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‘Swashbuckling’ T. Boone Pickens’ Oil, Gas Legacy Broad and Deep

‘Swashbuckling’ T. Boone Pickens’ Oil, Gas Legacy Broad and Deep

Thomas Boone Pickens Jr., who turned a borrowed investment to launch an oil company into billions of dollars, died Tuesday, leaving behind a legacy that will not be easily matched. He was 91.

September 11, 2019

Pickens Closes BP Capital Energy Hedge Fund, Citing ‘New Priorities’

Legendary oil and natural gas wheeler dealer T. Boone Pickens, 89, announced Friday he has closed his Dallas-based energy hedge fund.

January 12, 2018

Texas Jury Sides with Pickens, Mesa in Permian Deal Gone Awry

A Texas jury last week awarded T. Boone Pickens and his company, Mesa Petroleum Partners LP, up to $146 million after ruling that Permian Basin operators conspired to cheat the oil magnate out of well ownership interests in West Texas.

November 28, 2016

Natural Gas as Transport Fuel Gains Ground

Just how prescient were the recent comments of Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon and T. Boone Pickens about increasing the use of natural gas as a transportation fuel? General Motors Corp. (GM) now is calling natural gas an “enticing alternative” to petroleum, and Honda Motor Co. has begun touting “Phill,” a home refueling appliance available to owners of natural gas vehicles (NGV).

August 6, 2008