Oil Rules

I hate to break it to you, my energy-loving friends, but it looks like Oklahomans have turned down “Oklahoma City Energy” as a team name for the recently-transported Seattle Supersonics. It’s not official yet, but it looks like the new team name will be “Oklahoma City Thunder.”

And as I discovered, Aubrey McClendon does have a lot to do with the team. He is indeed a co-owner of the team, along with Clay Bennett, Aubrey McClendon and Tom Ward. So I’ll let you, the reader, be the judge of whether the energy industry had anything to do with moving the Supersonics to Oklahoma City.

I remember watching many Hornets games while they were in Oklahoma City and observing a “Sponsored by Devon Energy” sign hanging proudly in the Ford Center. My humble presumption? Devon’s logo will be hard to find in the Ford Center during NBA games now.

–Lindsay Goodier, Online Editor, OilandGasInvestor.com; www.OilandGasInvestor.com; lgoodier@hartenergy.com

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