-- 木曜早朝、原油価格は再び下落した。米国とイランの間で和平合意が成立すれば、封鎖されていたホルムズ海峡が再開され、史上最大規模の原油供給ショックが終息するとの期待が高まったためだ。 6月渡しのWTI原油先物価格は3.06ドル安の1バレル92.02ドル、7月渡しのブレント原油先物価格は3.02ドル安の1バレル98.25ドルで取引されている。 この下落は、水曜のWTI原油価格の7%下落に続くもので、米国とイランが和平合意に近づいているとの楽観的な見方が強まっている中で起こった。ウォール・ストリート・ジャーナル紙は、両国が仲介者を通じて交渉再開に向けた枠組み作りに取り組んでおり、トランプ政権が提示した14項目の覚書(MOU)に基づき、早ければ来週にもパキスタンで協議が開始されると報じた。 両国間の協議が、世界の石油需要の20%を供給するペルシャ湾岸諸国からの輸出の要衝であるホルムズ海峡の早期再開につながる合意に至るかどうかは不確実だ。2月28日の戦争勃発以来、1000隻以上の船舶が湾岸に閉じ込められており、石油、石油精製品、LNG、肥料などの物資供給が不足している。 ガーディアン紙は、イラン当局者が覚書を「アメリカの希望リスト」と批判する一方で、トランプ米大統領は合意が「非常に可能性が高い」と示唆していると報じた。 「即時合意に楽観的になりすぎるべきではない。イラン財務省の報道官は昨日、米国の枠組みの一部を『野心的だが非現実的な提案』と批判し、反論した。これまでのところ、5月2日に発表された14項目の回答で示されたテヘランの要求リストは変わっていない。すなわち、制裁の全面解除、凍結された国家資産の解放、約2700億ドルの賠償金/復興資金(紛争終結の『唯一の方法』)、そしてホルムズ海峡に対するイランの主権を事実上認める新たな多国間メカニズムである」と、SEBリサーチの商品アナリスト、オレ・フヴァルビエ氏は書いている。
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