Oil prices edged up in Asia for the first time in five days Tuesday, the Associated Press reported. Benchmark crude for September delivery was up 14 cents to $75.38 a barrel at afternoon Kuala Lumpur time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell 15 cents to settle at $75.24 a barrel on Monday. In other Nymex trading in September contracts, heating oil added 1.1 cent to $2.00 a gallon and gasoline rose 1.4 cent to $1.938 a gallon. Natural gas was higher by 0.1 cent at $4.229 per 1,000 cubic feet on the Nymex. Brent crude was up 34 cents at $75.97 a barrel on the ICE futures exchange.