-- 米国の天然ガス先物価格は、金曜日の時間外取引で下落幅を拡大した。これは、米国政府の在庫増加が予想を下回ることを示すデータを受けて、一時上昇していたものの、液化天然ガス(LNG)ターミナルへの供給ガス流入量の減少が背景にある。 ヘンリーハブ先物(期近限月)と継続限月はともに0.69%下落し、100万英熱量当たり2.75ドルとなった。 輸出システムにおける天然ガスの使用量が減少したことで、米国国内の流通量が増加したことが価格下落の要因となった。 バーチャート社はBNEFのデータを引用し、LNG輸出ターミナルへの供給ガス流入量は前週比4.6%減の177億立方フィート(Bdf)となったと発表した。LNG供給ガスは最近、1日当たり約20Bdfのピークに達していたが、コーパスクリスティ、キャメロン、カルカシューパスなど複数のターミナルにおける継続的なメンテナンスや操業上の制約により減少した。 ゲルバー・アンド・アソシエイツ社によると、ゴールデンパス施設の稼働率向上に伴い、供給量が増加したことで、不足分の一部が相殺された。同施設は試運転期間中に過去最高の生産量を達成したという。 米国エネルギー情報局(EIA)によると、5月6日までの1週間で、米国から出港した船舶は合計30隻、輸送量は1150億立方フィート(Bcf)で、前週より5隻減、180億立方フィート減となった。 木曜日、EIAが5月1日までの1週間の貯蔵量純増が630億立方フィートだったと発表したことを受け、原油価格は上昇した。この数値はアナリスト予想の720億~800億立方フィートを下回った。また、過去5年間の平均770億立方フィート、昨年同時期の純増1040億立方フィートと比べても大幅に少なかった。 木曜日の発表により、貯蔵量は2兆2050億立方フィートとなり、過去5年間の平均を1390億立方フィート(7%)上回り、昨年同時期と比べても750億立方フィート(4%)増加した。 生産量は1日あたり1106億立方フィートで、前年同期比で約4%増加し、需要は1年前より0.8%増加して1日あたり675億立方フィートとなった。
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