New drilling package puts a charge into Oklahoma oil industry 12 hr ago | Add a comment The competition to power drilling rigs is heating up. Oklahoma City-based United Engines on Wednesday unveiled a new electric drilling package, an entry into an oil and gas market dominated by...

Texas company Jones Energy wins Crusader Energy auction 16 hr ago | Add a comment Now there is a winner. A subsidiary of Austin-based Jones Energy submitted the top bid last week for debt-ridden Crusader Energy Group Inc., which sought bankruptcy protection in March. A...

AEP-PSO gets backing for rate increase Wed, Nov 18, 2009 | Add a comment TULSA — An administrative law judge Tuesday recommended approval of AEP-PSO’s $30 million cost recovery request, which comes less than a year after the last major rate increase, utility...

Economists: Subdued Oklahoma recovery expected in 2010 Tue, Nov 17, 2009 | Add a comment Oklahoma's economic recovery, like the nation's, will be subdued in the coming year, according to a forecast released today by state economists. State employment will continue to fall modestly...

Devon Energy narrows its focus Tue, Nov 17, 2009 | Add a comment Devon Energy Corp. is taking a step back from its position as a worldwide explorer for oil and natural gas. The Oklahoma City-based independent oil and gas producer announced Monday it would sell...

Capital West Securities to change its name Tue, Nov 17, 2009 | Add a comment Capital West Securities’ distribution of water bottles on Monday served two purposes — to provide some comfort during the company’s annual chili cook-off, and to get rid of...

Oklahoma City dealer Bob Moore fights hunger with drive, creativity Tue, Nov 17, 2009 | Add a comment Employees at Bob Moore dealerships across the Oklahoma City metro area crafted sculptures out of boxes and cans of food for the company’s annual food drive. From a giant lightbulb at Bob...

Integris Health to slash corporate positions Tue, Nov 17, 2009 | Add a comment Under a new restructure plan, Integris Health, the state’s largest health care corporation, will eliminate several corporate positions, spokeswoman Brooke Cayot said Monday. "Integris...

Oklahoma Briefs: FreshBerry Cafe deal signed Tue, Nov 17, 2009 | Add a comment FreshBerry Cafe deal signed TULSA — Beautiful Brands International has inked an agreement to open at least two FreshBerry Cafes in the Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill areas of North Carolina,...

Global initiative targets young entrepreneurs Mon, Nov 16, 2009 | Add a comment This is Global Entrepreneurship Week, a worldwide initiative that encourages young people from Uganda to France and from Japan to Brazil to express their creativity through innovation and to...

Coop Ale Works official captures attention of many in Oklahoma City Sun, Nov 15, 2009 | Add a comment J.D. Merryweather doesn’t claim to be the "most interesting man” in Oklahoma City, but over the years he’s garnered a popular following that may put him in the running for...

Absence of analyst’s insight noticed Sat, Nov 14, 2009 | Add a comment It’s fair to say this year’s Oklahoma Inc. was put together with one notable omission: input from local analyst Bob Rader. For several years, Rader’s voice helped explain the...

Health care business can beat market’s ills Sat, Nov 14, 2009 | Add a comment No. 8 on this year’s list is a company that just joined the rankings. Oklahoma City-based Graymark Healthcare Inc. — a three-year-old medical holding company that owns and operates...

ECONOMY HIT by a meteor Sat, Nov 14, 2009 | Add a comment There has never been a year like the one that produced the numbers and rankings in this year’s Oklahoma Inc. "We were struck by a meteor last September,” JPMorgan Chase economist...

Once-decrepit Oklahoma City street blooms into retail, restaurant area Sat, Nov 14, 2009 | Add a comment Just three years ago, the stretch of NW 9 just east of Broadway was a blighted mess lined with boarded up houses masked by overgrown brush and trees and homeless folks living in parked cars. Now,...

Oklahaoma City go-kart track makes job applicants compete on new level Sat, Nov 14, 2009 | Add a comment Determined to find a job? Think sales, one local business says. Pole Position Raceway, an indoor go-karting facility in northwest Oklahoma City, is looking for a highly motivated sales person. But...

Coles Garden owner has cut off bookings to avoid canceling wedding ceremonies Sat, Nov 14, 2009 | Add a comment Gene Nease was already running a chapel in northwest Oklahoma City when he had the chance to buy Coles Garden, a property he believed could some day become the city’s premier wedding spot....

Oklahoma Business Almanac Sat, Nov 14, 2009 | Add a comment SEMINARS Tuesday → Schnake Turnbo Frank PR and McAfee & Taft present "New Media University: Online or Out of Line?" 8:30 a.m., Oklahoma State University-Tulsa. Fee: $199.Contact:...

Oklahoma Business People Sat, Nov 14, 2009 | Add a comment →Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oklahoma names Deirdre Schlunegger president and chief executive officer. She previously served as the vice president of Affiliate Relations at Breast Cancer...

Real estate notes: Contractor buys Oklahoma City office buildings Fri, Nov 13, 2009 | Add a comment Contractor buys office buildings Allen Contracting Inc. bought two office buildings on the west side of downtown Oklahoma City from Harding & Shelton Inc., an oil and gas company, in a $1.6...

Oklahoma City Permits: Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 Fri, Nov 13, 2009 | Add a comment Oklahoma CityChoice One Real Estate Ventures I LLC, 3107 NW 50, medical clinic-office, erect, $1.2 million. Krone Construction, 7427 N Country Club Drive, residence, erect, $1.1 million. City of...

Plan sells detailed buyers on Oklahoma City home Fri, Nov 13, 2009 | Add a comment In the Canyon Lakes addition, Jeff Justice found the perfect spot for a modified version of a favorite house plan from Bill G. Perry Family Designs. "I knew that I could build a spec home that...

Harding, Shelton building is sold Fri, Nov 13, 2009 | Add a comment Oil and gas company Harding & Shelton has spent the past couple of years preparing an ambitious renovation of an old Bricktown property to become its new headquarters. For a similar period of...

Oklahoma Business Briefs Fri, Nov 13, 2009 | Add a comment Farmers face deadline Deadline for quarterly applications for Oklahoma’s Agricultural Enhancement and Diversification program is Jan. 4. The program offers diversification grants of up to...

Plugging In Thu, Nov 12, 2009 | Add a comment CEO to retire after 30 years Richard Larry Watkins, executive vice president and CEO of the Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives, recently announced his intentions to retire after more...