-- イランのセイエド・アッバス・アラグチ外相が間もなくパキスタンに到着するとの報道を受け、欧州天然ガス先物価格は金曜日、日中の動きから一転して下落した。 期近のオランダTTF先物価格は0.46%下落し、1メガワット時あたり44.29ユーロ(51.86ドル)となった。一方、英国NBP先物価格は0.63%下落し、1サーモあたり110.19ペンス(1.49ドル)となった。トレーディング・エコノミクスのデータによると、両指標はそれぞれ週を14.08%と13.35%上昇して終える見込みだ。 ロイター通信は、パキスタン在住の3人の情報筋の話として、アラグチ外相が金曜夜にイスラマバードに到着する予定であることから、米国とイランの和平交渉が間もなく再開される可能性があると報じた。 ロイター通信によると、パキスタン政府関係者とされる2人の情報筋は、協議開催の可能性に備え、米国の兵站・安全保障チームが既に現地に派遣されていると述べている。 一方、ワシントンとテヘランの双方からこの件に関する確認は得られておらず、ピート・ヘグセス米国防長官は金曜日の記者会見で、イランには「合意、良い合意、賢明な合意を結ぶ機会がある」と述べるにとどまった。 ホルムズ海峡は8週連続で事実上閉鎖されたままで、過去24時間で通過した船舶はわずか5隻だった。 海峡が直ちに再開される和平合意が成立する可能性があったとしても、アナリストたちは早期の正常化には楽観的ではない。 ブルーウォーター・ストラテジーのシニア・ファイナンス・エグゼクティブであるミヒール・エンゲラー氏は、「安価で豊富、かつ政治的に中立なガスの時代は終わった」と警告し、カタールのラスラファンLNG施設の損傷、マハラシュトラ海峡における長期にわたる混乱、そして欧州の米国産LNGへの過度な依存を指摘した。 こうした状況は、欧州が再注入シーズンに突入する中で発生しており、欧州ガスインフラ協会(Gas Infrastructure Europe)によると、在庫は大幅に減少し、容量のわずか30.82%にとどまっている。これは前年同期の37.54%と比較して大幅な減少である。
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