Trump energy czar says Iran conflict gas spike is ‘temporary blip’ as drilling push ramps up

Trump energy czar says Iran conflict gas spike is ‘temporary blip’ as drilling push ramps up

Burgum noted that 'consumers need to understand that it is not just federal action, but it's state and local action that's often driving up the cost'

Interior Secretary and Trump energy czar Doug Burgum (left) is confident that President Donald Trump's "drill baby drill" agenda will quickly overcome the disruption in the Strait of Hormuz (center) due to the Iran conflict. (Federico PARRA / AFP via Getty Images; Stringer/REUTERS; Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo)

Rocket trails are seen in the sky amid a fresh barrage of Iranian missile attacks above the Israeli coastal city of Netanya, on March 17, 2026. (Jack Guez / AFP)

Surfers wait for waves on El Porto Beach as crude oil tanker "Chios" has its cargo pumped into the Chevron Products Company refinery, one of California's largest petroleum processing facilities, in El Segundo, Calif., on March 4, 2026. (Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo)

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