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市場の動向:イラン戦争による供給混乱を受け、EUはエネルギー配給制を検討中

-- ロイター通信は水曜日、EU外交筋の話として、欧州連合(EU)が加盟国に対し、中東紛争の長期化は長期的な供給ショックを引き起こし、燃料消費量の削減を余儀なくされる可能性があると厳しい警告を発したと報じた。 世界の石油と液化天然ガス(LNG)の約20%が通過するホルムズ海峡の封鎖は、2月28日の紛争勃発以来、世界のエネルギー市場を混乱させている。 欧州はまだ供給不足に直面していないものの、深刻化するエネルギー危機は欧州経済に衝撃を与えている。記録的な高値となった原油・ガス価格は消費者を圧迫し、航空業界にも新たな脅威が迫っている。 ロイター通信によると、欧州委員会は迫り来るエネルギー危機に備え、2つの主要なシナリオを検討している。 欧州委員会は、米国とイランの停戦が維持され、ワシントンがホルムズ海峡の封鎖を解除すれば、石油とガスの供給は数カ月以内に正常化し、価格の下落につながる可能性があると述べた。 欧州委員会は、からのコメント要請にすぐには応じなかった。 ディーゼル燃料とジェット燃料市場の需給バランス回復にはより時間がかかり、価格は夏の終わり頃に緩和すると予想される。しかし、世界のLNG市場は、カタールの主要インフラへの被害を反映し、2030年まで逼迫状態が続く可能性が高い。 しかし、紛争が継続すれば、エネルギー市場は長期的な供給ショックと価格の急騰に見舞われるリスクがあり、産業サプライチェーン全体に波及効果をもたらす。石油供給の継続的な混乱は、ますます「需要の減少」を引き起こし、燃料消費を抑制するだろうと報告書は述べている。 EUは、このようなシナリオでは、冬を前にガス貯蔵を補充するのに苦労する可能性があり、ジェット燃料の局地的な不足が発生する可能性があると述べた。 欧州委員会は、エネルギーショックを緩和するための一連の措置を準備しており、その中には電力税の引き下げやクリーン技術の導入加速化案などが含まれています。その目的は、EUの化石燃料への依存を抑制し、将来の石油・ガス供給の混乱からEUを守ることです。 (マーケットチャッターのニュースは、世界中の市場専門家との会話に基づいています。この情報は信頼できる情報源に基づいていると考えられますが、噂や憶測が含まれる可能性があります。正確性は保証されません。)

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