Exclusive — Sec. Burgum to Breitbart’s Matt Boyle: You Are ‘First Person’ to Interview Me Who Understands ‘Vertical Corridor’

Interior Secretary and Chairman of the National Energy Dominance Council Doug Burgum said Monday that American natural gas could move through Europe’s vertical corridor to help allies reduce their dependence on Russian energy and change the geopolitics of the region.

Burgum made the remarks during Breitbart News’s “Harnessing American Power” policy event on Monday, May 11, which focused on American energy dominance and artificial intelligence.

Boyle asked Burgum about President Donald Trump’s use of American energy as a diplomatic tool, including with Iran and Venezuela — though Boyle said Venezuela was “not so much anymore” an adversary situation — as well as with allies in Europe. Boyle said Greece is preparing to begin natural gas exploration off the coast of multiple islands early next year and added that, through the vertical corridor, natural gas is being shipped to Greece, up into Eastern Europe, and to Ukraine to “cut