Hijjah 13, 1431, Nov 19, 2010, SPA -- Oil prices crept above $82 a barrel Friday in Asia. Benchmark oil for December delivery was up 32 cents to $82.17 a barrel at late afternoon Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose $1.41 to settle at $81.85 on Thursday. In other Nymex trading in December contracts, heating oil rose 0.5 cent to $2.30 a gallon and gasoline gained 0.3 cent to $2.23 a gallon. Natural gas was up 1 cent at $4.02 per 1,000 cubic feet. In London, Brent crude added 32 cents to $85.37 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange, the Associated Press reported.
