Crude oil prices little changed Consumers paid an average price of $3.82 a gallon nationwide on Thursday according to the travel group AAA. NEW YORK, March 15 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices were little changed overnight after the U.S. Energy Information Administration said national stockpiles rose slightly in the week. The EIA said U.S. inventories rose by 1.8 million barrels to 347.5 million barrels. At the White House, President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron discussed tapping reserves to offset the quickly escalating price of gasoline at the pump. No decision was reached, but the two leaders agreed to continue discussions on the matter if necessary, The Wall Street Journal reported. April delivery light sweet crude settled at $105.77 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, down 34 cents. Home heating oil lost 1.67 cents to $3.2451 per gallon. Reformulated gasoline shed 3.15 cents to $3.3155 per gallon. Henry Hub natural gas prices gained 3.1 cents to $2.315 per million British thermal units. The national average price of unleaded gasoline was $3.821 per gallon Thursday, up one cent from Wednesday's $3.811, AAA said.