Some Oklahoma energy stocks soared on Thursday with Oklahoma City-based SandRidge Energy skyrocketing up nearly 24%. The company’s shares closed up 43 cents and ended the day at $2.23.
Blueknight Energy Partners LP jumped 16 cents for a nearly 12% gain at $1.50 per share. While energy stocks did well on Thursday, crude futures did not.
West Texas Intermediate crude for December contracts finished down 26 cents for a nearly 1% fall to $36.53 per barrel.
Global benchmark Brent crude on the ICE futures in Europe settled at $40.93 per barrel, a drop of 30 cents or nearly 1%.
Natural gas finished up one cent at $2.95 per MMBtuc.
Natural gas up 0.01 at 2.95 – change 0.17%
Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. finished up about 2% following a 6 cent gain to $3.30. Chesapeake Energy Corporation fell half a cent to $3.70. Continental Resources, Inc. ended the day up more than 3% after a 43 cent gain to reach $13.30.
Chevron (CVX) up 0.37 at 72.14 – change 0.51%
Concho Resources (CXO) down 0.35 at 43.63 – change 0.80%
ConocoPhillips (COP) down 0.26 at 30.12 – change 0.86%
Diamondback Energy (FANG) down 0.92 at 26.20 – change 3.40%
Energy Transfer LP (ET) up 0.16 at 5.36 – change 3.12%
Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) up 0.46 at 17.09 – change 2.76%
EOG Resources (EOG) down 0.44 at 35.60 – change 1.23%
ExxonMobil (XOM) down 0.06 at 33.17 – change 0.19%
Kinder Morgan (KMI) up 0.07 at 11.90 – change 0.59%
Marathon Oil Corp. (MRO) up 0.02 at 4.29 – change 0.46%
National Oilwell Varco (NOV) up 0.25 at 9.30 – change 2.76%
Occidental Petroleum (OXY) up 0.66 at 10.47 – change 6.72%
Parsley Energy (PE) down 0.58 at 9.89 – change 5.54%
Phillips 66 (PSX) up 0.27 at 48.19 – change 0.56%
Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) down 3.92 at 79.58 – change 4.70%
Valero (VLO) up 0.56 at 39.53 – change 1.43%
CLOSING TOP UTILITY STOCKS
American Electric Power (AEP) up 0.56 at 90.71 – change 0.62%