09:28 AM EDT, 07/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks were leaning lower premarket Monday with the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund ( XLE ) down 0.2% recently.

The United States Oil Fund ( USO ) was 0.1% lower and the United States Natural Gas Fund ( UNG ) was up 2.8%.

Front-month US West Texas Intermediate crude oil was nearly 0.4% higher at $68.73 per barrel at the New York Mercantile Exchange. Global benchmark North Sea Brent crude oil gained 0.4% to $70.67 per barrel. Natural gas futures were 3.4% higher at $3.465 per 1 million British Thermal Units.

Expro Group ( XPRO ) shares were 0.1% higher after the company said it received a major three-year contract with Woodside Energy to support Mexico's first deepwater oil project, the Trion development.

Exxon Mobil ( XOM ) will receive up to 1 million barrels of crude oil from the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help maintain stable regional supply of transportation fuels across Louisiana and the broader Gulf Coast, the US Department of Energy said. Shares of Exxon Mobil ( XOM ) were 0.1% lower premarket.