-- 週四盤後交易中,歐洲天然氣期貨扭轉了早盤的跌勢,此前美國庫存數據顯示全球市場供應意外緊張。與此同時,交易員們正等待美伊衝突可能緩和並最終重新開放霍爾木茲海峽的跡象。 荷蘭TTF天然氣期貨上漲0.907%,至每兆瓦時44.30歐元(52.10美元);英國NBP天然氣期貨上漲1.339%,至每熱量單位109.00英鎊(1.48美元)。 市場情緒受到美國天然氣週增幅低於預期消息的提振。美國能源資訊署週四表示,國內天然氣庫存增加了630億立方英尺,低於市場預期的近800億立方英尺。 在庫存數據公佈之前,有報導稱華盛頓和德黑蘭正朝著達成結束敵對行動的潛在協議邁進,這令歐洲市場情緒有所緩和。據報道,伊朗將在幾天內對一份據稱只有一頁的美國備忘錄提案作出回應。美國總統川普短暫中止旨在保障霍爾木茲海峽船隻安全通行的倡議後,最新的外交努力隨之展開。 儘管波斯灣液化天然氣(LNG)貨物大多銷往亞洲買家,但這次中斷加劇了全球天然氣供需平衡的緊張,並引發了歐洲的擔憂。歐洲各國正努力在冬季供暖季到來之前重建天然氣庫存。 然而,在霍爾木茲海峽中斷導致天然氣價格飆升之後,歐洲3月和4月的LNG進口量較去年同期下降。英國的下滑尤為嚴重,根據Timera Energy週四援引Vortexa的數據,英國同期LNG進口量年減了20%。 根據歐洲天然氣基礎設施協會(Gas Infrastructure Europe)的數據,截至週三,歐洲天然氣儲存設施的使用率為34.07%,低於一年前的41.4%。 澳新銀行分析師丹尼爾·海恩斯表示:“由於擔心長期供應中斷,一些歐洲交易員已經開始對沖明年冬季價格飆升的風險。” 天氣預報仍然是天然氣市場的焦點。 大氣預報機構G2週四在社群媒體上發文稱,歐洲正進入一個氣溫較低且氣候不穩定的時期,預計未來幾週氣溫將低於正常水平。該機構表示,風能和水力發電量的增加可能會抵消太陽能發電量的下降,但預計天氣狀況仍將不穩定。 在另一篇文章中,大氣預報機構G2警告稱,歐洲夏季熱浪和乾旱的風險正在增加,理由是大西洋海面較為平靜,且強烈的厄爾尼諾現象預計將持續到冬季。
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