Boone on CBS' Early Show
T. Boone Pickens was interviewed on CBS Television’s “Early Show” and said oil prices will rise to over $125 per barrel during the first half of 2012 and that gasoline prices at the pump will likely hit $5 per gallon. Boone reminded CBS viewers that “the cheapest natural gas in the world is in the Continue Reading
Pickens interviewed by Reuters
The international wire service, Reuters, interviewed T. Boone Pickens on the need for Congress to pass the NAT GAS Act (H.R. 1380) to reduce our dependence on OPEC oil. You can see the entire interview by clicking HERE. — The Pickens Team Continue Reading
Boone on Morning Joe
T. Boone Pickens appeared on the MSNBC news program “Morning Joe” to talk about the third anniversary of the Pickens Plan to reduce America’s dependence on OPEC Oil. Boone told hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski that over the past 10 years we have spent one trillion dollars on OPEC oil. “And you know where Continue Reading
Pickens Plan 3 Year Anniversary
We’re 3 years old! By the time we’re 4 years old, I am certain we will have reached our goal. Thank you, Army, for all that you’ve done! Continue Reading
Lower 48 Natural Gas Output Hits Six-Year High
America's abundant natural gas reserves are playing an increasingly important role in the U.S. economy as production numbers rose to a six-year high in April, according to the Energy Information Administration. Continue Reading
Daily Oklahoman Pushes Pickens Plan
Oklahoma’s leading newspaper panned the administration’s stop-gap attempts to alleviate higher energy prices by dispersing some 60 million barrels of crude oil from the country’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve. What passes for national energy policy in the Obama administration is to release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which is supposed to be kept for emergencies. Continue Reading
Government Should Encourage Natural Gas Vehicle Industry
The following op-ed by T. Boone Pickens ran in the Texarkana Gazette on Friday, June 24, 2011. In Article I, Section 8, the United States Constitution grants Congress the “Power To,” among other things, “provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States”; “regulate Commerce with foreign Nations”; and “lay and collect Continue Reading
Sullivan Publishes list of 200+ NAT GAS Act Supporters
U.S Rep. John Sullivan (R-OK) has issued a press release and a list of 220 businesses which are urging the Congress pass H.R. 1380, the NAT GAS Act. According to the release, Rep. Sullivan repeated his call for America to “put our addiction to foreign oil behind us by using the cheaper, cleaner, more abundant Continue Reading
Tulsa World backs NAT GAS Act, Rep. Sullivan
An editorial in the Tulsa World strongly supports the passage of the NAT GAS Act (H.R. 1380). The editors single out U.S. Rep. John Sullivan (R-OK) who is the sponsor of the bill but, “unfortunately, he’s getting beaten up for it by elements of his own party.” “For his effort to help make the U.S. Continue Reading
Cab Companies Buy 100+ CNG-Powered Taxis
Southern California continues to lead the charge on cleaner burning natural gas as two Los Angeles-area cab companies recently submitted an order for more than 100 CNG-powered Ford Transit Connect Taxis. Los Angeles Business reports that Yellow Cab of Anaheim and Cabco Yellow Inc. of Orange County placed the order through South Bay Ford. The Continue Reading