T. Boone Pickens' Statement on American Petroleum Institute's State of American Energy Report
“No one should be fooled by this report… this is, afterall, a group that includes and represents foreign oil companies, interests and holdings.” Legendary energy executive T. Boone Pickens issued the following statement today in response to the American Petroleum Institute’s newly-released “State of American Energy” report: “The report issued by the American Petroleum Institute Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 12.30.01 – 1.3.11
10 To Watch: Senators On Energy – Politico – 12/30/10 Northern Pass: ‘Green’ Has Consequences – Union Leader – 1/2/11 Let’s Do Some Scrutinizing – Press & Sun Bulletin – 1/2/11 Nine Game Changers For 2011 – MarketWatch – 12/30/10 Gas To Hit $5/Gallon In 2011? – The Cypress Times – 1/3/11 Continue Reading
Oil Closes 2010 above $90 per Barrel
According to a report on Bloomberg.com oil ended 2010 at its highest price since 2007 “ending the year above $90 a barrel for only the second time since the contract started trading in 1983.” The article said “Fuel demand is forecast to rise 0.9 percent in 2011 to 19.3 million barrels a day, after a Continue Reading
What I’m going to do in 2011
Army: 2010 may be ending with the nose of the football just shy of the legislative goal line, but we need to remember that we began the Pickens Plan from square one back in 2008 when few recognized the economic and national security implications of our dependency on OPEC oil. First we had to convince Continue Reading
Forbes compares oil consumption around the world
The United States is the third largest producer of oil in the world, but it is by far the world’s largest consumer of oil, using about twice as much oil as it produces. Check out the infographic that Forbes created to compare oil consumption of the largest economies around the world here: http://www.forbes.com/2010/12/15/oil-industry-countries-interactive-graphic.html Continue Reading
Army Weekly Report
Each week we’ll be reporting on some of the activities of our army members across the country. If you are interested in getting involved in your state, visit the State and District Leaders page here: https://pickensplan.com/district-leaderboard/ Legislative Update The total number of co-sponsors for the NAT GAS Act (HR 1835): 146 Members of Congress Is Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 12.17.10
Trib Talk – Columbia Daily Tribune – 12/16/10 Alan Peppard on Bob Schieffer, Tom Brokaw, T. Boone Pickens and More – Dallas Morning News – 12/17/10 We Have Some Viable Economic Options – Times-News – 12/17/10 EIA Projects Huge Growth In U.S. Shale – UPI.com – 12/17/10 Continue Reading
Iran has it figured out. Why can't we?
New reports indicate that there are 1.7 million natural gas vehicles (NGVs) in Iran which makes it the number two nation in the world. Iran has a total of 11 million vehicles, so that represents over 18 percent of all vehicles in Iran. According to the NGV Journal, the other four of the top five Continue Reading
U.S. Natural Gas Reserves Double Again: Energy Information Agency
Continuing a trend which began in 2008, the Energy Information Agency (EIA) has released its 2011 fuel estimates and has determined that there are 827 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of “technically recoverable” natural gas in the nation’s shale deposits. According to the Financial Times, that is up from about 353 Tcf of natural gas in Continue Reading
Boone's Letter to the Pickens Plan Army
When we started this campaign, oil prices were at an all time high. The Pickens Plan was meant to be a comprehensive energy plan for how to use our country’s resources and technology to reduce our staggering dependence on OPEC oil. As I’ve said before: I’m for everything American, and there was a lot of Continue Reading