Tulsa is a hub for agriculture products and regional oil and gas explorationa and production, so...
The Port of Tulsa handles somewhere around 3 Million tons of cargo annually. Tulsa International Airport can handle all manner of air cargo. Railroad and Highway infrastructure is quite adequate
And they’re pretty far away from the dinggy Austin liberals.
PS...I’m a long time Texas resident, so have no particular axe to grind in favor of Oklahoma
But they still don’t have the suppliers in-state. Auto manufacturer suppliers have operations near the plants they supply, and there’s big clusters of those in Dallas and San Antonio already.