Qa'dah 26, 1431, Nov 03, 2010, SPA -- Oil rose above $84 a barrel Wednesday in Asia, the Associated Press reported. Benchmark crude for December delivery was up 26 cents to $84.16 a barrel at late afternoon Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 95 cents to settle at $83.90 a barrel on Monday. In other Nymex trading in December contracts, heating oil added 1 cent to $2.30 a gallon, gasoline gained 2 cents to $2.11 a gallon and natural gas fell 1 cent to $3.86 per 1,000 cubic feet. In London, Brent crude rose 13 cents to $85.54 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange.