Oil slips ahead of U.S. stockpile data; Libya limits loss

By Barani Krishnan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices slipped on Tuesday as a rallying dollar and a global fuel glut offset forecasts for a ninth straight weekly drop in U.S. crude stockpiles. A protest over wages that shut the eastern Libyan oil terminal of Hariga and forced a suspension of 100,000 barrels per day of crude production helped the market limit losses though, traders said. Brent crude futures were down 20 cents at $46.76 barrel by 12:07 p.m. EDT (1702 London time), after trading as hi