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These are the ingredients for the extracts I will use in a 5 gallon batch, should I still use the priming suger. Orange- oil of orange, alcohol, water. Watermelon-propylene glycol, alcohol, water, natural watermelon flavor

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I'm not sure what the question is here. If you intend this as a clarification on one of your several other questions about extracts, you should post it there. – MalFet Feb 23 at 13:48
So you want to know if the natural sugars in your additives will be enough to act as a primer when the brew is bottled/barrelled? – Mere Development Mar 14 at 22:41
@MereDevelopment: give it a go – baka Mar 21 at 23:43

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I answered this in your previous edition of this question. Yes, you do need to still add priming sugar because none of those additional ingredients are fermentable.

The priming sugar doesn't add any sweetness, if that's what your concern is, it just provides the sugars for the yeast to produce co2 to carbonate the beer. All of the sugar is converted.

With the extracts you are adding, you will get flat beer unless you also add priming sugar. So, yes, add priming sugar.

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