Light, sweet crude for August delivery rose 62 cents, or 0.86 percent, to close at $72.81 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It had climbed as high as $73.04 a barrel.

August natural gas advanced 0.29 cents, or 4.51 percent, at $6.70 per 1,000 cubic feet.

Heating oil edged up 3.10 cents, or 1.48 percent, at $2.1238 a gallon.

Reformulated-gasoline blendstock for oxygen blending added 2.48 cents, or 1.06 percent, at $2.3694 a gallon.

AAA said the average U.S. retail regular unleaded gasoline price was $2.975 a gallon, up 0.01 cent from Monday's $2.965 a gallon.