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米国天然ガス最新情報:先物価格は2週間ぶりの高値を維持

-- 米国の天然ガス先物価格は水曜日の時間外取引で上昇幅を縮小したものの、中東紛争をめぐる地政学的緊張の高まりが価格を支え、2週間ぶりの高値水準を維持した。 期近のヘンリーハブ先物と連続ベンチマーク価格はともに0.63%上昇し、100万英熱量当たり2.714ドルとなった。 価格は取引時間中に一時2.76ドルまで上昇した。 市場心理は、ホルムズ海峡の閉鎖が長期化する可能性があるとの見方によって支えられた。この状況は、米国産LNG輸出需要を維持または増加させる可能性が高い。 しかし、短期的な国内需要の見通しが弱いことが上昇幅を抑制した。平年より気温が高くなるとの予測から、今後数日間の暖房需要は減少すると見込まれている。バーチャートが引用したコモディティ・ウェザー・グループのデータによると、米国東部では4月26日まで平年を上回る気温が続き、その後5月にかけて気温が下がる見込みです。 ゲルバー・アンド・アソシエイツは、今後の気象パターンが市場をある程度支える可能性があると指摘し、5月上旬にかけて気温がやや下がることで暖房需要がわずかに増加する可能性があると述べています。しかしながら、同社は、冷房需要の低迷が依然として全体の消費を抑制していると付け加えています。 貯蔵量に関する見通しも市場の重荷となっています。アナリストは、木曜日に発表される米国エネルギー情報局(EIA)の週次報告書で、平年を上回る在庫増加が見込まれると予想しています。市場予測では、4月17日までの週の在庫増加量は940億~970億立方フィートとされており、これは過去5年間の同時期の平均増加量640億立方フィートを大きく上回っています。 供給面では、BNEFのデータによると、米本土48州のドライガス生産量は1日あたり1103億立方フィートと推定され、前年同期比3.3%増加しています。地域全体の需要は日量684億立方フィート(Bcf/d)と推定され、前年比2.2%増加した。 米国のLNG輸出ターミナルへの供給量は横ばいで推移し、純供給量は日量201億立方フィート(Bcf/d)と推定され、前週比1.6%増加した。

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