Joseph Duggan is a partner in Argus Reservoir Monitoring, developing the first permanent downhole seismic transmitters. He formerly was a speechwriter in the White House for the late President George H.W. Bush and in Saudi Arabia for the CEO of Aramco. A quarter century ago, he was a public affairs consultant to the Venezuelan oil ministry and national petroleum company. During the Reagan administration, he was a State Department advisor on ballistic missile defense and nuclear arms control.
On the last day of August, Washington officials released two reports related to the quest for American energy dominance. The first is a White House fact sheet detailing a major...