Published in the Pittsburgh Business Times, by Sam Kusic

August 25, 2014

The oil and gas industry is the most dynamic industry in the U.S. and will remain so for a long time, according to T. Boone Pickens, chairman of BP Capital Management, who spoke Monday during Gov. Tom Corbett's Jobs 1st Summit in Pittsburgh.

"What an opportunity for our country with 30 of our states being producing states," he said.

Pickens said the country should take advantage of its energy resources and convert its fleet of commercial heavy-duty trucks over to natural gas. And it should form a strategic energy alliance with Canada and Mexico.

Those two things he said could end the country's dependence on OPEC oil, he said.

Pickens also noted Pennsylvania's natural gas production is quickly approaching that of Texas. He said that is due in part to Corbett's leadership.

(Sam Kusic, "Pickens: Pennsylvania natural gas production approaching that of Texas," Pittsburgh Business Times, 8/25/14)