Oil prices slipped on Tuesday as traders fretted about the unrelenting growth in U.S. crude stockpiles. Analysts expect inventories to rise for a seventh straight week, extending their already record level. U.S. oil supplies likely rose by 4.7 million barrels last week, according to the consensus average forecast of 11 analysts surveyed by The Wall Street Journal. Light, sweet crude for April delivery settled down 17 cents, or 0.3%, to $49.28 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent, the global benchmark, fell 24 cents, or 0.4%, to $58.66 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe. Prices had been higher for most the day, but a late-session decline made it a five-session losing streak for U.S. oil and back-to-back losses for Brent. “This crude market is like Sisyphus. […]