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美國天然氣最新動態:受中東和平進程影響,天然氣期貨價格與原油價格同步下跌

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-- 週三,美國天然氣期貨價格下跌,跟隨原油價格的跌勢。先前有報導稱,伊朗正在重新評估一項由美國支持的和平方案,該方案有望緩解霍爾木茲海峽的緊張局勢,並恢復全球關鍵的航運通道。 亨利樞紐天然氣期貨近月合約及連續合約均下跌2.33%,至每百萬英熱單位2.724美元。 分析師表示,此次下跌主要是由於油價下跌以及近期受天氣影響而導致的天然氣需求疲軟。 「市場似乎受到了油價大幅下跌的溢出效應影響,而天氣因素幾乎沒有提供任何支撐,」里特布施諮詢公司(Ritterbusch & Associates)在一份被《華爾街日報》引用的報告中指出。 霍爾木茲海峽仍然是重要的地緣政治焦點,任何局勢緩和都被視為有可能恢復液化天然氣(LNG)向亞洲買家的穩定供應,而亞洲買家佔全球LNG需求的很大一部分。 美國國內方面,基本面整體維持穩定。 NRG Energy表示,天然氣日產量預計將維持在1,073億立方英尺左右,與近期水準大致持平,略高於4月份的平均水準。 需求趨勢喜憂參半。根據Aegis Hedging的數據顯示,居民和商業用氣量增加了25億立方英尺/日,抵銷了電力消耗需求下降14億立方英尺/日的影響。 展望未來,天氣模型顯示,中西部地區短期內氣溫將有所下降,隨後下週西部地區氣溫將高於正常水平,這可能會支撐本月晚些時候的製冷需求。 Ritterbusch表示,如果氣溫升高的天氣出現,未來一到兩個月的價格仍有上漲風險。 在周四政府報告發布之前,市場對天然氣庫存的預期仍然備受關注。 NRG Energy表示,預計截至5月1日當週的天然氣庫存增幅為700億立方英尺,低於去年同期水準和五年平均值。即便如此,預計庫存仍將比季節性正常水準高出約7%。 NRG公司表示,目前液化天然氣出口需求疲軟,預計原料氣流量約170億立方英尺/日。由於科珀斯克里斯蒂和卡梅倫工廠進行維護,產量下降,對出口造成壓力,限制了短期內價格的支撐。

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