In the wake of a ban on Russian oil and natural gas to the United States, Tuesday talks at CERAWeek in Houston notably shifted to energy security and geopolitics, but ConocoPhillips CEO Ryan Lance had a few choice words for anyone who believes this is a perfect time to keep the U.S. natural gas and oil from being shipped overseas.

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“Well, I’d say it’s probably the stupidest thing you could ever imagine,” Lance said Tuesday at CERAWeek by S&P Global. Lance and other energy executives were notably shifting their discussions to energy security and politics on the second day of the annual energy confab.

While advocates of banning U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) and oil exports have called the move the right thing to do for domestic consumers facing explosive inflation and...