Energy ‌Secretary Chris Wright said on Friday he believes China will become a bigger buyer of U.S. ‌crude oil after ​the interruption of global energy supplies since ⁠U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran.

Asked ​in an interview with CNBC ⁠if China would increase its purchases of U.S. crude,

Wright said: “I ‌do. I ​do think they will. ‌There’s huge interest in Asian ‌buyers for more oil out of Alaska as well. You ⁠know, now ‌our ⁠oil goes out of the ⁠Gulf ⁠of Mexico. We’ll see more of that ‌going over to China, but in the not too ‌distant ​future, we’re ‌going to see more oil coming out of Alaska.”