DAILY OIL PRICE: October 30, 2026
Crude Oil: 104.12 (+2.12). Nymex MTD AVG: 97.3319. Natural Gas: 2.898 (-0.054). Gasoline: 3.3120 (+0.1270). Spreads: December/January (+1.91) January/February (+2.27). Plains WTI Posting: 100.60 (+2.12).
Crude Oil: 104.12 (+2.12). Nymex MTD AVG: 97.3319. Natural Gas: 2.898 (-0.054). Gasoline: 3.3120 (+0.1270). Spreads: December/January (+1.91) January/February (+2.27). Plains WTI Posting: 100.60 (+2.12).
business
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK A sell-off for tech stocks got even worse Friday on worries that Wall Street’s frenzy around artificial-intelligence technology sent prices too high. The S&P 500 tumbled 1.8% for its worst day since June, and it closed out a third straight...
schools
BIG SPRING Skillpoint Alliance and Howard College celebrated a significant milestone in workforce development Friday as the first class of students completed the new electrical pre-apprenticeship training program. The inaugural class completed a free, four-week, full-time trainin...
Local
The rig count in the Permian Basin was unchanged this week, the latest count Friday by Baker Hughes shows, with 272 rigs active in the region. A year ago, 251 rigs were active in the region. Nationally, the oil and gas rig count is unchanged from last week at 603 rigs. A year ago...
News
SAN ANTONIO Federal prosecutors in the Western District of Texas filed 256 new immigration and immigration-related criminal cases from Oct. 23 through Oct. 30, announced U.S. Attorney Justin R. Simmons. Charges were brought against alien smugglers and illegal aliens with past con...
News
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge said Friday she would open a “formal inquiry” to investigate if attorneys for the Trump administration violated ethical boundaries during a legal dispute about a golf-course project — one in a pair of plans that are revealing the breadth of the p...
parks
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safety
By ROBERT MOORE El Paso Matters El Paso Matters filed a lawsuit Thursday asking a state judge to lift a blanket of near-total secrecy on records in the 2019 Walmart mass shooting held by El Paso police and prosecutors. The petition seeks a writ of mandamus, an order from a judge ...
News
By ANNA WILDER and LEKAN OYEKANMI The Associated Press/Report for America HOUSTON A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer accused of intentionally ramming his car into a Mexican construction worker in Houston was indicted by a grand jury Friday on a charge of aggravate...
News
Energy industry spokesmen call President Trump’s Oct. 27 announcement in Lubbock that he would approve easing federal methane regulations a great benefit to oil and gas production. The Texas Oil & Gas and Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners associations say it was good n...
government
WASHINGTON (AP) — As early voting surges across the country, President Donald Trump is reshuffling his weekend schedule to rally Republicans in two states with critical Senate races, underscoring his party’s push to drive turnout ahead of Election Day. The Republican president wi...
News
By KIM CHANDLER The Associated Press Christa Pike said Friday she remains in constant pain, struggles to speak and has been largely isolated in a prison hospital after surviving a lethal injection in Tennessee last month. In her first public statement since, Pike said she’s “deep...
government
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV has become the first pontiff to vote in a U.S. general election, casting a mail-in ballot in a contest that will decide America's political future as the Trump era slowly comes to an end. The Vatican confirmed Friday that the Chicago-born pontiff ...
