Texas Energy Report Closing Top Texas Energy Stocks
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Constellation Energy said on Thursday it will sell a gas plant in Texas to LS Power for $860 million, and raised its current-year operating earnings forecast on the back of robust power demand, sending shares up 1.3% in morning trading — Reuters*
Ryan Lance is retiring next month after 14 years leading U.S. oil giant ConocoPhillips and will hand the top job to Chief Financial Officer Andy O’Brien — Lance, 64, has spent more than four decades at the company. During his tenure, ConocoPhillips cemented its dominant presence in Alaska, established itself as a top player in the Permian Basin, the largest oil field in the U.S., and made hefty investments in natural gas export terminals. Its market capitalization of $140 billion now eclipses that of British oil giant BP — The Wall Street Journal*
Oil and gas producer APA beat Wall Street estimates for second-quarter profit on Wednesday, as higher crude prices outweighed a decline in output — Reuters*
Occidental Petroleum Corp reported $2.4 billion in net profit adjusted for nonrecurring items for the second quarter (Q2), up from $1.1 billion for the prior three-month period on higher oil prices — Rigzone
As new electricity generation skews toward solar and battery storage in Texas, Republican state senators are questioning whether it’s time to impose minimum standards for building gas plants and move away from free trade in the state’s electricity marketplace — Inside Climate News
Closing Top Texas Energy Stocks – August 6, 2026
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WTI up 2.07 at $77.29 – change 2.75%
Brent up 3.63 at $83.08 – change 4.57%
Natural gas down 0.05 at $2.64 – change 1.79%
RBOB Gasoline up 9.97 at $293.85 – change 3.51%
CLOSING OIL & GAS STOCKS
APA Corp. (Apache) (APA) up 1.87 at 36.53 – change 5.39%
Cheniere (LNG) up 11.01 at 265.77 – change 4.32%
Chevron (CVX) up 2.82 at 189.23 – change 1.51%
ConocoPhillips (COP) up 1.72 at 116.76 – change 1.49%
Devon (DVN) up 1.02 at 43.11 – change 2.42%
Diamondback Energy (FANG) up 3.46 at 189.63 – change 1.86%
Energy Transfer LP (ET) up 0.33 at 20.67 – change 1.62%
Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) up 0.33 at 38.04 – change 0.87%
EOG Resources (EOG) up 1.97 at 136.19 – change 1.46%
Exxon Mobil Holdings (XOM) up 3.21 at 154.84 – change 2.11%
Kinder Morgan (KMI) up 0.16 at 31.26 – change 0.51%
NOV Inc. (NOV) up 0.40 at 19.89 – change 2.05%
Occidental Petroleum (OXY) up 2.23 at 56.04 – change 4.14%
Phillips 66 (PSX) up 2.97 at 205.52 – change 1.46%
Valero (VLO) up 0.60 at 302.99 – change 0.19%
CLOSING TOP UTILITY STOCKS
American Electric Power (AEP) down 1.21 at 125.26 – change 0.96%
CenterPoint (CNP) up 0.02 at 40.67 – change 0.04%
Entergy (ETR) down 0.37 at 106.49 – change 0.35%
Exelon Corp. (EXC) down 0.44 at 45.32 – change 0.97%
NRG (NRG) down 1.68 at 119.05 – change 1.40%
Vistra Energy (VST) up 0.80 at 141.38 – change 0.56%