Oil rose above US$141 a barrel Wednesday, the Associated Press reported. By midday in Europe, light, sweet crude for August delivery was up 26 cents to US$141.23 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Prices rose as high as US$143.33 a barrel Tuesday, just 34 cents shy of Monday's trading record, before settling at US$140.97. In London, Brent crude futures were up 93 cents to US$141.60 on the ICE Futures exchange, the Associated Press reported.