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美國天然氣市場最新動態:受美伊和平談判不確定性影響,價格上漲

-- 週二午盤交易中,隨著中東停火期限臨近,美國天然氣期貨價格上漲,儘管美伊和平談判的條件尚未敲定。 近月亨利樞紐天然氣期貨合約及連續基準天然氣期貨均上漲0.15%,至每百萬英熱單位2.69美元。 隨著為期兩週的停火協議即將到期,美伊停火談判的前景越來越不明朗。伊朗表示尚未決定是否參與談判,而據報道,美國副總統萬斯留在華盛頓,沒有前往巴基斯坦主持談判。 雙方均警告稱,如果未能達成協議,他們準備恢復戰鬥。 當天早些時候,由於供應充足,天然氣價格在開盤價下方窄幅波動,隨後由於對伊斯蘭堡談判前景的疑慮,價格開始上漲。 《華爾街日報》報道稱,由於供應充足,美國銀行將亨利樞紐天然氣價格預期下調0.20美元至3.40美元/百萬英熱單位(MMBtu)。該報還指出,分析師表示,雖然極端寒冷天氣可能導致供應緊張,但夏季充足的產能通常會降低價格大幅上漲的風險,即使在熱浪期間也是如此。 美國能源資訊署(EIA)週二表示,基本面顯示,在4月至10月的注氣季開始前,供應環境相對寬鬆。 據估計,在註氣季開始時,美國本土48州的天然氣庫存約為18,900億立方英尺。這比去年同期水準和五年平均值都高出約3%,顯示在註氣開始時存在一定的緩衝空間。 NRG能源公司的數據顯示,乾氣產量仍略低於歷史高位,儘管本週稍後產量略有下降,但對價格的支撐作用有限。 報告指出,受整體市場疲軟的影響,德州和美國西部部分地區的液化天然氣現貨價格一度跌至極低水平,甚至在某些地區出現負值,這反映出局部地區供應過剩以及溫和天氣條件下可再生能源發電強勁。 液化天然氣出口對疲軟的國內消費起到了關鍵的平衡作用,原料氣流量保持在接近歷史最高水平,約為每日189億立方英尺。 NRG公司表示,穩定的出口需求有助於防止價格進一步下跌。

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