A move by Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to agree to a truce with Russia about the Black Sea and energy infrastructure sent crude oil prices falling on Tuesday.
The decline came despite oil price support following the announced sanctions by President Trump against countries that buy Venezuelan oil.
West Texas Intermediate crude dropped 23 cents or 0.33% to $68.88 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Brent crude finished down 9 cents or 0.12% to $72.91 a barrel.
Natural gas finished down 0.05 or 1.48% at $3.86 per MMBtu.
A day after some strong gains for nearly all of our Oklahoma energy stocks listed on our site and most experienced negative territory.
Vital Energy dropped 4% while 3% losses were recorded by Empire Petroleum and PHX Minerals.
Alliance Resource Partners, L.P.