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-- (最後兩段更新了價格並補充了阿聯酋退出歐佩克的消息。) 週二,美國西德克薩斯中質原油(WTI)收高,基準油價三週來首次逼近每桶100美元大關,原因是人們對結束伊朗戰爭的希望逐漸渺茫,霍爾木茲海峽仍然關閉。 6月交割的WTI原油期貨價格上漲3.56美元,收在每桶99.93美元,未能守住盤中一度突破的100美元關口;6月交割的布蘭特原油期貨價格上漲2.58美元,收於每桶110.81美元。 原定週末在巴基斯坦舉行的伊朗和美國會談未能舉行。週一,伊朗提出以重新開放霍爾木茲海峽為條件,換取美國解除對其港口的封鎖並推遲就其核子計畫進行談判,但遭到川普總統的拒絕。 2月28日,美國和以色列對伊朗發動攻擊後,伊朗關閉了霍爾木茲海峽。該海峽是波斯灣國家供應的全球20%石油日需求的咽喉要道,其關閉造成了有史以來最大的供應衝擊,自戰爭開始以來,油價已上漲49%。 盛寶銀行指出:「儘管霍爾木茲海峽的重新開放仍未取得任何進展,油價依然延續漲勢。美國和伊朗的封鎖已使每日通行量幾乎為零。全球供應緊張的程度持續加劇,成品油市場的緊張已將柴油和航空燃油價格推向每桶200美元。” 由於依賴海灣產油國的亞洲國家競相爭奪有限的原油,霍爾木茲海峽的關閉推高了現貨油價。油價上漲加劇了通貨膨脹,並增加了全球經濟衰退的風險,因為供應短缺導致需求下降,扼殺了經濟成長。 「如果霍爾木茲海峽在5月份未能重新開放,警鐘將會敲響。現貨原油和成品油價格將持續攀升。如果6月/7月之前海峽仍未實現有效開放,那麼全球可能面臨真正的危機,屆時世界石油消費量或將被迫減少至接近供應水平,」SEB Research首席大宗商品分析師比雅恩·希爾德羅普 (Bjarne Schdrop)。 同樣在周二,歐佩克第三大產油國、全球第七大石油出口國阿聯酋宣布將於5月1日退出歐佩克,擺脫該組織限制其產量遠低於其產能的配額制度。 「我們再次感謝歐佩克和歐佩克+聯盟所做的努力,並祝福他們取得成功。在我們參與該組織期間,我們為所有人的利益做出了重大貢獻,甚至做出了更大的犧牲。然而,現在是時候將我們的精力集中在國家利益以及我們對投資者、客戶、合作夥伴和全球能源市場的承諾上了。」該國政府在一份聲明中表示。

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