Texas Energy Report Closing Top Texas Energy Stocks
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The U.S. and Iran Creep Toward a Wider War With Escalating Attacks — strikes on more sensitive targets across the Persian Gulf risk setting off a spiral as neither side backs down — The Wall Street Journal*
The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States rose this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, bringing the total rig count in the US to 588, up 44 from this same time last year — the number of active oil rigs rose by 7, reaching 452 during the latest reporting period, according to the data, 30 above this same time last year — the number of gas rigs stayed the same, at 126, which is 9 more than this time last year. Miscellaneous rigs stayed at 10 — Oil Price
Vitol Group is in late stage talks to sell its shale oil venture VTX Energy Partners LLC to a consortium of two private equity buyers, Carnelian Energy Capital and EnCap Investments, a deal that would mark a scaling back for the trader in U.S. upstream oil and gas production — the companies could sign the deal as soon as next week, according to people familiar with the matter who declined to be named citing confidential talks. The valuation being discussed is around $2.3 billion, one of the people said — World Oil
Marathon fights hearing order for El Paso oil refinery air permit — Marathon Petroleum is fighting an order for a trial-like hearing on the company’s 2½-year-old application to renew and amend a major air permit for its El Paso oil refinery — Marathon Petroleum argues TCEQ violated Texas law by ordering historic, trial-like hearing for El Paso oil refinery air permit it needs to operate — El Paso Times
TXNM Energy and Blackstone Infrastructure have extended the terms of their merger agreement under which Blackstone Infrastructure will acquire the outstanding common stock of TXNM Energy — the termination date under the agreement has been extended to May 31, 2027, to allow for further time to obtain regulatory approvals — see the press release
Battalion OIl up 10.82% rising 0.17 to close at $1.74
Closing Top Texas Energy Stocks – July 17, 2026
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WTI up 3.54 at $82.49 – change 4.48%
Brent up 4.09 at $88.32 – change 4.86%
Natural gas up 0.05 at $2.91 – change 1.85%
RBOB Gasoline up 10.80 at $339.27 – change 3.29%
CLOSING OIL & GAS STOCKS
APA Corp. (Apache) (APA) up 0.94 at 35.22 – change 2.74%
Cheniere (LNG) up 3.60 at 262.60 – change 1.38%
Chevron (CVX) up 3.52 at 187.38 – change 1.91%
ConocoPhillips (COP) up 1.87 at 114.71 – change 1.91%
Devon (DVN) up 0.80 at 43.83 – change 1.85%
Diamondback Energy (FANG) up 5.41 at 195.64 – change 2.84%
Energy Transfer LP (ET) up 0.12 at 20.32 – change 0.59%
Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) up 0.20 at 38.20 – change 0.52%
EOG Resources (EOG) up 2.45 at 139.88 – change 1.78%
Exxon Mobil Holdings (XOM) up 1.41 at 147.36 – change 0.96%
Kinder Morgan (KMI) down 0.24 at 32.29 – change 0.74%
NOV Inc. (NOV) up 0.05 at 19.52 – change 0.25%
Occidental Petroleum (OXY) up 1.21 at 54.86 – change 2.25%
Phillips 66 (PSX) up 5.54 at 206.86 – change 2.75%
Valero (VLO) up 9.39 at 309.64 – change 3.12%
CLOSING TOP UTILITY STOCKS
American Electric Power (AEP) down 0.99 at 132.13 – change 0.75%
CenterPoint (CNP) down 0.21 at 43.13 – change 0.49%
Entergy (ETR) down 1.63 at 113.24 – change 1.42%
Exelon Corp. (EXC) down 0.53 at 46.26 – change 1.42%
NRG (NRG) down 3.64 at 129.11 – change 2.75%
Vistra Energy (VST) up 2.88 at 155.44 – change 1.88%