• It’s time to get on American resources
  • BooneCam  |  May 2nd, 201314 comments

  • The U.S. is producing a lot more oil than it did just a few years ago. Yet the price at the pump hasn’t dropped a single penny. Why not? Because we import so many billions of dollars worth of OPEC oil that we end up paying global prices.

    There’s only one way to stop this, and that’s by getting on American resources. We’ve got the cheapest energy in the world. The only way we can control our own destiny and jump-start our economy is by using all of our resources.

  • Tell your state legislators to support SB519 for Oklahoma’s energy future
  • The Daily Pickens  |  May 18th, 2013No comments

  • Senate Bill 519 (SB 519), authored by Senator Rob Standridge and Representative David Derby, makes critical updates to Oklahoma’s motor fuel tax law to create an environment that promotes natural gas vehicle (NGV) adoption and investment in refueling infrastructure.

    Unfortunately Oklahoma currently taxes domestic liquefied natural gas (LNG) almost twice as much as foreign diesel. Furthermore, LNG trucks are required to purchase an annual fuel tax decal in lieu of a tax at the pump. This unnecessary system forces a station attendant to verify that the LNG vehicle has a decal before the driver can refuel. As you can imagine, this is a very inefficient process that diesel is not burdened with.

    Oklahoma’s policy of favoring a primarily foreign fuel over cleaner domestic natural gas must be ended.

    Click here to email your state legislators today and ask them to support SB519.

  • U.S. Spends $1 Billion a Day on Imported Oil in April
  • The Daily Pickens  |  May 15th, 2013No comments

  • The oil import numbers are in for April. As usual, the news is anything but good. As of last month, the average price has settled in comfortably above a floor of $100 per barrel.

    According to figures just released, $102.25 was the average price per barrel of oil imported to the U.S. Meanwhile, the cost of a barrel produced here in the U.S. was almost $10 less per barrel.

    Overall, there was a slight uptick in overall imports in April with 299 million barrels imported. This total amounted to 54% of the overall U.S. supply.

    That works out to a little more than $1 billion a day or an astounding $708,564.10 per minute that left the U.S. economy and went overseas.

  • More Natural Gas Coming to Kansas City
  • The Daily Pickens  |  May 14th, 2013No comments

  • The Kansas City Star reports that the Paris of the Plains is about to go from one natural-gas filling station to many.

    For years, Kansas Gas Service has operated the only place in the area where the public could fill up a vehicle powered by compressed natural gas and take advantage of a fuel that burns cleaner and is cheaper than gasoline or diesel. But plenty of activity is stirring in what has been a backwater of the energy business. Not only has the Kansas Gas Service outlet in Overland Park been improved to fill more vehicles faster, the chances of having more filling stations in the area are brightening.

    And with gas prices hovering just under $4.00 a gallon, the timing of this influx of natural-gas filling stations couldn’t be better.

    “I think we’re on the verge of having a real infrastructure for the public and fleets,” said Kelly Gilbert, the director of transportation for the Metropolitan Energy Center, a Kansas City-based nonprofit group that promotes energy efficiency.

    Read more HERE.