On Thursday after government data showed an unexpected drop in U.S. crude inventories. The Energy Information Administration said crude stocks fell by 1.6 million barrels.
A survey of analysts by The Wall Street Journal had produced an average estimate for a 1.9 million barrel rise.
West Texas Intermediate crude for April delivery CLJ8, -0.15% on the New York Mercantile Exchange rose 41 cents, or 0.7%, to $62.09 a barrel.