David Blackmon, an energy writer and consultant based in Texas with 40 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, highlights the importance of American energy leadership amid heightened media focus on Iran and the Strait of Hormuz. Blackmon points out that record U.S. oil and natural gas production has played a key role in preventing a historic supply disruption from escalating into a severe price shock.
He emphasizes that while oil prices can fluctuate rapidly due to geopolitical events, the physical infrastructure—tankers, refineries, pipelines, and fuel delivery systems—operates on a much slower timeline, which explains why changes in crude prices do not immediately affect pump prices.
According to Blackmon, the solution to energy security and lower prices lies in increasing American energy production, strengthening infrastructure, and maintaining access to global markets. This approach, he argues, outperforms policies based on taxes, bans, or industrial strategies. He credits the achievements in U.S. energy to free enterprise, technological innovation, risk-taking capital, and a regulatory environment that supports rather than hinders energy infrastructure development.
Blackmon notes, "It was built by engineers, roughnecks and investors who figured out how to unlock resources others said were uneconomic."
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