Oil prices slid Friday, pressured by a stronger dollar and concerns that the oversupply of crude will persist. Gasoline futures settled below $1 a gallon for the first time since December 30, 2008. The U.S. oil benchmark fell 8.1% this week and is down 17% for the year. Producers around the world continue to pump crude at high rates, and stockpiles of crude oil in the U.S. rose above 500 million barrels last week for the first time in more than eight decades. “There’s just too much oil sloshing around,” said Richard Soultanian, co-president of NUS Consulting Group. “It’s hard to believe the market has a bottom in it yet.” Light, sweet crude for March delivery fell 83 cents, or 2.6%, to $30.89 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent, the global benchmark, settled down 40 cents, or 1.2%, at $34.06 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe. […]