Oil prices jumped above $72 a barrel Monday in Asia after hitting a two-month low last week, The Associated Press reported. Benchmark crude for March delivery was up 87 cents at $72.06 a barrel at late afternoon Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract plunged $1.95 to settle at $71.19 on Friday. In other Nymex trading in March contracts, heating oil rose 2.32 cents to $1.898 a gallon, and gasoline was up 1.51 cent at $1.9015 a gallon. Natural gas rose 9.7 cents to $5.61 per 1,000 cubic feet. In London, Brent crude was up 83 cents at $70.42 on the ICE futures exchange.