Oil prices rose above $76 a barrel Friday in Asia, the Associated Press reported. Benchmark crude for September delivery was up 90 cents at $76.76 a barrel at afternoon Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell $2.28 to settle at $75.74 on Thursday. In other Nymex trading in September contracts, heating oil rose 2.45 cents to $2.0260 a gallon, gasoline added 2.25 cents to $1.9773 a gallon and natural gas gained 2.5 cents to $4.321 per 1,000 cubic feet. Brent crude was up 87 cents at $76.39 a barrel on the ICE futures exchange.