Natural Gas Now Viewed as a Safer Bet
The New York Times reports that natural gas will enjoy a boom in consumption thanks in part to last summer's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the tragic earthquake in Japan on March 11. Continue Reading
Crude Oil Imports Pump Up U.S. Trade Deficit
February’s import numbers are in, and the tally does not look good. Crude oil prices, which recently shattered the all-important $100 mark, continue to crimp American pocketbooks. The cost of all imported items excluding fuel rose a modest 0.3 percent in February. But according to the Labor Department, once the higher cost of imported oil Continue Reading
President Obama Echoes Pickens Plan
For more than two and a half years, T. Boone Pickens has repeatedly pointed out that our country’s failure to develop a comprehensive energy plan is one situation that we can’t drill our way out of. Millions of Americans have voiced their support for this common-sense position, and last Friday one more American raised his Continue Reading
President Obama gives Boone a shout out on energy
In President Obama’s speech on Energy Prices and Supplies on Friday March, 11 he relays the messages that Boone and the Pickens Plan has been promoting since 2008 – that “This is one emergency we can’t drill our way out of.” Continue Reading
Take the Pickens Plan Survey
T. Boone Pickens wants to know what YOU think about energy. Even before the disaster in Japan, Boone had reached out to the Pickens Plan Army and asked each of you to click on the survey to help him when he goes to Washington to continue his fight for an American energy policy. If you Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 3.11.11
Obama Says U.S. Prepared to Tap Strategic Reserve If Needed – Bloomberg – 3/11/11 Obama Invokes T. Boone Pickens To Defend Energy Policies – Dallas Morning News Blog – 3/11/11 T. Boone Pickens – Forbes – March 2011 Presidential News Conference – Daily Kos – 3/11/11 Cusick’s Corner – Benzinga – 3/11/11 The Billionaire Club, Continue Reading
February 2011 Oil Imports Released
U.S. Spent $31.3 Billion on Foreign Oil in Month of February Pickens Urges Lawmakers to Implement Permanent Energy Plan Rather than Tap U.S. Oil Reserves Dallas – March 11, 2011 – 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 Continue Reading
Enough is enough, I want to hear from YOU!
Army: I was driving home from the office the other day and saw that gasoline is closing in on $4 again – it refocused the issue for me: Here we go again. And it made me mad. Enough is enough. A lot has changed since July 2008 – a new president, a new Congress, an Continue Reading
Boone Wants to Hear from You!
As gas prices continue to rise, the army must let their voices be heard in order to rid ourselves of our dependency of OPEC oil. Take the survey now at www.pickensplan.com/survey Continue Reading
Boone on Bloomberg TV
T. Boone Pickens appeared on Bloomberg television to talk about rising oil prices due to the continuing unrest in North Africa and the Middle East. Boone said that “oil prices could rise to $120 to $150 a barrel on tensions in the Middle East.” The price for light, sweet crude has hovered around $100 for Continue Reading