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Wright Discusses G20 Energy Goals, Venezuela Deal, and Iran on Univision's Esta Semana

September 21, 2026 · U.S. Department of Energy · 0:08:39

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What happened

Energy Secretary Chris Wright joined Univision’s Esta Semana on September 21, 2026, according to the Department of Energy; the transcript is Arabic-rendered auto-captions, paraphrased here faithfully with figures as stated. Wright said the G20 energy meeting in Houston had two big goals, as he stated them: energy security, and clean cooking fuel — noting that 2 billion people, a quarter of humanity, still cook by burning wood indoors, with indoor air pollution killing 2 to 3 million people, as he stated the figures.

On Venezuela, Wright said Continental Resources had just signed a contract for a very large development project, investing about $2 billion to drill more wells and raise Venezuelan oil and gas production, as he stated it. He described the arrangement as one in which the company manages production, pays a large share of revenue to the Venezuelan government’s coffers, and keeps a share, and he called it a win for both countries, as he stated it. Pressed on elections, Wright said there will be elections in Venezuela but no date had been set, citing released political prisoners, reconciliation talks, voter lists, rule-of-law confidence, and economic stabilization as preconditions, and describing the task as fixing 25 years of authoritarian socialism, as he stated it.

Wright said Mexico has huge energy resources but declining production under a state-controlled energy company, and that trade and constitutional reforms opening the sector to foreign investment could be transformative, as he stated it. On Iran, he said the central goal is preventing a nuclear-armed Iran, that Iran disrupts energy flows and has raised gasoline and diesel prices, and that the administration’s ratepayer-protection pledge requires AI data-center developers to build new power capacity at least equal to what they consume, as he stated it. He said high electricity prices occur in states that produce less electricity than five or ten years ago, naming California, New York, Massachusetts, Delaware, and Maryland, as he stated it.

Why it matters

The interview spans Wright’s stated hemispheric energy agenda — the roughly $2 billion Continental Resources Venezuela project as he described it, an elections-to-come commitment with no date, and a ratepayer pledge tying AI power demand to new generation — each attributable to the secretary on the record.

Scoreboard watch

Wright stated that Continental Resources would invest about $2 billion in Venezuela and that elections will be held there, with no date set — both checkable against subsequent company and administration announcements.

Sources: U.S. Department of Energy, “Secretary Wright Joins Esta Semana on Univision—September 21, 2026”, 2026-09-21 (official upload, embedded above; published 2026-09-21). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.