"Trump Names Oil Company CEO Chris Wright as Energy Secretary"

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has named Chris Wright, the CEO of oil companies, for the secretary of energy, Reuters reported.

Light is the CEO of Liberty Energy, an oil company based in Denver, Colorado, who has argued that there is no climate crisis and that more fossil fuels should be produced.

In addition, he is a freewheeling person who calls himself a technology nerd, and in 2019, he gained fame by drinking the liquid used in the fracking method in front of the camera, saying that the water pressure crushing method for shale gas extraction was not dangerous.The nominee

right has no political experience and is known to have made large donations to Trump during the presidential election.

Reuters said Wright at the Department of Energy, which is responsible for U.S. energy diplomacy and strategic oil reserves management, is expected to back Trump's plans to expand fossil fuel production.