National Petroleum Lab

How did Oklahoma, both Bartlesville and Tulsa, lose their parts in a national lab?   This lab had industry researchers working to improve oil recovery and reservoir characterization.

I wasn't in oil and gas at the time, but I'm surprised I didn't hear about this lab.  How did we lose part to Chicago in '83 and then more to Sugarland in '09?

From Wikipedia: "In 1910, the U.S. Department of Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Mines established the Pittsburgh Experiment Station in Bruceton, Pennsylvania, to train coal miners and conduct research on coal-mining-related safety equipment and practices. ... Just eight years later in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, the Bureau of Mines opened the Petroleum Experiment Station to pursue systematic application of engineering and scientific methods to oil drilling, helping the oil industry create operating and safety standards. 

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In 1983, however, operation of the Bartlesville Energy Technology Center transferred to IIT Research Institute, based in Chicago, and the Bartlesville Project Office was established to oversee petroleum research activities. Then, in 1996, the Morgantown and Pittsburgh Energy Technology Centers, a mere 65 miles (105 km) apart, were consolidated under the same administration to form the Federal Energy Technology Center (FETC). The National Petroleum Technology Office (NPTO) in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was established in 1998, and the Bartlesville Project Office was closed.

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The Tulsa, Oklahoma, office moved to Sugar Land, Texas, in 2009."