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Secretary Wright Predicts Iran War Price Spike Lasts Weeks, Not Months, on Fox News Sunday

March 8, 2026 · U.S. Department of Energy · 0:06:26

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What happened

Secretary of Energy Chris Wright discussed the Iran war’s effect on energy markets on Fox News Sunday on March 8, 2026, according to the Department of Energy broadcast. With U.S. gasoline prices up more than 40 cents a gallon since the strikes began, Wright said the plan is to get oil, natural gas, and fertilizer flowing through the Strait of Hormuz again, and he reported that one large tanker had already transited the strait without incident, as stated in the interview.

Wright dismissed a Politico report that energy advisers were being pressured to find good news on prices, calling it fiction, and said markets are well supplied and the price run-up reflects fear rather than shortage, according to his remarks. On the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, he said the administration has been refilling it using funds Congress approved in the Working Families Tax Cut Act, buying during low prices, and he criticized the Biden administration’s 2022 drawdown, as stated in the interview.

Wright also defended a Treasury move allowing India to buy Russian oil products, calling it a pragmatic decision to pull oil already on the water into Indian refineries, with no change in Russia policy or sanctions, according to his remarks. He predicted the price disruption would last weeks, “certainly not months,” as stated in the interview.

Why it matters

The interview sets the administration’s timeline for energy normalization during the Iran war — weeks, not months — and explains two contested moves, SPR purchases mid-conflict and the India waiver for Russian oil, in the administration’s own terms.

Scoreboard watch

Wright’s prediction that energy prices would return to pre-war levels within weeks, not months, is a dated, checkable claim for the scoreboard editor to test against pump prices.

Sources: U.S. Department of Energy, “Secretary Wright Joins Fox News Sunday - March 8, 2026”, 2026-03-08 (official upload, embedded above; published 2026-03-08). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.