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Tricia Curtis

Tricia Curtis

President and CEO of PetroNerds, Chief Economist at the American Energy Institute, and Senior Consultant at the U.S. Department of Energy.

Aug 11, 2026

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9:26
$50 oil.
9:27
And the the the terms of like drill baby drill the mantra and the idea of like we're going to let you go to business so we're going to we're going to reduce the you know the regulations and the monkey on your back that you had during the administration that's real and i think you actually see that within it it's like okay the market responds to price so let the market do its job and that's what's so impressive in america is that that that happened and even if you if you put a mic in front of folks within the oil and gas industry in the month of march there was a lot of hesitancy for folks ceos to say oh yeah we're we're putting it back in the ground we're going to work Except they were.
10:01
They absolutely were.
10:02
I mean, every rig that was like big rigs, it took a little time for actually that to show up right in the Baker Hughes rig camp where we've seen an impressive growth in the rig camp.
10:11
We are absolutely going to have a production response from that rig camp growth.
10:15
But you put high oil prices up there, and I don't care if the public's, whatever they want to tell you, the public's were pulling forward ducks.
10:20
The public's were also using surfactants.

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38:23
President Trump already created our own insurance company, but we haven't sold any policies yet.
8:37
to avoid these major disruptions like people were talking about.
8:41
Absolutely, and I think that's where, and that's where you have to give credit where credit is due, and I do give, you know, the Trump administration sometimes gets, you know, a little in the early days when you heard five handles and $50 oil, you know, the oil and gas industry was like, we don't want $50 oil, and the oil and gas industry, we don't want $50 oil, you know, but The terms of like drill, baby, drill, the mantra and the idea of like, we're going to let you go to business and we're going to reduce the, you know, the regulations and the monkey on your back that you had during the Biden administration.
9:12
That's real.
9:12
And I think you actually see that within it.
9:14
It's like, okay, the market responds to price.
9:16
So let the market do its job.
9:17
And that's what's so impressive in America is that that happened.

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