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最新情報:UAEは5月1日からOPECを脱退

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-- (記事全体を通して、公式声明とアナリストのコメントを追記しています。) アラブ首長国連邦(UAE)は、5月1日付で石油輸出国機構(OPEC)とその同盟国から脱退すると、同国のスハイル・アル・マズルーイ・エネルギー相が火曜日にソーシャルメディアで確認した。 「UAEのOPEC脱退決定は、長期的な市場のファンダメンタルズに沿った政策主導の進化を反映したものだ」と、アル・マズルーイ氏はXに投稿した。 同エネルギー相はロイター通信に対し、政府はOPEC脱退決定前に他国と協議しなかったと述べていた。また、この決定により、UAEはエネルギー製品の生産、貯蔵、輸送に関して柔軟に対応できるようになると説明した。 UAEは1967年にOPECに加盟し、主要産油国として、その加盟は生産目標の設定、ひいては国際価格の決定において大きな影響力を持っていた。 あるアナリストは、UAEは長年の加盟国として、生産制限からの解放を求め、大幅な増産を目指している可能性が高いと指摘した。 OPECは、世界最大の産油国の多くが今後数週間の生産量について合意する月例会合を通じて、世界の原油価格に大きな影響力を持っています。 スパルタ・エナジーのアナリスト、フィル・クロスビー氏はMTニュースワイヤーズへの書面コメントで、同国のOPEC脱退は全く驚くべきことではなく、以前から「予想されていた」と述べました。 「同国は長期的に見て、自国の生産能力に近い水準で生産したいと考えるでしょう。これは原油価格に一定の圧力をかけるでしょうが、戦争によって既に10億バレルの供給を失っているため、当面は大きな問題にはならないでしょう」とクロスビー氏は述べています。 同氏はまた、ホルムズ油田が開放されれば、同国はおそらく日量450万~480万バレルを持続的に生産できるだろうと付け加えました。OPECの生産割当量では、同国には日量340万バレルが認められていました。 MTニュースワイヤーズは、他のOPEC加盟国にも取材を試みています。

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