ConocoPhillips will be closing its Bartlesville Labs at the end of this year as well as its corporate air shuttle in August, but city officials believe the losses will be offset by the oil giant’s relocation of employees from its Concho, Texas, facilities.

The utility estimates that it spent at five times more on fuel in February ($1.5 billion) than it did in all of 2019.

WPX's remaining 250 workers will be leaving the company in 2021, a spokesman said.

Some of those laid off will be offered positions in other departments. Others being released will be offered severance packages, a spokeswoman said.

The announcement comes on the heels of ConocoPhillips announcing it will be closing Bartlesville research lab and discontinuing its air shuttle service between Bartlesville and Houston offices.

Efforts are continuing to lease all of the 260,000 square feet of office and retail space for the building, which is being constructed at the site of the former Spaghetti Warehouse restaurant at 222 N. Detroit Ave.

WPX Energy's planned departure to Oklahoma City leaves Tulsa with a lot of space to fill

City staff is eyeing a plot of land at the intersection of Oklahoma 20 and U.S. 75 to develop a large-scale commercial property called the Shoppes at Cooper Ranch.

Ross Group and Nelson-Stowe partnered in the project, which is the new home of ConsumerAffairs.

Aviation Avionics and Instruments Inc., an umbrella company of Sunvair, will be relocating from Freeport, New York, to Mingo’s Owasso facility later this year as part of the transition.