Markets also anticipated an announcement from Washington due later on Monday detailing renewed US sanctions against major oil exporter Iran, set to be reinstated at 1201 EDT on Tuesday (1601 GMT), according to a US Treasury official.
Spot Brent crude oil futures were trading at $73.68 per barrel at 0205 GMT on Monday, up 47 cents, or 0.6 percent, from their last close.
US West Texas Intermediate crude futures were up 37 cents, or 0.5 percent, at $68.86 barrel.
US energy companies last week cut oil rigs for a second time in the past three weeks as the rate of growth has slowed over the past couple of months.
Drillers cut two oil rigs in the week to Aug. 3, bringing the total count down to 859, Baker Hughes energy services firm said on Friday.
Published in Daily Times, August 7th 2018.
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