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Published: Feb. 3, 2012 at 3:57 PM
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NEW YORK, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- The price for a barrel of crude oil gained $1.28, or 1.5 percent, to settle at $97.84 Friday on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Gasoline added a nickel, or 1.6 percent, to close at $2.91 a gallon.

Heating oil picked up 6 cents, or 1.6 percent, to settle at $3.11 a gallon.

Natural gas lost 5.5 cents, or 2.2 percent, to end at $2.50 per million British thermal units.

At the pump, the national average price of unleaded gasoline rose to $3.467 per gallon Friday from Thursday's $3.455, AAA said.

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