T. Boone Pickens Issues Monthly Update on Foreign Oil Purchases
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T. Boone Pickens launched a program that will track monthly the amount of foreign oil imported from foreign countries. Mr. Pickens will continue his campaign for the Pickens Plan in 2009 by providing monthly updates of the United States' monthly imports of foreign oil and focusing the American people's attention on the progress the nation is making to reduce foreign oil imports.
Based on the latest figures from the US Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration (EIA), the US imported 66.5 percent of its oil, or 380 million barrels in December 2008, sending approximately $19.3 billion overseas to foreign governments. In total, the US spent approximately $475 billion on imported oil in 2008.
"Our dependence on foreign oil remains at a critical stage" said Mr. Pickens. "Last month alone we imported nearly 380 million barrels of oil at a cost of nearly $20 billion. It is outrageous that we are sending billions of dollars-- $432,000 per minute-- overseas to foreign countries while domestic programs at home remain severely underfunded. This transfer of wealth is among the greatest in human history and is streaming revenue away from investment in our own communities into other countries, many of which are not our allies...."
Separately, appearing on CNBC's Squawk Box this morning, Pickens offered viewers his predictions for crude oil prices this year. Pickens believes that oil could drop to the low $30's/barrel, but sees the price rising to $75/barrel within the year.
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