News and Updates

The Dyland Ratigan Show – T. Boone Pickens weighs in on offshore drilling

  • April 2, 2010

Boone: “The fastest way to get off foreign oil is to pass the NAT GAS Act and to use our abundant natural gas supply for transportation.” Continue Reading

Boone Reacts to Obama Plan

  • April 1, 2010

President Obama rolls out new oil and gas development plans. Boone says it’s a good start but the NAT GAS Act (H.R. 1835 and S. 1408) will help reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Continue Reading

Pickens Plan Media Coverage 4.1.10

Risk Is Clear in Drilling; Payoff Isn’t – New York Times – 4/1/10 Oklahoma Oil And Gas Executives Give Mixed Reviews For Oil Plan – The Oklahoman – 4/1/10 Obama Expands Offshore Drilling – Tulsa World – 4/1/10 T. Boone Pickens: Tilting At Minnesota Windmills? – MinnPost.com – 4/1/10 Pickens Reacts To Offshore Drilling Plans Continue Reading

Transcript: Remarks by The President on Energy Security at Andrews Air Force Base, 3/31/2010

  • March 31, 2010

THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you, everybody.  Thank you so much. (Applause.)  Please have a seat.  I’ve got a few introductions that I want to make very quickly before I start my remarks.  First of all, I think that by the end of his tenure we’re going to know that Ken Salazar is one of the finest Continue Reading

T. Boone Pickens Statement on President Obama’s Remarks on Offshore Drilling

T. Boone Pickens offered the following comment on President Obama’s remarks today advocating more offshore drilling: “President Obama’s plan to promote more offshore drilling for oil and natural gas is an important step in achieving true energy reform.  We should be taking full advantage of every available American resource to help decrease our crippling dependency Continue Reading

Bush worried about energy during presidency

Speaking Thursday at a natural gas conference at Southern Methodist University, former President George W. Bush told the audience that during his presidency, he worried about the influence exerted on foreign policy by major energy producers Iran and Venezuela. He went on to talk about how important it is for our national and economic security Continue Reading

Boone: We will have an energy plan this year

  • March 30, 2010

Boone talked to Alan Colmes on his radio show “The Alan Colmes Show” yesterday to give an update on where the Pickens Plan stands in Washington. Boone told Colmes that he is convinced that we will have an energy plan in the US this year. To listen to the entire interview click here. Continue Reading

Pickens Plan Media Coverage 3.30.10

Firms See ‘Green’ in Natural-Gas Production – Wall Street Journal – 3/30/10 NGVAmerica Testifies Before Senate EPW Committee – NGV Global News – 3/30/10 Too Green To Burn – The Telegram – 3/30/10 Bet on Clean Energy – Kiplinger – April 2010 Shale Gas: Worries Surface On Impact Of Extraction – Financial Times – 3/29/10 Continue Reading

Natural Gas "A Game Changer"

Kiplinger April 2010 By James K. Glassman, Contributing Editor, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Last June, the Colorado School of Mines issued an earth-shaking report about a development that could have a major impact on the economy, the environment, national security, and your own portfolio. Researchers found that between 2004 and 2008, the potential supply of natural Continue Reading

The Pickens Plan is a solution to rising gas prices

Boone recently had a meeting in Dallas with Terry Savage, host of Monsters and Money in the Morning on CBS2 in Chicago. Earlier this morning, she led a roundtable discussion on the show about rising gas prices and how the Pickens Plan can help. Click here to watch the clip. Continue Reading