Share your ideas LIVE with Boone this afternoon
Today, T. Boone Pickens is participating in the Washington Ideas Forum and he wants you to join him! Boone will be hosting a LIVE chat at Facebook.com/PickensPlan today at 1:30 pm ET. This is an opportunity for you to ask him questions about energy, sports, the upcoming election, and anything else that is on your Continue Reading
A World Without OPEC?
Remember when Boone Pickens launched the Pickens Plan in 2008? The legendary energy entrepreneur predicted that breakthroughs in technology would make it possible for the U.S. to develop greater energy security by relying on American energy. Did he call that right. Since 2008, domestic oil and gas production has more than just increased. It has surged. Continue Reading
Questions for Candidates
Pickens Plan Army: In two weeks, on November 4, we’ll have the opportunity to vote – a right and a privilege that many have bled and died to protect. As we move into the home stretch of this election, you may have the opportunity to meet candidates running for everything from City Council to Governor Continue Reading
T. Boone Pickens on low gas prices and keeping them that way
“In spite of a U.S.-led bombing campaign against ISIS in the Middle East, oil prices have dropped below $3 a gallon across much of the country in recent months. It’s an uncommon confluence of events that billionaire oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens said wouldn’t have been possible a decade ago.” Watch Boone’s recent interview with Continue Reading
Saudi Prince Says Falling Oil Prices a Catastrophe
The global oil glut has got OPEC worried. Since June, the price of North Sea Brent has fallen more than 20 percent, and the International Energy Agency has cut its full-year oil-demand growth forecast to the lowest level in five years. Now, with global oil prices testing a four-year low, one of the world’s wealthiest individuals, Prince Continue Reading
Energy Imports Fall to Lowest Level in 29 Years
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2014 has proven to be a banner year for energy security. Last week, the federal agency announced that total U.S. net imports of energy as a share of energy consumption fell to their lowest level in 29 years for the first six months of 2014. Total energy consumption Continue Reading
Make your voice heard on critical energy issues
This week, T. Boone Pickens participated in a discussion about oil and natural gas prices and availability with ABC News’ Rebecca Jarvis at The Concordia Summit. He pointed out that the US has the cheapest energy in the world – about a quarter of world price on natural gas, $10-$15 per barrel cheaper on oil, Continue Reading
China Takes Top Honors as World's Biggest Oil Importer
The BBC is reporting that China has earned the dubious distinction of being the world’s leading importer of foreign oil. China has knocked the US from its top spot as the world’s biggest net importer of oil, US government data shows. The country’s fast-growing economy, as well as the rise in car sales, has led to Continue Reading
Join T. Boone Pickens for an Energy Chat this afternoon
T. Boone Pickens will be on stage with Rebecca Jarvis at The Concordia Summit today at 4:10 pm ET. You can watch live at www.concordia.net. If you’re on Twitter, join the #Concordia14 conversation and submit questions for Boone using #energychat. Continue Reading
Mid-Term Elections
For the past few months, I’ve sat back and watched the unfolding events in the Middle East and around the world. Scary stuff. And it underscores what I’ve been saying for six years now. We need to get off OPEC oil completely, and, in the process, get serious about injecting domestic fuel replacements in our Continue Reading