BooneCam Series: Building Blocks of Energy Today
I’ve been working in the energy industry for 60 years, and I promise you I have seen more changes in the last 10 than I did in the first 50! With that in mind, I’ve invited Brian Bradshaw to sit down with me and discuss a whole host of these topics in a series of Continue Reading
Let’s rethink the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
It’s been almost five years since you and I set out together to get America the energy plan it deserves. One thing hasn’t changed: the need for aggressive and effective energy leadership in Washington. For the last four decades, Republicans and Democrats alike have fallen short in this regard. Long story short – we have Continue Reading
Pickens: 3 Golden Rules for Energy Independence
T. Boone Pickens appeared on CNBC to discuss his “three golden rules for energy independence” in America. He said we are taxing domestic natural gas at a higher rate than we tax imported diesel – propping up the OPEC cartel. Second, he believes we should start selling off – over a 10 year period – Continue Reading
Pickens: No Free Market in Energy
T. Boone Pickens had an essay published in Politico, the highly regarded inside-the-beltway news organization, in which he says there is no free market in energy and the U.S. has got to have a plan to operate in a manipulated market. “OPEC is a cartel,” Pickens wrote. “It controls prices with production. Since October, the Continue Reading
February Oil Import Numbers Tell Harsh Truth
Despite the fact that America’s domestic energy production has surged, the U.S. continues to send billions of dollars overseas to pay for imported oil. In February, we imported a whopping 267 million barrels. The price tag for this dangerous dependency was more the $30 billion. That’s $30 billion in cold hard cash that was taken Continue Reading
Shell to Bring LNG to Great Lakes and Gulf Coast
North America’s abundant natural gas reserves are being put to good use by Shell, which just announced plans to make liquefied natural gas (LNG) available to heavy-duty trucks and marine users in Ontario and in Louisiana. These two units will form the basis of LNG transport corridors in the Great Lakes and Gulf Coast regions. “Natural Continue Reading
BNSF Railway Takes a Closer Look at Natural Gas
The nation’s largest railroad is taking a closer look at natural gas to power its locomotives. BNSF Railway operates more than 1,000 trains a day on one of the largest freight rail transportation networks in North America. By the company’s own estimates, it is the second-biggest user of diesel in the country, after the U.S. Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Touted on FOX News
On Monday during a live interview with Sean Hannity broadcast on FOX News, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush pointed out the pitfalls of America’s dangerous addiction to foreign oil. A possible solution? Running fleets of heavy-duty trucks on natural gas. Sound like a plan? Bush went as far to mention Boone Pickens by name. First, Continue Reading
Shell Canada Now Offers LNG to Heavy-Duty Trucks
Heavy-duty trucks can now refuel in Alberta with liquefied natural gas (LNG). The LNG option became available last week at a LNG Shell Flying J station in Calgary. Ultimately, three LNG Shell Flying J Stations will serve the Calgary market. The lead customer will be Alberta-based Bison Transport, which prides itself on using the latest technologies Continue Reading