For a second straight day, crude oil prices dropped on Tuesday, falling 2% over apparent recession fears and renewed COVID-19 cases in China.
West Texas Intermediate crude for November delivery dropped nearly 2% on a $1.78 a barrel slide to $89.35 on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Global benchmark Brent crude for December delivery took a $1.90 fall or nearly 2% to $94.29 in trading on ICE Futures Europe.
November natural gas rose 16 cents or 2.50% to $6.60 per 1,000 cubic feet.
More Oklahoma energy stocks suffered losses than made gains in Tuesday’s trading. Mammoth Energy recorded an 8% loss while the NGL Energy’s 3% gain was the largest of the day.

Apache (APA) down 0.69 at 40.47 – change 1.68%
Cheniere (LNG) up 0.25 at 168.14 – change 0.14%
Chevron (CVX) up 0.03 at 157.16 – change 0.01%
ConocoPhillips (COP) down 1.22 at 115.58 – change 1.05%
Diamondback Energy (FANG) down 0.94 at 139.37 – change 0.67%
Energy Transfer LP (ET) up 0.19 at 11.53 – change 1.67%
Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) up 0.25 at 24.82 – change 1.01%
EOG Resources (EOG) down 1.00 at 122.70 – change 0.81%
ExxonMobil (XOM) down 0.84 at 98.00 – change 0.85%
Kinder Morgan (KMI) up 0.09 at 17.16 – change 0.52%
Marathon Oil Corp. (MRO) down 0.48 at 27.04 – change 1.75%
National Oilwell Varco (NOV) down 0.11 at 17.89 – change 0.62%
Occidental Petroleum (OXY) down 1.60 at 64.03 – change 2.44%
Phillips 66 (PSX) down 0.77 at 90.34 – change 0.85%
Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) down 3.47 at 246.13 – change 1.40%
Tellurian Inc. (TELL) down 0.02 at 2.52 – change 0.79%
Valero (VLO) down 1.17 at 109.69 – change 1.06%
CLOSING TOP UTILITY STOCKS
American Electric Power (AEP) up 0.42 at 84.87 – change 0.49%
CenterPoint (CNP) down 0.10 at 26.60 – change 0.38%
Entergy (ETR) up 1.08 at 101.15 – change 1.06%