Oil futures fell Friday as traders looked beyond recent supply disruptions in Canada and Libya and focused on the global crude glut. The U.S. oil benchmark was down 0.6% at $44.06 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while the global Brent contract was down 0.7% at $44.71 a barrel on the ICE Futures Europe exchange. Prices pared losses briefly as the dollar dipped on disappointing U.S. payroll data, which showed gains of 160,000 in April compared with the 205,000 increase projected in a survey of economists by The Wall Street Journal. But the recovery was short-lived as the dollar retraced its decline. The jobs report is the second-to-last data point the Fed will consider before deciding whether to increase interest rates at its June meeting. Analysts say the weak report, which could signal slowing U.S. growth, will make an interest rate increase less likely. In Alberta’s oil-sands […]