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米国石油最新情報:停戦合意がホルムズ海峡の封鎖解除に失敗、原油価格が反発

-- 原油価格は木曜日に急騰し、前日の取引で1バレル100ドルを下回った後、回復基調に戻った。 期近のWTI原油先物価格は6%以上上昇し、1バレル100.11ドルとなった。ブレント原油先物価格は3.9%上昇し、1バレル98.41ドルとなった。 サクソバンクの商品戦略責任者、オレ・ハンセン氏は、「停戦合意による売りは短命に終わった。ホルムズ海峡の航行制限が供給を抑制し続けているため、WTIとブレントは100ドルに向けて再び上昇している」と指摘した。 さらに同氏は、「市場はすぐに根本的な現実、すなわちホルムズ海峡の航行制限が依然として事実上続いており、世界の石油供給システムは正常な状態とは程遠い状況にあるという現実に再び焦点を当てた」と付け加えた。 船舶追跡データによると、過去24時間で海峡を通過した船舶は石油製品タンカー1隻とばら積み貨物船5隻のみで、通常の船舶数のほんの一部に過ぎないとロイター通信は報じた。 2週間の停戦にもかかわらず、海峡の船舶交通は事実上停止状態にある。 「停戦によって航行の機会は生まれたものの、船舶の流れは依然として条件付きで、運用上の制約を受けている」とクプラー氏は指摘した。 スパルタ・コモディティーズの調査責任者、ニール・クロスビー氏は木曜日のメモで、海峡の機雷除去は長期的な取り組みであり、平時であっても少なくとも4週間はかかる可能性があると述べた。 アナリストらは、市場の急激な変化は、米イラン停戦によってもたらされた当初の安堵感が、船舶輸送の制限と高まる外交的緊張という厳しい現実によって覆い隠されていることを示唆していると指摘した。 「イランは声明と行動の両方を通じて、航行は許可、条件、そして政治的圧力に左右されることを明確にしてきた。これは航行の自由ではない。これは強制だ」と、アラブ首長国連邦(UAE)産業・先端技術大臣兼アドノック・グループCEOのスルタン・アル・ジャベル博士は述べた。 一方、イラン議会のモハマド・バゲル・ガリバフ議長は、ソーシャルメディア上で、米国はテヘランが提案した10項目枠組みを既に違反していると述べた。 ガリバフ議長は水曜日にXに投稿した記事の中で、米国はイランが提示した10項目提案のうち3つの条項に違反したと述べた。 供給面では、米エネルギー情報局(EIA)が発表した週報によると、4月3日までの週の米国の原油在庫は310万バレル増加し、4億6470万バレルとなった。

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