Growing worries about escalating warfare in the Middle East sent crude prices up on Friday

 

The growing prospects of an Iranian response to an apparent attack by Israel that killed 7 Iranian military members in Syria resulted in a Friday 1% gain in crude oil prices.

Some believe Iran might respond and added to Israel’s fighting in Gaza, it only resulted in more concern about what it could do to world oil demand.

West Texas Intermediate crude rose 64 cents to $85.66 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Global benchmark Brent crude finished up 71 cents at $90.45 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe.

For the week, WTI was down more than 1% while Brent slipped 0.8%.

May natural gas rose 1 cent to $1.77 per 1,000 cubic feet.
Oklahoma energy stocks finished down for the week with 4% declines recorded by Empire Petroleum and Mammoth Energy Services.
Alliance Resource Partners, L.P.
21.06 USD0.00 
Canoo Inc
2.40 USD+0.12 
Chesapeake Energy Corp
88.59 USD+0.61 
Coterra Energy Inc
27.64 USD−0.20 
Devon Energy Corp
53.42 USD−0.48 
Empire Petroleum Corp
5.45 USD−0.20 
Gulfport Energy Corp
156.91 USD−0.78 
Helmerich and Payne Inc
41.79 USD−0.63 
 LSB Industries Inc
8.16 USD−0.12 
Mach Natural Resources LP
20.76 USD+0.62 
Mammoth Energy Services Inc
3.28 USD−0.12 
Matrix Service Co
12.21 USD−0.060 
NGL Energy Partners LP
6.00 USD−0.035 
OGE Energy Corp
32.92 USD−0.17 
ONE Gas Inc
62.08 USD−0.62 
ONEOK Inc
78.70 USD−0.64 
 Ovintiv Inc
53.74 USD−1.12 
PHX Minerals Inc
3.30 USD−0.040 
SandRidge Energy Inc
14.89 USD−0.13 
Southwestern Energy Co
7.42 USD+0.030 
Unit Corp
38.25 USD+0.24 
 Vital Energy Inc
56.48 USD−0.64 
Williams Companies Inc
38.08 USD−0.52 
Other stocks finished down for the day, according to the Texas Energy Report.

APA Corp. (Apache) (APA) down 0.68 at 33.72 – change 1.98%

Cheniere (LNG) down 2.06 at 156.79 – change 1.30%

Chevron (CVX) down 2.93 at 158.96 – change 1.81%

ConocoPhillips (COP) down 1.72 at 131.19 – change 1.30%

Diamondback Energy (FANG) down 1.92 at 206.34 – change 0.93%

Energy Transfer LP (ET) down 0.26 at 15.42 – change 1.66%

Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) down 0.17 at 29.05 – change 0.59%

EOG Resources (EOG) down 1.98 at 135.29 – change 1.45%

Exxon Mobil (XOM) down 1.42 at 120.37 – change 1.17%

Kinder Morgan (KMI) down 0.22 at 18.13 – change 1.20%

Marathon Oil Corp. (MRO) down 0.37 at 29.09 – change 1.26%

NOV Inc. (NOV) down 0.46 at 19.63 – change 2.29%

Occidental Petroleum (OXY) down 0.25 at 69.01 – change 0.37%

Phillips 66 (PSX) down 2.92 at 162.49 – change 1.77%

Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) down 3.94 at 270.80 – change 1.44%

Tellurian Inc. (TELL) down 0.01 at 0.50 – change 1.42%

Valero (VLO) down 3.50 at 173.54 – change 1.98%

CLOSING TOP UTILITY STOCKS

American Electric Power (AEP) down 0.81 at 82.10 – change 0.98%

CenterPoint (CNP) down 0.12 at 27.46 – change 0.44%

Entergy (ETR) down 0.92 at 102.91 – change 0.89%