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米国天然ガス、豊富な在庫を抱え、価格軟化が見込まれる中、注入シーズンに突入

-- 米エネルギー情報局(EIA)は火曜日、米国の天然ガス在庫が4月から10月にかけてのガス注入シーズンを比較的堅調な状態で迎えており、今後数ヶ月間、温暖な気候と安定した生産が続けば、価格抑制に役立つ可能性があると発表した。 補間された週次データによると、米本土48州のガス貯蔵量は、ガス注入シーズン開始時点で1兆8900億立方フィートと推定される。この水準は、昨年末と過去5年間の平均をそれぞれ約3%上回っており、ガス注入量の増加に伴い、供給に若干の余裕があることを示唆している。 現在の供給過剰は、一時的に需給バランスが逼迫した不安定な冬の後に生じた。例年より寒かった1月は、冬の嵐「ファーン」の影響もあり、1月30日までの週には過去最高の3600億立方フィートのガスが引き出された。その後、貯蔵量は過去5年間の平均を5.6%下回る水準まで低下した。しかし、この不足は短期間で解消された。 2月と3月の温暖な気候によりガスの引き出しが鈍化し、在庫は3月中旬までに平均を上回り、4月上旬には平年を約5%上回る水準にまで回復した。 季節的な需要変動が重要な役割を果たした。米国のガス消費量は通常、住宅用および商業用暖房需要の増加に伴い冬にピークを迎える。しかし、1月以降、その需要は急激に減少し、2月の平均消費量は42.2億立方フィート/日、3月は26.0億立方フィート/日となり、1月の51.9億立方フィート/日から大幅に減少した。 需要の減少は既に価格の軟化につながっている。指標となるヘンリーハブのスポット価格は、3月に100万英国熱量当たり平均3.04ドルとなり、1月の7.72ドルから大幅に下落し、2月の3.62ドルを下回った。 今後については、平均を上回る在庫と冬の終わりの需要の低迷が、初期のガス注入シーズンにおける価格上昇圧力を抑制する可能性があるが、天候と生産動向は依然として重要な変動要因となるだろうと、EIAは述べている。

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