Crude oil prices dropped more than 1% on Friday while Oklahoma energy stocks recorded gains in the day’s training.\
Crude prices dropped for the third consecutive week as each benchmark settled about 1.5% lower for the week.
West Texas Intermediate crude dropped 83 cents or 1.2% to close at $70.04 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Global benchmark Brent crude finished down 81 cents or 1.1% to $74.17on ICE Futures Europe.
Natural gas rose 8 cents or 3.47% to close at $2.27.
Oklahoma energy stocks recorded some gains including a nearly 5% increase for Empire Petroleum and 4% for Gulfport Energy Corp.
APA Corp. (Apache) (APA) down 0.10 at 32.97 – change 0.31%
Cheniere (LNG) up 0.91 at 147.91 – change 0.61%
Chevron (CVX) up 0.40 at 156.62 – change 0.25%
ConocoPhillips (COP) down 0.46 at 99.43 – change 0.47%
Diamondback Energy (FANG) up 0.34 at 128.00 – change 0.26%
Energy Transfer LP (ET) down 0.02 at 12.32 – change 0.17%
Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) up 0.16 at 25.92 – change 0.62
EOG Resources (EOG) down 0.11 at 110.42 – change 0.10%
ExxonMobil (XOM) down 0.01 at 105.78 – change 0.01%
Kinder Morgan (KMI) up 0.10 at 16.80 – change 0.59%
Marathon Oil Corp. (MRO) down 0.08 at 22.39 – change 0.36%
NOV Inc. (NOV) down 0.29 at 14.83 – change 1.92%
Occidental Petroleum (OXY) up 0.16 at 58.09 – change 0.27%
Phillips 66 (PSX) down 0.18 at 93.22 – change 0.20%
Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) down 2.42 at 204.78 – change 1.17%
Tellurian Inc. (TELL) up 0.06 at 1.25 – change 5.04%
Valero (VLO) down 0.15 at 110.52 – change 0.13%
CLOSING TOP UTILITY STOCKS
American Electric Power (AEP) up 0.98 at 91.66 – change 1.08%
CenterPoint (CNP) up 0.14 at 30.05 – change 0.46%
Entergy (ETR) up 0.83 at 107.14 – change 0.78%