News and Updates

Boone Pickens on CNBC

  • July 12, 2012

In a wide-ranging interview on CNBC, T. Boone Pickens said he expected natural gas to go back to $4/Mcf by the end of the year up from about $3/Mcf now. At that price, returning to coal as an energy production fuel becomes more attractive. Boone repeated his clarion call for the Pickens Plan saying the Continue Reading

Natural Gas Lifts Ohio

The Wall Street Journal reports that Ohio has been enjoying a massive infusion of hundreds of millions of dollars, thanks to the development of the Utica Shale. It goes without saying that capital expenditures on such a scale have generated tens of thousands of new jobs. Job creation is one of the principal tenets of Continue Reading

Happy 4th Anniversary!

  • July 9, 2012

July 2012 marks the 4th anniversary of the Pickens Plan. Over those four years we — and I mean you and me — have had a profound impact on the energy dialogue in America. When we began our initiative, few understood the potential for natural gas as a transportation fuel and the impact it could Continue Reading

Pickens' letter published in USA Today

  • June 28, 2012

T. Boone Pickens published a letter to the editor in the April 28, 2012 edition of USA Today taking exception to an editorial that urged the export of natural gas. Pickens explained that “with natural gas selling for nearly $14 to $18 per thousand cubic feet (mcf) elsewhere in our world” it is natural that Continue Reading

Trump Talks Pickens on Fox & Friends

  • June 25, 2012

Mega-developer Donald Trump agreed with T. Boone Pickens’ assertion that exporting “clean natural gas” while importing “dirty OPEC oil” was “dumb.” Trump was appearing on Fox & Friends this morning. The interview included a clip from Pickens’ appearance on Fox News Sunday yesterday. To see the clip from Fox & Friends, click HERE. — The Continue Reading

Pickens on Fox News Sunday

  • June 24, 2012

T. Boone Pickens appeared on the influential Sunday news program “Fox News Sunday” with Chris Wallace. Pickens discussed the future of energy in the United States and talked about the energy plans of the two candidates for President as reported by The Hill Newspaper: “I will support the one that has the energy plan for Continue Reading

Boone on Fox News Sunday

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Timeout on Natural Gas Exports

  • June 21, 2012

When it comes to exporting natural gas, America needs to proceed with caution. That’s the message being urged by Sen. Ron Wyden, who serves on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Rep. Ed Markey, who is the ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee. Writing in USA Today, the two elected officials Continue Reading