February 18, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Claiming domestic crude oil production would've been 2 million barrels per day higher under his watch, U.S. President Donald Trump has created a special council to ensure energy dominance.

Leaning again on executive orders, the Trump administration on Friday created the National Energy Dominance Council. Chaired by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, the former governor of North Dakota, the council was set up to advise the president on how to improve permitting and other regulations.