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William Grove Skelly (June 10, 1878 – April 11, 1957) was an entrepreneur who made a fortune in the oil business. Born in Erie, Pennsylvania, he moved to Kansas in 1916, then to Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1919, where he founded Skelly Oil Company.
The discovery of the Glenn Pool Oil Reserve in 1905 brought the first major oil pipelines into Oklahoma, and instigated the first large scale oil boom in the state. Located near what was—at the time—the small town of Tulsa, Oklahoma, the resultant establishment of the oil fields in the area contributed greatly to the early growth and success of the city, as Tulsa became the petroleum and ...
The Petroleum Building is a 50-meter/10-floor building at 420 South Boulder in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was built in 1921, and is a steel and reinforced concrete structure faced with buff brick. The name was given because most of the early tenants were associated with the petroleum industry. Later, it housed the Mayo Brothers Furniture Company.
(The Center Square) – A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced a bill to limit, not prohibit, the sale of crude oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). The Banning SPR Oil ...
Oklahoma Natural Gas Company headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma built in 1928 OneOK headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma on 20 March 2007. Oklahoma Natural Gas Company was founded on October 12, 1906 [3] by businessmen Dennis T. Flynn and Charles B. Ames. [4] During the spring and fall of 1907, the company built a gas pipeline from Osage County to Sapulpa and Oklahoma City. [4]
SourceGas Distribution, LLC; Transwestern Pipeline; Xcel Energy; Murex Petroleum; Black Hills Energy; Connecticut. City of Norwich Department of Public Utilities; Eversource Energy (via Yankee Gas) UIL Holdings Corp (via Connecticut Natural Gas and Southern Connecticut Gas), Delaware. Chesapeake Utilities; Delmarva Power; Florida. Florida Gas ...
The Tulsa Fire Department responded to an explosion at the statewide manufacturing plant earlier today. Smoke is still visible. Crews battle large fire in Tulsa after explosion near petroleum tank ...
The Petroleum Club Building at 601 South Boulder in Tulsa got its name from the private club that moved into its top three floors when it was built in 1963. The building is 196 feet (60 m) tall, has 16 stories, and contains 118,000 square feet (11,000 m 2 ) of floor space.