Is Natural Gas Primed to Become the U.S.'s Primary Energy?
America’s reliance on imported oil leads The International Business Times to ponder the implications of escalating tensions in the Middle East, especially in and around the Straits of Hormuz where the Iranian Navy has recently been threatening U.S. warships. In an article posted earlier this week, reporter Joseph Lazzaro notes that possible sanctions against Iran Continue Reading
Price of Oil Spikes as Iran Threatens U.S. Navy
Defense analysts, energy experts, and T. Boone Pickens have often warned that it would take little provocation for the price of oil go through the roof. Just last week the Republic of Iran threatened made threatening remarks Continue Reading
We need to solve the problem in 2012
In 2011, so far, we are still depending on OPEC for 43 percent of our imported oil. We’re paying a high price for it. The national security risk is the same. The problem isn’t solved. We need to get on our own resources and pick domestic over OPEC. Continue Reading
From King Coal to King Gas
The world's largest energy company - ExxonMobil - has made it official: the golden age of natural gas has arrived. Thanks to technological advances, immense reserves, and the broad shift to cleaner fuels, the use of natural gas will continue to rise at a rapid pace for decades to come. Continue Reading
U.S. Spent $36.7 Billion on Foreign Oil in November
In his monthly update on the level of foreign oil imports in the U.S., energy expert T. Boone Pickens said that based on the latest figures from the Energy Information Administration, the U.S. imported 59 percent of its oil, or 332 million barrels in November 2011, sending approximately $36.7 billion, or $851,221.30 per minute, to Continue Reading
Boone on Morning Joe
If you missed Boone’s appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe yesterday, watch below. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Continue Reading
New report confirms abundance of natural gas in the United States
As we move into the final Congressional push of the year, we’ve received some very good news: A new report by the National Petroleum Council (NPC) has affirmed other studies showing that not only do we have an abundance of natural gas in the United States, but we have so much natural gas that “projected Continue Reading
Natural Gas-Powered Honda Green Car of the Year
The Honda Civic GX was named “Green Car of the Year” at the Los Angeles Auto Show last month. A variety of attractive features contributed to the selection, including some that had little to do with the car itself, such as abundant new supplies of shale gas that substantially lower the operating cost of the Continue Reading
CAPITOL UPDATE: Oklahoma's Coburn Supports NAT GAS Act
Another elected official signed on to secure America's energy security as Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn joined the bipartisan group supporting the NAT GAS Act today. Continue Reading