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Love's Travel Stops fuel island off Interstate 40 in Choctaw, Oklahoma. In 1964, Tom and Judy Love spent $5,000 (equivalent to $49,100 in 2023) to lease an abandoned service station in Watonga, Oklahoma, an hour northwest of Oklahoma City. They named their company Musket Corporation. Over the next eight years, Musket opened 40 additional gas ...
Texas Gas Service is the third largest natural gas distribution company in the U.S. state of Texas. It is a regulated public utility which serves more than 884,000 customers in 127 communities, employing 1,000 employees. It operates 10,900 miles of service lines, pipelines and other natural gas distribution properties.
The Williams Companies, Inc., is an American energy company based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Its core business is natural gas processing and transportation, with additional petroleum and electricity generation assets. A Fortune 500 company, [1] its common stock is a component of the S&P 500.
Devon was founded in 1971 by John Nichols (1914-2008) and his son, J. Larry Nichols. [4] In 1988, the company became a public company via an initial public offering. [4]In October 2012, the company completed construction of its current headquarters, the 50-story Devon Energy Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and closed its office in the Allen Center in Downtown Houston.
The commission was established in 1907 and the First Oklahoma Legislature gave the commission authority to regulate public service corporations. [1]Railroad, telephone and telegraph companies were the companies first regulated by the commission, which also collected records of the stockholders, officers and directors of corporations chartered or licensed to do business in Oklahoma. [1]
The Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma owns a gas station, and 2 casinos. Their estimated annual economic impact was $16 million in 2010. [1] Kickapoo Casino is located north of McLoud, Oklahoma, near the Tribal Headquarters. Oklahoma Indian Casinos: Casinos by Tribe.500 Nations.
Oklahoma had few natural lakes. Those that did exist were either oxbow or playa lakes. Oklahoma has sixty-two oxbow lakes above 10 acres (0.040 km 2) in size. The largest, near the Red River in McCurtain County is 272 acres (1.10 km 2).
Oklahoma is an important producer of natural gas, aircraft, and food. [13] The state ranks third in the nation for production of natural gas, is the 27th-most agriculturally productive state, and also ranks 5th in production of wheat. [135]