us crudeoil futures climbed on tuesday to log another settlement at their highest in about seven years and naturalgas prices finished higher reclaiming the 5 level after losing nearly 8 on monday russia indicated that it may not provide additional natural gas to european consumers amid an energy crunch in the region unless it gets regulatory approval to start shipments through the nord stream 2 pipeline bloomberg reported tuesday renewed worries about naturalgas supplies likely fed expectations that the energy market would need to boost demand for oil analysts said it looks like russia may not increase