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华盛顿电 — 能源部长克里斯·赖特周日表示，随着与伊朗战争升级，当前高企的能源价格将是”暂时的”，他强调认为汽油价格”不应大幅上涨”。
“我们正经历一段能源价格高企的暂时时期，但不会持续太久，”赖特在《玛格丽特·布伦南的面对国家》节目中说道。
随着与伊朗的战争进入第二周，全球能源危机的担忧日益加剧。但赖特声称”最坏情况下，这也只是几周时间——不是数月，而且最终会走向更好的局面。”
“这将带来一个被削弱的伊朗，它无法威胁邻国，无法威胁美国士兵，也无法通过搅乱中东局势继续推高能源价格，”赖特说。”他们可以转向商业，而非冲突。”
这些言论发表之际，战争持续推高了加油站油价。美国汽车协会(AAA)数据显示，过去一周汽油价格上涨了14%。全国平均价格在周日升至每加仑3.45美元，此前12月曾跌至3美元以下。但赖特表示，汽油价格”不应大幅高于当前水平，因为全球石油供应非常充足。”
“西半球根本不存在能源短缺问题，美国是石油净出口国，也是天然气的大型净出口国，”他说。”但亚洲和欧洲的炼油厂正面临正常原油供应中断的情况。”
赖特引用了”全球大量能源储备”，指出”你看到的是情绪化反应和对这是一场长期战争的恐惧。”他强调”这不是一场长期战争。”
赖特表示，此前几届政府”乞求、讨价还价并贿赂伊朗政府以阻止其邪恶活动”，但”这根本不起作用。”
“现在是时候结束他们对美国和世界的威胁了，”赖特说。
与此同时，战争已大幅减少了通过霍尔木兹海峡的石油和液化天然气运输，而全球约20%的石油运输通常经过这条水道。当被玛格丽特·布伦南问及霍尔木兹海峡何时能恢复日均2000万桶的正常运输量时，赖特表示预计情况将”相对较快”恢复，但他指出可能需要美军提供保护。
“我们现在所有军事资产都集中在终止伊朗杀害邻国、威胁美国士兵和威胁霍尔木兹海峡船只交通的能力上，但这一行动进展顺利，”他说。”我认为在相对近期内，你会看到伊朗的能力大幅下降，霍尔木兹海峡将恢复更正常的船只通行。”
赖特辩称，对伊朗的行动将”开启一个能源价格更低的新时代，因为全球主要能源生产地区——中东，将不再有一个强大的伊朗威胁其邻国、威胁美国，且距离核弹更近的情况。”他称这种情况”不可接受”，同时指出能源价格的真正风险”是无所作为。”
“总统将继续专注于结束47年的冲突，专注于增加全球能源供应，”赖特说。”这实际上是此努力的一部分。这确实涉及能源生产的暂时障碍，但从长远来看，它将允许更多的能源生产和更低的能源价格。”
特朗普政府一直抵制动用战略石油储备的呼吁，但赖特周日表示”如果有需要，我们非常乐意使用它。”尽管如此，赖特表示欧洲和亚洲的炼油厂仍需要石油，而且有超过1亿桶未动用的俄罗斯石油可被使用。美国财政部上周表示，印度可以在4月4日前从俄罗斯购买原油和石油产品，称这项制裁豁免是”临时措施”，以”缓解”市场压力。
“我们通过加速出售俄罗斯石油来阻止能源价格上涨，同时确保欧洲和亚洲炼油厂获得石油，这并非在帮助俄罗斯，”赖特周日表示。”我们只是在采取务实措施度过短期困难。”
Energy secretary says “period of elevated energy prices” will be temporary
March 8, 2026 / 1:52 PM EDT / CBS News
Washington — Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday that elevated energy prices amid the escalating war with Iran will be “temporary,” stressing he believes gas prices “shouldn’t go much higher.”
“We have a temporary period of elevated energy prices, but it will not be long,” Wright said on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.”
Concerns about a global energy crisis have grown as the war with Iran enters a second week. But Wright claimed “in the worst case, this is weeks — this is not months, and it leads to a much better place.”
“It leads to an Iran that’s defanged, that can’t threaten its neighbors, can’t threaten American soldiers, and can’t continue to drive up energy prices by making a mess of the Middle East,” Wright said. “They can move to commerce, not conflict.”
The comments come as the war has continued to push up prices at the pump, with gas prices up 14% in the past week, according to AAA data. The national average rose to $3.45 per gallon Sunday, after dipping below $3 in December. But Wright said gas prices “shouldn’t go much higher than they are here, because the world is very well supplied with oil.”
“There’s no energy shortage at all in the Western Hemisphere, the United States is a net exporter of oil, a large net exporter of natural gas,” he said. “But refineries in Asia and Europe are seeing an interruption from the normal crude flows.”
Wright cited “massive energy stores around the world,” noting that “what you’re seeing is emotional reactions and fear that this is a long-term war.” He stressed that “this is not a long-term war.”
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The energy secretary said while previous administrations have “begged, bartered and bribed the Iranian government to stop its nefarious activity,” it “simply hasn’t worked.”
“Now is the time to end their risk to America and the world,” Wright said.
Meanwhile, the war has dramatically reduced shipments of oil and liquefied natural gas through the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway through which about 20% of global oil shipments normally travel. Asked by Margaret Brennan about when the strait could see a return to the typical 20 million barrels of oil transported per day, Wright said he expects things will return to that level “relatively soon,” though he noted that protection by the U.S. military may be necessary.
“All of our military assets right now are focused on ending Iran’s ability to kill their neighbors, threaten American soldiers and threaten ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, but that’s going swimmingly well,” he said. “I think in the relatively near term, you’re going to see their capacity so low that we’ll see more normal ship traffic return to the Strait of Hormuz.”
Wright argued that the operation in Iran will “bring in an era of even lower energy prices, because a major energy producing region of the world, the Middle East, will no longer have a strong, powerful Iran that can threaten their neighbors, that can threaten the United States of America, and was not far away from a nuclear bomb.” He called that scenario “unacceptable,” while noting that the real risk to energy prices “was not doing anything.”
“The president’s going to continue to stay focused on ending a 47-year conflict, stay focused on growing the global energy supply,” Wright said. “This is actually part of that effort. It does involve a temporary impediment to energy production, but on the other side, it will allow much more energy production and much lower energy prices.”
The Trump administration has resisted calls to tap into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, but Wright said Sunday that “we’re more than happy to use that if it’s needed.” Still, Wright said that oil was needed at refineries in Europe and Asia, and there is more than 100 million barrels of untapped Russian oil that could be used. The U.S. Treasury Department said last week that India can buy crude oil and petroleum products from Russia until April 4, calling the sanctions waiver a “stop-gap measure” to “alleviate pressure” on the market.
“We’re not helping Russia by just accelerating the sale of their oil to stop the rise of energy prices and keep European and Asian refineries in oil,” Wright said Sunday. “We’re just doing pragmatic things to get through a short period.”
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