Oil Prices edged up today after the last couple of days saw a decline in the crude costs. Brent crude futures LCOc1 rose by 0.4%, at $72.64 a barrel. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude CLc1 futures climbed 0.4%, to $67.92 a barrel. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported U.S. crude inventories for the last week at 3.8 million barrels capacity, owing to a surge in import.