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米国天然ガス最新情報:寒波と生産量減少により価格上昇

-- 月曜日の正午の取引で、米国の天然ガス先物価格は上昇した。気温低下の予報が短期的な需要見通しを押し上げたことに加え、生産量の小幅な減少が価格上昇を支えた。 ヘンリーハブの期近限月は0.90%上昇し、100万英熱量当たり2.698ドルとなった。一方、期近限月は1.05%上昇し、100万英熱量当たり2.702ドルで取引された。 週末の気象モデル更新で需要が上方修正されたことを受け、先物価格は週明けから堅調に推移した。米国の天然ガス(ドライ)生産量は最近の高水準から減少した。NRGエナジーによると、生産量は依然として過去最高水準を数十億立方フィート下回っているものの、先週末には日産量が小幅に減少したことが価格を下支えした。 週末のホルムズ海峡周辺の地政学的動向を受けて、エネルギー市場全体はやや堅調に推移したが、ウォール・ストリート・ジャーナルはリッターブッシュ・アンド・アソシエイツの分析を引用し、米国の天然ガス価格は原油価格の回復よりも、気温低下の見通しによって大きく左右されていると報じた。 中西部と北東部の気候は先週から寒冷化傾向にあり、4月25日から5月2日の季節的な需要期に向けて全国的な需要が強まったことで、弱気ムードは緩和されました。これが先週末から今週初めにかけての上昇に寄与したと考えられます。 市場は依然として貯蔵量と生産量の動向に大きく左右されています。米国エネルギー情報局(EIA)は先週、貯蔵量が590億立方フィート増加したと発表しました。これにより、在庫は前年比7%増、過去5年間の平均を6%上回り、季節の変わり目における弱気ムードを裏付ける結果となりました。 しかし、リッターブッシュは、ポジションがより建設的な方向に変化していると指摘しました。最新の建玉報告ではネットショートポジションがさらに増加しており、市場は「明確な強気圏」に入ったとしています。同社は、EIAの今後のデータで在庫過剰が拡大すると予想されるものの、「ここ数ヶ月の気候パターンの変動性を考慮すると、例年より暖かい夏になれば、在庫過剰は容易に解消される可能性がある」と付け加えました。需要面では、LNG輸出が引き続き重要な相殺要因となっている。NRGによると、供給ガス流量は過去最高水準に近い約189億立方フィート/日を維持しており、国内消費の低迷にもかかわらず、価格を支え、下落圧力を抑制するのに役立っている。

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