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Crude for February delivery was in positive territory most of the day and rose as high as $97.92. For the week, prices gained $2.69, or 2.9 percent.
Natural gas meanwhile rose 18.6 cents to $7.386 per million British thermal units.
Heating oil was down 3.65 cents at $2.4597 a gallon.
Reformulated gas was also down 4.33 cents at $2.637 a gallon.
The average U.S. price at the pump for regular unleaded gasoline hit $3 Friday, the AAA said, a fraction above Thursday's price.
