All claims to the contrary, the oil and gas industry is not dying a slow death, with the outlook for U.S. exports looking strong long term, according to one of the energy world’s leading thought leaders.

Master storyteller Daniel Yergin, more often the inquirer, had much to share with NGI in a recent conversation about the state of the oil and gas world, the transition to net-zero carbon and what may happen after the November elections.

Yergin is in the spotlight with the release of his newest book, “The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations,” which arrived in September at a riveting time for the oil and gas world. 

Energy fans perhaps came to know the energy chronicler from “The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power,” a best seller that won a...