Total U.S. Spend on Foreign Oil Rose to $28 Billion for Month of October
In his monthly update on the level of foreign oil imports in the U.S., energy expert T. Boone Pickens said that based on the latest figures from the Federal Reserve Economic Database, the U.S. imported 58 percent of its oil, or 341 million barrels in October 2010, sending approximately $28 billion, or $626,433 per minute, Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 11.10.10
Oil Companies Increasingly Eye Natural Gas – Associated Press – 11/9/10 Attitude Is Ingredient For State’s Recovery – Statesman Journal – 11/10/10 Pete Peterson’s Anti-Debt Campaign: The Fake Political Ads – WSJ Blog – 11/9/10 Chevron Nabs U.S. Shale Gas Acreage – UPI.com – 11/10/10 Natural Gas Industry Fires Burn Brighter with Chevron Offer for Continue Reading
Natural Gas, Not Oil, Powering Energy Companies
A major shift in America’s energy landscape is well under way as major oil companies have begun to forsake their bread and butter energy source, crude oil, and focus instead on the abundant opportunities for producing cleaner burning natural gas. According to the Associated Press: The major oil companies are increasingly betting their futures on natural gas, Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 11.9.10
T. Boone Pickens: At&T Chair Rates Top Texan Consideration – Dallas Morning News – 11/8/10 The Nuclear Option – Armed Forces Journal – 11/8/10 Obama Speech Puts Natural Gas Act in Play for Clean Energy Fuels – Seeking Alpha – 11/8/10 Propane Autogas Exclusion in U.S. Senate Bills a Disservice to National Energy Policy, Says Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 11.6.10-11.8.10
When a Rig Moves In Next Door – New York Times – 11/6/10 China’s Oil Demand Is Poised to Push Up Prices – Wall Street Journal – 11/8/10 House GOP Takeover Will Affect How Issues Vital To Texans Are Addressed – Dallas Morning News – 11/8/10 Fred Smith Makes Clean Tech List – Memphis Daily Continue Reading
China v U.S. bidding for Global Oil
For over two years, T. Boone Pickens has been warning that, without an energy policy, America would find itself in a bidding war for oil against China. Sure enough, the Wall Street Journal, this morning has an article written by reporter Brian Baskin which makes Boone’s point – two years on. “For the first time Continue Reading
Is Natural Gas Legislation the Next Step for Congress?
In the aftermath of last week’s elections, the pundits have had an easy time picking out the many ways the Republican agenda in the House and Democrats’ plans in the Senate could clash. But some reporters have turned their attention to the ways Congress and the White House could find common ground and work together Continue Reading
Pickens's Picks: Top Energy Stories of 2010
When it came time to select this year’s most important energy stories, who did Forbes turn to? T. Boone Pickens. The BP oil spill was just one of seven noteworthy events that the lifelong energy entrepreneur singled out in 2010. Among the others that Pickens keyed in on were China’s aggressive strategy to supply the energy Continue Reading
Army Weekly Report
Each week we’ll be reporting on some of the activities of our army members across the country. If you are interested in getting involved in your state, visit the State and District Leaders page here: https://pickensplan.com/district-leaderboard/ Legislative Update The total number of co-sponsors for the NAT GAS Act (HR 1835): 146 Members of Congress Is Continue Reading
We can dig ourselves out-if we act now.
Army- It’s been an active week, to say the least. The 2010 midterm elections are all but finished, and tens of millions of Americans across the nation did their civic duty by voting. People cast their votes based upon personal decisions – political ideology, certain policy issues and other matters that are important to their Continue Reading