Matt Mead Quotes

Offshore oil and gas has proven to be a vital strategic resource for the United Kingdom. Not only has it contributed to Britain's energy security over decades, but it has supported hundreds of thousands of jobs across the country and contributed hundreds of billions of pounds in taxes to the economy.

Shale gas, if left to flourish, could create several hundred thousand more jobs.

Countries around the world are celebrating new oil and natural gas discoveries that hold the promise of greater prosperity for their citizens.

The development of oil and gas resources depends more on capital than labour, and exporting oil and gas neither generates maximum returns from these precious resources nor creates large numbers of jobs within the local economy. As a result, the benefits are typically not shared broadly across society.

Where charity keeps pace with gain, industry is blessed.

Coal research and development provides huge benefits for the nation, and pay for itself many times over through taxes flowing back to the Treasury from expanded economic activity.

America's industrial strength was built on burning coal. No politician wanted to mess with coal.

At an ever accelerating rate we are now squandering the capital of metallic ores and fossil fuels accumulated in the earth’s crust during hundreds of millions of years. How long can this spending spree go on?

We have grown up in a culture thinking that our energy resources were inexhaustible and without impact.

Has our society reached the limit of its resources or the maximum of its wealth and prosperity?

For years, TransCanada has been selling the Keystone XL pipeline to Americans with all of the enthusiasm of a used car salesman - and using all of the same tricks. However, one myth is more egregious than all the rest: this pipeline will enhance America's energy independence.

The size of the energy sector in Mexico is just so vast; it has an outsize impact on the rest of the Mexican economy.

We have been blessed in many respects with the explosion of the development of shale gas resources here in North America. It's both U.S. and in Canada.

I don't see any new coal.

Fracking has been a real technological change that has caused great innovation in our business, and we've had the benefit of very low gas prices for our customers as a result of that.

Australia exports millions of tons of coal each year to Asian markets. These same countries are interested in Wyoming coal. I look forward to visiting and seeing a vibrant coal port to better understand the benefits and challenges associated with this method of export.

It's conservative policies that create the conditions for prosperity, and we'll all benefit thanks to that.

Eventually, we have to make a good business environment in this country.

There's a lot of propaganda that contaminates a discussion around what we should do about pipelines, how our economy may or may not be dependent on exports of raw bitumen.

We would create thousands of jobs in Colorado if the Keystone Pipeline were to be built.

We oppose any pipeline whose sole purpose is to export bitumen from Canada to make profits in other countries.

The oilsands will be phased out by 2030 or 2035.

We are a richly blessed nation; let's not squander that - one of the worst things we can do is not gratefully acknowledge our abundances.

Venture for America operates in communities that could generally use more innovation: Detroit, New Orleans, Baltimore, and other U.S. cities. So I'm obviously a big believer in innovation and progress as key drivers of economic growth and prosperity.

The energy sector presents exceptional opportunities for governments and investors.