WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - Crude oil futures pushed higher Friday, extending strong weekly gains on concerns about global supplies.
Prices rose for a third consecutive session as protesters in Libya blocked a key pipeline and tensions over Ukraine threatened to interrupt production from Russia.
At the same time, positive U.S. consumer spending data boosted the prospects for demand from the world's largest economy.
May crude rose 39 cents, or 0.4 percent, for the session to settle at $101.67 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
U.S. crude oil was up 2.2 percent for the week.
May natural gas fell 5 cents, or 1.2 percent, to $4.485 per million British thermal units.
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