Crude oil made gains on Friday

Crude oil prices on Friday made gains of more than 1% but might have been higher. Prices were higher than the settlement level but fell after President Trump threatened more sanctions on Russia if it didn’t get to the peace table with Ukraine.

West Texas Intermediate crude, considered the standard in the U.S. rose 68 cents or 1.02% to close at $67.04 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Global standard Brent crude finished up 90 cents or 1.3% at $70.36 a barrel.

Natural gas up 0.10 at $4.40 – change 2.25%

A majority of  Oklahoma energy stocks finished the week with losses such as the 8% drop for Mammoth Energy Services the biggest decline for any of the local stocks.