Devon Energy Moving Hundreds of Houston Workers to OKC

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  Joe Wertz was a reporter and managing editor for StateImpact Oklahoma from 2011-2019. He reported on energy and environment issues for national NPR audiences and other national outlets. He previously worked as a managing editor, assistant editor and staff reporter at several major Oklahoma newspapers and studied journalism at the University of Central Oklahoma.

Devon Energy is shuttering its Houston operations center and moving hundreds of workers to Oklahoma City.

The Oklahoma City company currently has about 500 workers at the Houseton office, The Oklahoman‘s Adam Wilmoth reports:

Most of the Houston administrative and support positions will be eliminated, but the engineers, geologists, geophysicists and other technical positions will move to Oklahoma City, Devon spokesman Chip Minty said.