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ANZの調査によると、原油供給に関しては、価格上昇か製品不足のいずれかによって「避けられない市場の清算」が訪れるだろう。

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-- 中東紛争による広範な供給途絶の影響から原油価格を守っている要因はいくつかあるものの、ANZリサーチが月曜日に発表したレポートによると、価格上昇や供給不足という形で「避けられない市場の清算」が迫っているという。 現物市場では、特に米国において、原油供給危機の兆候はほとんど見られない。4月24日までの週の商業用原油在庫は45万6000バレルで、前年同期比2万4000バレル増加している。 アジアにおける高水準の在庫も供給減少を緩和するのに役立っており、中国の原油備蓄量は約17億バレルと推定されている。これは需要抑制と戦略備蓄の放出によって支えられている。 全体として、ペルシャ湾の原油生産量は2月から3月にかけて日量1070万バレル減少した。日量1500万バレル以上が市場に出回らず、累積損失は10億バレルに迫っている。世界の原油在庫は4月に約2億バレル減少し、6月期には過去最大の四半期原油在庫減少幅となる日量650万バレルの減少が見込まれています。 世界銀行の石油市場収支予測では、2026年の供給不足は日量160万バレルとされています。これは、12月期に供給が増加し、需要が低迷することを前提としています。供給見通しは、6月から年末にかけて緩やかに回復していくことを前提としています。このシナリオでは、供給への打撃は長期化し、ペルシャ湾岸諸国の供給回復は地域によって異なると予想されます。 下半期にホルムズ海峡を通る原油の流れと上流生産の再開という両面で供給逼迫が緩和され始めたとしても、海峡の突然の閉鎖という脅威が継続することで、地政学的リスクプレミアムが価格に織り込まれ続け、ブレント原油価格は年末まで1バレル90ドル以上を維持し、高価格は2027年まで原油市場の特徴として残るだろう。 紛争が続き、供給が途絶えたままの場合、価格は1バレル200ドルまで急騰する可能性が高い。米国とイランが和平合意に達し、ホルムズ海峡が再開された場合、ブレント原油価格は1バレル83ドルから87ドル程度まで下落する可能性がある。

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