Crude oil prices rose less than $1 both in the U.S. and overseas in Tuesday’s trading.
West Texas Intermediate crude for May deliver still finished less than $60 a barrel, going up 68 cents to finish the day at $59.33 in trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Global benchmark Brent crude for June delivery finished up 59 cents at $62.74 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe.
May natural gas fell 5 cents to $2.46 per 1,000 cubic feet.
Tuesday was mostly a down day for many Oklahoma energy stocks. NGL Energy Partners had the best day of them as it gained 6.25% on a 13 cent increase to $2.21.
Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. gained 1.36% on an 8 cent climb to $5.96.
Blueknight Energy Partners lost 4.57% on a 17 cent fall to $3.55.
Chesapeake Energy rose 55 cents for a 1.23% gain to $45.21.
Cimarex Energy gained nearly 2% on a $1.23 increase to $63.11.
The Texas Energy Report indicated other major energy stocks didn’t fare well on Tuesday.
Chevron (CVX) down 0.93 at 103.58 – change 0.89%
ConocoPhillips (COP) up 0.37 at 52.58 – change 0.70%
Diamondback Energy (FANG) up 0.06 at 75.45 – change 0.07%
Energy Transfer LP (ET) down 0.01 at 7.81 – change 0.13%
Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) up 0.33 at 22.59 – change 1.48%
EOG Resources (EOG) up 0.51 at 72.30 – change 0.71%
ExxonMobil (XOM) down 0.16 at 56.34 – change 0.29%
Kinder Morgan (KMI) up 0.04 at 16.70 – change 0.24%
Marathon Oil Corp. (MRO) down 0.05 at 11.14 – change 0.45%
National Oilwell Varco (NOV) down 0.25 at 13.58 – change 1.81%
Occidental Petroleum (OXY) up 0.04 at 25.35 – change 0.15%
Phillips 66 (PSX) down 1.21 at 80.84 – change 1.48%
Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) down 0.80 at 151.38 – change 0.53%
Valero (VLO) down 0.44 at 74.18 – change 0.59%
CLOSING TOP UTILITY STOCKS
American Electric Power (AEP) up 0.48 at 86.77 – change 0.55%
CenterPoint (CNP) up 0.30 at 23.24 – change 1.30%
Entergy (ETR) up 1.37 at 101.90 – change 1.36%