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Secretary Wright Discusses the U.S.-Greece Energy Partnership with Greek Public Television in Athens, Nov. 7, 2025

November 10, 2025 · U.S. Department of Energy · 0:02:53

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What happened

In an ERT interview in Athens, Secretary Wright said, as he stated it, that Greece is a shipping powerhouse and a great port nation that stood at the end of a Russian energy supply line, and that the United States wants to flip that: displace Russian resources in Europe and bring American resources in by ship, through infrastructure Greece has already built to land natural gas and deliver it to Greece and the nations of Europe, as he stated it. He said Greece worked with the United States on the IMO shipping issue and will work with it on European regulatory issues, as he stated it.

Wright said, as he stated it, that he conveyed a personal message from President Trump to the Greek prime minister about strategic cooperation, and that the President wants prosperity at home and peace abroad, meaning trade and engagement on energy, with Greece a key partner, as he stated it.

Ahead of a 3+1 meeting of energy ministers, Wright said, as he stated it, that American companies found huge natural gas reserves offshore Israel, that the near-term aim is to bring as much American energy by ship as possible, and that the three eastern Mediterranean nations have untapped energy resources — pointing, as he stated it, to announcements that day from Exxon and to Chevron working in Greece to produce more oil and natural gas within Greece’s national boundaries, as is happening in Israel and potentially in Cyprus, as he stated it.

Why it matters

Greece is the administration’s chosen beachhead for pushing American gas into Europe and Russian gas out; the secretary’s Athens remarks, the 3+1 format, and the Exxon and Chevron activity he cited mark how far that project had gotten by November 2025.

Sources: U.S. Department of Energy, “Secretary Chris Wright Joins ERT in Athens, Greece – November 7, 2025”, 2025-11-10 (official upload, embedded above; published 2025-11-10). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.