US President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday that he will nominate fracking tycoon Chris Wright, CEO of an oil and gas company and a staunch advocate of the use of fossil fuels, for the position of Secretary of Energy.

Wright is the founder and CEO of Liberty Energy, a Denver-based oilfield services company. It is expected that he will support Trump's plan to increase oil and gas production to the maximum extent and seek ways to increase the rate of electricity generation, which is witnessing a significant rise in demand for it for the first time in decades.

Wright is also likely to share the president-elect's opposition to global cooperation in the fight against climate change, as he has previously described climate change activists as alarmists and likened Democrats' efforts to combat global warming to Soviet-style communism.

Last year, Wright posted a video on his LinkedIn page in which he said, “There is no climate crisis, and we are not in the midst of an energy transition either.”

He also criticized the term “carbon pollution” because every life depends on carbon dioxide. He also rejected the terms “clean energy and dirty energy” because he considered that “all energy sources have positive and negative impacts on the world.”

Wright, who has no political experience, writes frequently about the need to increase fossil fuel production to lift people out of poverty.

Wright's name has emerged among oil and gas executives as he has a bold style in making positions and decisions, and describes himself as a technology geek.

Trump said in a statement, “As Secretary of Energy, Chris will be an essential leader, spurring innovation, cutting red tape, and ushering in a new golden age of American prosperity and world peace.”

Trump added in his statement that the Chairman of Liberty Energy is a “leading energy businessman who has worked in the fields of nuclear, solar, geothermal, oil and gas.”

The president-elect continued, “More importantly, Chris was one of the pioneers who helped launch America’s shale revolution that fueled American energy independence and transformed global energy markets and geopolitics.”

The issue of hydraulic fracturing was a key issue in the election campaign, and Trump accused his rival, Kamala Harris, of wanting to ban this process, which the Democratic candidate denied.

Wright will also be a member of the new National Energy Council, the creation of which the president-elect announced on Friday. The Council's mission will be "to oversee the path toward US energy dominance."

His candidacy was supported by oil sector companies, according to the Financial Times.