Shale Industry Wants Liberty CEO Wright as U.S. Energy Secretary

Chris Wright, founder and CEO of fracking services company Liberty Energy, is a top pick among shale industry executives to lead the U.S. Department of Energy in the coming Trump Administration. Wright, who advocates for “better human lives by expanding access to abundant, affordable, and reliable energy,” does not have political experience, but is being endorsed by his peer executives to be the next U.S. Secretary of Energy. “Chris is an excellent choice for Secretary of Energy,” Thomas Pyle, president of the American Energy…