January 1985 Issue [Article] The Biggest Knockover Adjust Share T. Boone Pickens and the end of Gulf Oil by L.J. (Lawrence J.) Davis , This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 20th century Gulf Oil History Industrialists James E. Lee Mesa Petroleum Co. Petroleum industry and trade T. Boone (Thomas Boone) Pickens Texas United States More from L.J. (Lawrence J.) Davis Worlds enough Travels in an adolescent genre The Encyclopedia of Insanity A psychiatric handbook lists a madness for everyone The problem with banks? Bankers Bad loans, not bad laws, created the current crisis Adjust Share