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Oct 24, 2026
Linda KenyonHOST
Qatar and Russia are all the other top helium producers.
Linda KenyonHOST
Energy Secretary Chris Wright says the Trump administration is freeing the U.S. from relying on foreign sources of critical materials and strengthening domestic production, which he says will support more American jobs, while it also helps to secure those essential materials like helium.
Linda KenyonHOST
I'm Linda Kenyon, NPR News in Washington.
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Jon StewartHOST
Spelled homonyms, damn it.
Jon StewartHOST
Wait, if Russia's invasion of Ukraine is the cause of this, why are we making a deal to give Russia billions of dollars to use in that invasion? Perhaps Energy Secretary Christopher Wright can explain it.
Jon StewartHOST
And if I may use a visual aid to help me with this explanation, just to show how many different...
Jon StewartHOST
How many different, oh, you know
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Now, not only that, we actually saw something else.
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Chris Wright, you know, we call him General Electric, the head of the Energy Department.
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He came forward and admitted to the US press that they were going to lift sanctions, not on oil, but on tankers carrying sanctioned oil.
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They were going to lift sanctions on the sale of Shadow Fleet affiliated VLCCs.
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But let's say they could.
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The problem is the price of a fresh, above-board sold VLCC hull is now like $250 million.
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It's almost double the price of what one was before the war, right? So what the US Energy Department and the Treasury Department are apparently considering, and this was Chris Wright that talked about this, this comes directly from the Energy Secretary.
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Apparently, they want to lift the sanctions on the Shadow Fleet tankers themselves, hoping that some of these shifty enterprise types will actually sell the hulls.
Hutch Bailie JrHOST
of the Kremlin-produced fuel, and Moscow could sell diesel on the global market until April 7.
Hutch Bailie JrHOST
These Defense Production Act funds will be used strategically and in partnership with private industry to rapidly bolster America's existing energy infrastructure, U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said in a statement.
Hutch Bailie JrHOST
By restoring energy addition policies, We will continue to unleash American energy dominance at lower cost for the American people.
Hutch Bailie JrHOST
I wish he would have done that a little bit earlier, but here we go.
JRHOST
Quote, this solicitation is structured to mitigate supply chain challenges disrupting fuel oil supply.
JRHOST
The Trump administration's committed to doing everything in our power to lower energy costs for the American people, says Chris Wright.
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According to DOE, the terms of the exchange mean that borrowing companies have to return the same volume of fuel oil and include a premium back to Northeast Home Heat Oil Reserve.
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So that's ZeroHedge.com.
Doug BurgumSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
72 million cars could fill up their tank off the production coming from these platforms that are right here.
Ed BaxterHOST
But why now? Energy Secretary Chris Wright has outlined this for months.
Chris WrightSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
President Trump is for energy addition and energy dominance.
Chris WrightSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Gavin Newsom is for energy subtraction and energy submission.
Jonathan WebbGUEST
And we're going to move it at the president's speed where, you know, he's been able to lead on a lot.
Jonathan WebbGUEST
The last admin was leaning into nuclear, obviously, you know, Chris Wright and the president have made it clear that nuclear is a priority.
Jonathan WebbGUEST
So we're going to go in with a pretty solid plan and look forward to partnering with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to get this property permitted.
Jonathan WebbGUEST
And my goal is to get dozers and men and women and crews on this construction site as soon as possible.
Eamonn BrennanGUEST
There's reporting last week that the administration – and
Jeff MowerHOST
not just reporting, but I believe Chris Wright
Eamonn BrennanGUEST
said – that they're considering sanctions on some of the so-called shadow fleet
Jeff MowerHOST
of
Eamonn BrennanGUEST
That's why they're in the shadow fleet, because Russia kind of bought them up after they exceeded their usefulness and mainstream lifespan.
Eamonn BrennanGUEST
And so the actual impact of that policy, it's one of those things that we've seen with the Trump administration really since the Iran war started is, you know, if you think back to the diesel ban, export ban in the U.S., sort of.
Eamonn BrennanGUEST
word of consideration, Chris Wright talking about considering it, talking about various options, and then kind of getting examined by the market in real time, and whether that policy actually ever gets implemented is, and how it gets implemented is still a huge open question.
Jeff MowerHOST
Yeah, and there's a real tightness, not just in, I guess what you're getting at, not just in the crude vessels, like the VLCCs, but the the ships that carry uh the clean vessels the ones that carry these refined products like these
Matt CoyneGUEST
So the initial reporting on the waiver was basically that they just sort of issue a waiver on some of the sanctioned ships.
Matt CoyneGUEST
And then this week, the U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said that, you know, they want to create a situation where, you know, mainstream tanker owners could buy sanctioned tankers.
Matt CoyneGUEST
At least the first iteration of that plan, I struggled to think of anyone who had anything good to say about it.
Matt CoyneGUEST
I think everyone who had something to say about it basically said it wouldn't work, largely just because the Sanctuary Fleet is so old and it's been operating for so long in some cases.
Brooke RollinsSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But for the long-term, utilizing the Department of Commerce Investment Accelerator, partnering with Secretary Letnick, utilizing the Department of Energy, Energy Dominance Financing Program.
Brooke RollinsSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I heard Chris Wright say this a couple different times, but the second project that they ever picked out of the Department of Energy was actually a fertilizer project.
Brooke RollinsSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So that's really exciting.
Brooke RollinsSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Launching the USDA Proving Grounds Network for ag tech.
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