The growth of the U.S. fuel inventory combined with growing worries about the impact of U.S. tariffs resulted in lower crude oil prices on Wednesday.
U.S. gasoline stocks rose by 3.4 million barrels last week, nearly three times more than the Energy Information Administration had expected. At the same time, crude inventories fell 3.9 million barrels last week.
West Texas Intermediate crude futures fell 14 cents or 0.2% to settle at $66.38 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Brent crude futures finished down 19 cents or 0.3% to $68.52 a barrel.
A day after a disastrous slide for most Oklahoma energy stocks, they recovered enough for a split of losses and gains on Wednesday.
Stardust Power gained nearly 4% but Vital Energy experienced a loss in the same 4% range.