Crude oil gains

NEW YORK, March 6 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices gained for the third straight week on the New York Mercantile Exchange, closing at over $45 a barrel Friday.

Crude oil prices gained $1.89 to $45.52 per barrel. Heating oil prices gained 0.0619 cents to $1.2294 per gallon. Reformulated blendstock gasoline rose 0.0164 cents to $1.3322 per gallon. Natural gas prices dropped 0.119 cents to $3.945 per million British thermal units.

At the pump, the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline was $1.94 Friday, up from Thursday's $1.933 a gallon, AAA said.