Global Energy Focus Shifts to Americas
Thanks to technology developed by American companies, countries throughout the Western Hemisphere have become rising stars in the global energy arena. Continue Reading
Economics of Natural Gas "Overwhelming"
The combination of pricey diesel fuel and unreliable sources of foreign oil is leading more and more American companies to turn to domestic natural gas to power their truck fleets. According to the Wall Street Journal, America’s abundant supplies of natural gas, which have already changed the market for electricity, are changing the transportation industry Continue Reading
U.S. CO2 Emissions Drop
The International Energy Agency reports that greenhouse gas production in America has dropped substantially, and the agency credits domestic natural gas with the sharp drop in carbon emissions. Shale gas has transformed the US energy landscape, with surging production pushing gas prices down to 10-year lows and heralding an industrial renaissance. “This is a success Continue Reading
Ambassadors Urge Obama to Decrease Dependence on Foreign Oil
A bipartisan group of former U.S. ambassadors known as the Diplomatic Council on Energy Security urged President Obama to decrease America’s dangerous dependence on foreign oil. The council’s report notes that the trade deficit in oil reached $327 billion in 2011. That figure accounted for 58 percent of the total U.S. trade deficit. “High and Continue Reading
April Oil Import Numbers Show Continued Dependency
The Energy Information Agency of the U.S. Department of Energy has released the oil import numbers for April 2012 and our addiction to OPEC oil has not abated. According to the EIA, we imported 316 million barrels of oil in the month at a total cost of $37.8 Billion. That represented 56 percent of our Continue Reading
Morning Joe: Becoming energy independent
Boone Pickens, CEO of BP Capital Management, and Rep. Tom Perriello talked about the future of natural gas in America on MSNBC’s Morning Joe earlier today. Watch below. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Continue Reading
America's New Energy Frontier
USA Today turned to Boone Pickens for insight on America’s energy future. And his response was to share the virtues of the Pickens Plan: “Energy billionaire T. Boone Pickens, a major investor in oil and natural-gas companies, said the U.S. can at least end oil imports from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, about half its Continue Reading
Pickens & Truckers: Natural (Gas) Allies
T. Boone Pickens is the subject of a major article written by the Executive Director of the Arkansas Trucking Association. In the piece the author, Lane C. Kidd, writes about Boone’s dedication to the Pickens Plan which would allow the United States to “regain control of the world’s wealth and economic power, something that would Continue Reading
T. Boone Pickens on CNBC's Closing Bell: Gas Refineries Will Want Subsidies After Delta Deal
“Texas oil and gas investor T. Boone Pickens has a warning for Pennsylvania now that it is subsidizing Delta Air Lines’s purchase of a gas refinery: Keep your wallet handy. Delta Air Lines is getting a $30 million subsidy from the Keystone State as part of a $180 million deal to buy a Phillips 66 Continue Reading