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There has never been a year like the one that produced the numbers and rankings in this year’s Oklahoma Inc.
No. 1: Syntroleum Corp. tops list of state’s best companies
4TULSA — It almost sounds like something out of a medieval tale of alchemy: Syntroleum Corp. developed a process to turn animal fat into high quality diesel fuel.
No. 3: Thrifty’s bouncing high after hitting bottom
TULSA — A roller coaster doesn’t even begin to describe the ride Tulsa-based Dollar Thrifty has been on this year.
No. 5: AAON’s record profits heat up cold market
TULSA — AAON Inc., one of only two state companies to post a gain at the end of a financially tumultuous 2008, climbed from its 25{+t}{+h} ranking in last year’s Oklahoma Inc. to the fifth best performing Oklahoma company for 2009.
No. 2: Orchids Paper Products sees a blooming future
Orchids Paper Products, the second best performing publicly traded company in Oklahoma in 2009, has hardly had a misstep since going public in 2005.
No. 4: Sights are set on rise in Pre-Paid Legal’s era
ADA — The economy is still in the doldrums, people are losing their jobs — and conditions couldn’t be better for Ada-based Pre-Paid Legal.
No. 6: Solid business principles cited in Alliance success
TULSA — Brian Cantrell is not surprised by Alliance Resource Partners LP’s place among the top 10 Oklahoma companies for the year ending June 30.
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Top Companies
- AAON Inc.
- ADDvantage
- Arena Resources
- Alliance Holdings GP
- Alliance Resource Partners LP
- BancFirst
- BOK Financial Corp.
- Bronco Drilling
- Continental Resources
- Chesapeake Energy
- Devon Energy
- Dollar Thrifty
- Educational Dev Corp.
- GMX Resources
- Graymark Healthcare Inc.
- Gulfport Energy
- Helmerich & Payne
- Hiland Partners
- Hiland Holdings
- LSB Industries Inc.
- Orchids Paper Products
- Magellan Midstream Holdings
- Magellan Midstream Partners
- Matrix Service Co.
- N. Amer. Galvanizing & Coatings
- OG&E Energy
- ONEOK Inc
- ONEOK Partners
- Orchids Paper Products
- Osage Bancshares
- Panhandle Royalty
- Pre-Paid Legal
- Quest Resource
- RAM Energy
- Sandridge Energy Inc.
- Sonic Corporation
- Southwest Bancorp
- Syntroleum
- Tronox
- Unit Corporation
- Vaughn Foods
- Williams Companies
- Williams Partners LP
- XETA Technologies
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Explaining the rankings: State companies still recovering from downfall’s damage
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 Jim Glassman said recently in Oklahoma City. "It did huge damage to the U.S. economy. But we’re rapidly recovering from this at least on the financial side.”
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