WASHINGTON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Energy Secretary Chris

Wright said on Friday that he is not worried that Russia's sale

of gas to China would affect U.S. oil and gas producers.

Russia and China gave their blessing earlier this week to a

gas pipeline called Power of Siberia 2, underscoring Chinese

President Xi Jinping's disregard for Western demands that he row

back from a deepening partnership with Moscow.

Wright touted the Trump administration's focus on rapidly

expanding gas exports at an appearance at the Council on Foreign

Relations on Friday.

"I think in this administration, it'll become the single

largest export of our country, because exports will double

during this administration," he said. "This is a way to get

European allies off Russian gas."