Qa'da 05, 1431, Oct 13, SPA -- Oil prices rose above $82 a barrel Wednesday in Asia. Benchmark oil for November delivery was up 82 cents to $82.49 a barrel at late afternoon Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract lost 54 cents to settle at $81.67 on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries _ supplier of about 35 percent of the world's oil _ is meeting Thursday in Vienna, according to a report of the Associated Press. In other Nymex trading in November contracts, heating oil rose 1.26 cents to $2.266 a gallon and gasoline gained 0.14 cent to $2.138 a gallon. Natural gas jumped 1.6 cents to $3.645 per 1,000 cubic feet. In London, Brent crude added 52 cents to $84.02 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange.
