-- 週二盤後交易中,歐洲、中東和非洲地區原油期貨價格小幅走高,市場正等待美國對伊朗最新提議的回應。同時,霍爾木茲海峽的雙重封鎖令供應擔憂持續升溫。 布蘭特原油期貨上漲2.61%,至每桶110.98美元;穆爾班原油期貨上漲2.91%,至每桶107.22美元。 週二,川普總統在社群媒體上發文稱,伊朗希望美國解除對這條關鍵航道的海上封鎖,並「盡快」重新開放。 「伊朗剛剛告知我們,他們正處於『崩潰狀態』。他們希望我們盡快『開放霍爾木茲海峽』,因為他們正在努力解決領導層問題。」川普在Truth Social網站上發文寫道。 據報道,川普告訴其顧問,他對伊朗提出的開放霍爾木茲海峽、結束這場擾亂全球能源市場的中東衝突的提議並不滿意。然而,目前尚不清楚美國總統究竟為何不喜歡伊朗的提議。 據報道,伊朗已表示可能願意接受一項臨時協議,以重新開放霍爾木茲海峽為條件,以換取結束封鎖。然而,關於德黑蘭核子計畫的更複雜的談判仍需等待。 同時,途經霍爾木茲海峽的商船交通仍受到嚴格限制,該海峽承載著全球約20%的石油和天然氣供應。 Kpler的最新數據顯示,僅記錄到六艘船通過該海峽,比前一天增加兩艘,所有船隻均自西向東航行,商業和非商業活動各佔一半。 航運數據公司表示,由於伊朗提出新的談判方案,這條戰略水道的通行權仍不明朗,每日過境數量的小幅成長顯示各方保持謹慎,而非交通量出現實質復甦。 根據Marine Traffic數據顯示,日本超大型原油運輸船「出光丸號」已完成霍爾木茲海峽的通行,船上載有200萬桶原油,這些原油於3月初從沙烏地阿拉伯朱艾邁碼頭裝載。 在供應方面,據報道,伊朗的原油儲存能力即將耗盡,這增加了其可能被迫進一步減產的可能性。美國財政部長斯科特貝森特週一在社群媒體上發文稱,由於霍爾木茲海峽的封鎖,伊朗石油工業「開始停產」。 阿聯酋宣布退出歐佩克及其附屬的歐佩克+聯盟,這對協調全球眾多最大產油國原油生產的歐佩克+聯盟造成了重大打擊。 Rystad Energy 地緣政治分析主管 Jorge Leon 表示,阿聯酋的退出使該生產商集團失去了其核心影響力機制之一,即可用於抵消中斷或撤回以支撐價格的備用產能。
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