt is a member of Congress through 2023 criticized Biden To ban new drilling on federal lands and kill the Keystone Pipeline.

But Hunt, who never worked under the Trump administration, says he is optimistic about Lee Zeldin, Trump’s choice for the Environmental Protection Agency.

“I think it’s absolutely wonderful. “I know Lee from campaigning with President Trump over the last few years,” Hunt told The Post. “He’s a guy who’s dedicated Trump’s agenda And dedicated to, for lack of a better word, ‘Drill, Baby, Drill.'”

Hunt hopes to start working on it from day one as he listed his immediate legislative priorities following Trump’s inauguration.

“First of all, an immediate stop to the LNG-export ban, prompt clearance from the EPA for E&P (exploration and production) companies, of course. And they were allowed to drill on federal lands,” Hunt said. “And then our offshore lease sales will happen under President Trump. And I see these five things happening immediately. “In fact within the first 100 days of the election through executive order if necessary.”

Greg Kozera is an economic development consultant for Shell Crescent USA, which encourages investment in Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania – states that have abundant natural gas and big fracking appearance,

Kozera said that since the election, many foreign investors have expressed interest in manufacturing in the region, adding that he is hopeful the Trump administration will relax regulations to provide a steady stream of natural gas.

“What I’m seeing is that companies that we’ve been working with that were dragging their feet have suddenly become proactive,” Kozera told The Post.

Kozera said this increased interest in investment is due to Trump’s apparent track record on energy policy, despite Kamala Harris’s claims throughout the election that she would not ban fracking.

“I think what Trump brings to the table is that during his previous administration when many of these projects started, he was reducing regulations, trying to create regulation certainty. Which, even if it’s a bad ‘reg’ – that is restrictive – at least if you know what the rule is, you can deal with it. “Their fear with the Harris administration was that they weren’t sure what they were going to get.”