Brent crude futures had climbed 35 cents, or 0.3%, to $110.49 a barrel by 0209 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose 25 cents, or 0.2%, to $108.06 a barrel.
The European Union (EU) has proposed its toughest measures yet against Russia, including a total ban on oil imports and sanctions on war crimes suspects, BBC reported.
The phase-out of EU imports of Russian coal is the cornerstone measure in a fifth package of sanctions against Russia that the EU Commission proposed this week, as a reaction to atrocities in the Ukrainian town of Bucha.