Hijjah 25, 1431, Dec 01, 2010, SPA -- Oil prices rose above $84 a barrel, the Associated Press reported. Benchmark oil for January delivery rose 59 cents to $84.61 a barrel at late afternoon Kuala Lumpur time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell $1.62 to settle at $84.11 on Tuesday. In other Nymex trading in January contracts, heating oil rose 2.05 cent to $2.3449 a gallon, gasoline added 2.8 cents at $2.2149 a gallon and natural gas gained 4.9 cents to $4.229 per 1,000 cubic feet. In London, Brent crude rose 69 cents to $86.61 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange.