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米国とイランが和平合意に近づいているとの報道を受け、原油価格が急落

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-- 水曜日の早朝、米国とイランが戦争終結に向けた合意に近づいているとの報道を受け、原油価格は急落した。この報道により、ホルムズ海峡の航行再開の可能性が高まった。 WTI原油はアジア市場で一時88.66ドルまで上昇した後、8.63ドル安の93.64ドルで取引を終えた。7月限のブレント原油も8.64ドル安の101.23ドルとなった。 この下落は、前夜にAxiosが両国が敵対行為終結に向けた交渉で合意に近づいていると報じたことがきっかけとなった。この報道は後にトランプ米大統領によって確認された。トランプ大統領はソーシャルメディアへの投稿で、イランが米国の和平案に同意すれば戦争は「終結する」とし、ホルムズ海峡は航行再開されると述べた。一方、条件が拒否された場合は爆撃を再開すると警告した。 ロイター通信はイラン国営メディアの報道を引用し、イラン革命防衛隊が、ペルシャ湾岸諸国からの石油輸出の要衝であり、世界の石油需要の20%を供給しているホルムズ海峡は、合意が成立すれば再開される可能性があると主張していると報じた。 イランが2月28日の戦争開始時にホルムズ海峡を封鎖して以来、原油価格は半値以下に上昇し、ペルシャ湾における石油、液化天然ガス(LNG)、肥料などの輸出が滞っている。しかし、戦争終結後もすぐに正常な状態に戻る可能性は低い。イランによる近隣諸国の石油・ガスインフラへの攻撃や、操業停止していた油田の生産再開は、戦前の操業水準への早期回復を阻むだろう。 S&Pグローバル・エナジーは、「ホルムズ油田が再開された場合、恒久的な損傷がなく、サプライチェーンが円滑に機能することを前提として、上流生産の完全回復には最低でも7ヶ月かかるだろう。港湾やその他の輸送・積載インフラに損傷があれば、回復にはさらに時間がかかる可能性がある」と指摘した。 水曜日の原油価格の下落幅は、米国の原油在庫の大幅な減少によって限定された。米国石油協会(API)が発表した週次調査によると、先週の国内原油在庫は810万バレル減少し、市場予想の280万バレルを大きく上回ったとInvesting.comは伝えている。エネルギー情報局(EIA)は水曜日の午前中に公式在庫データを発表する予定だ。

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