[CPEO-BIF] Devon Energy Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Oklahoma City’s Devon Energy goes for ‘green’ gold on former  
brownfield site

Executive Chairman Larry Nichols told the story of the dirt under the  
1.8 million-square-foot corporate headquarters as the closing keynote  
speaker of the Oklahoma Brownfields Conference.

BY RICHARD MIZE
Oklahoman
May 24, 2012

Devon Energy Center, when complete, won't be "green" just because of  
what went into it, but also because of what came out of the ground  
under it.

Part of the parcel of land now with the address 333 W Sheridan Ave.  
has a dirty history, one that reflects the changes in the city around  
it. But most recently, since Devon Energy Corp. acquired it, it's a  
story of colors: brown, green and gold.

Larry Nichols, executive chairman, told some of the tale as the  
closing speaker at the Oklahoma Brownfields Conference Wednesday at  
the Skirvin Hilton Hotel. Part of the city block was "brown" - in  
need of environmental remediation - because of former uses as a  
trolley barn, then a kind of "motor hotel," both of which left  
contaminated soil and water from fuel leakage.

...

For the entire article, see
http://newsok.com/new-devon-energy-center-is-green-inside-underneath/ 
article/3678132

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
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