NOTE: The questions are from the first 5+minutes of the video.

1. Where/what is the Permian Basin?

2. a) How much of the U.S. oil supply does the Permian Basin produce? By how much is it expected to increase?
b) How much of the U.S. natural gas production comes from the Permian Basin?

3. How has America's oil and gas production changed in the last 20 years? (at around 1:00)

4. a) For how long has the Permian Basin been producing oil?
b) How much oil does the Permian Basin produce a day? What is significant about this? (around 1:20)

5. What has led to new business opportunities for America's oil producers, according to FoxBusiness' Maria Bartiromo?

6. What new industry is natural gas needed for in the U.S.?

7. a) How large is the Permian Basin?
b) What do officials believe to be true about the oil and gas supply located in this area? AND Why is this significant? (around 2:20)

8. Chevron's Shale VP Kim McHugh, who is a second generation driller, said she picked her career because she was good at math and science - and it was a challenge with very few women in the field when she began. Why does she call the work they are doing "a noble cause"? (around 2:40)

9. Why does Chevron CEO Mike Wirth say America's energy strength (adequate supply/abundance) is so important?

10. How did the Biden administration stymie the U.S. oil and gas industry for four years? What steps did they take to do so?

11. a) What is hydraulic fracking? (around 4:35)
b) What effect has fracking and horizontal drilling had on total daily oil production at Permian?

12. Re-watch the part of the video illustrating hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling. (around 4:40 on the video). And watch the video under "Resources."
What is your reaction to this engineering feat? (inspired, astonished, encouraged, interested, annoyed, disgusted...) Explain your answer.

13. From Donald Trump's 2024 Republican party platform:

"Common Sense tells us clearly that we must unleash American Energy if we want to destroy inflation and rapidly bring down prices, build the Greatest Economy in History, revive our defense industrial base, fuel emerging industries, and establish the United States as the Manufacturing Superpower of the World. We will DRILL, BABY, DRILL and we will become energy independent, and even dominant again. The United States has more liquid gold under our feet than any other Nation, and it’s not even close. The Republican Party will harness that potential to power our future."

One viewer commented on the video:

"Once you get energy prices low, everything else seems to follow. There isn't one thing that a person can name that isn't affected by the price of oil in one way or another. The other big benefit is that we become less dependent on countries that want to hurt us."

Do you agree with Trump - and the reader - that becoming energy independent through oil and gas is good for the country?