OECD provides wake up call for oil prices Consumers paid an average price of $3.68 a gallon nationwide on Tuesday according to the travel group AAA. NEW YORK, May 22 (UPI) -- A negative economic report in Paris pushed crude oil prices toward $92 per barrel Tuesday morning on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development warned that Europe's economy would likely shrink this year and that its lack of growth would drag on the global economy. The OECD's previous prediction called for 0.2 percent economic growth in Europe in 2012 and 1.4 percent in 2013. That has been changed to a 0.1 percent contraction for 2012 and growth of 0.9 percent for 2013. In early trading, West Texas Intermediate crude for June delivery lost 22 cents to $92.35 per barrel. Natural gas for June delivery added 9.6 cents to hit $2.705 per million British thermal units. Home heating oil was up 1.07 cents to $2.871 per gallon. Gasoline added 0.08 cents to reach $2.9409 per gallon. At the pump, the national average price of unleaded gasoline fell to $3.68 per gallon from Monday's $3.689, AAA said.