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      • Near-term contracts are currently trading at a premium compared to later months, a market condition called "backwardation" that signals crude supply tightness. Greater-than-expected demand out of Asia coupled with expectations that oil alliance OPEC+ will extend its output reductions past March has helped lift contract prices.
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