U.S. crude oil prices rose again in Thursday’s trading, at one point reaching over the $80 a barrel mark before finishing the day at $79.46 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
It represented an increase of $1.61 or 2.09% for the February delivery of the project.
Global benchmark Brent Crude for March delivery increased by $1.19 or 1.47% to close at $81.99 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe.
Natural gas for February delivery didn’t do as well, falling 7 cents or 1.80% to $3.81 per 1,000 cubic feet.
Oklahoma energy stocks recorded another strong day in trading with Continental Resources seeing a nearly 8% gain for the day. NGL Energy Partners gained close to 6%.
Apache (APA) up 1.22 at 29.62 – change 4.29%
Cheniere (LNG) up 4.30 at 105.56 – change 4.09%
Chevron (CVX) up 1.04 at 123.26 – change 0.85%
ConocoPhillips (COP) up 2.84 at 78.48 – change 3.75%
Diamondback Energy (FANG) up 5.54 at 123.65 – change 4.69%
Energy Transfer LP (ET) up 0.27 at 9.08 – change 3.06%
Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) up 0.39 at 23.27 – change 1.70%
EOG Resources (EOG) up 1.92 at 95.52 – change 2.05%
ExxonMobil (XOM) up 1.57 at 68.31 – change 2.35%
Kinder Morgan (KMI) up 0.35 at 17.02 – change 2.09%
Marathon Oil Corp. (MRO) up 0.82 at 18.03 – change 4.76%
National Oilwell Varco (NOV) up 0.16 at 14.77 – change 1.09%
Occidental Petroleum (OXY) up 0.95 at 32.76 – change 2.98%
Phillips 66 (PSX) up 2.16 at 80.48 – change 2.75%
Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) up 5.41 at 198.33 – change 2.80%
Valero (VLO) up 1.96 at 80.16 – change 2.50%
CLOSING TOP UTILITY STOCKS
American Electric Power (AEP) down 0.29 at 89.18 – change 0.33%
CenterPoint (CNP) up 0.26 at 27.65 – change 0.94%
Entergy (ETR) down 1.89 at 109.65 – change 1.70%