New Skyscraper Planned For OKC

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- The chief executive of Devon Energy Corp. says its new proposed downtown headquarters will be the tallest building in Oklahoma.

CEO Larry Nichols told the Oklahoma City Urban Renewal Authority Wednesday that the oil and natural gas company's planned tower would have 54 stories and stand 925 feet tall.

According to a database compiled by the Chicago-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat the proposed tower would be the 20th tallest building in the United States as of today.

It would also be the 54th tallest building in the world.

However dozens of taller buildings have been proposed and not yet built.

Nichols says the Devon tower would cost more than $750 million and be scheduled for completion in 2012.