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EMEA天然ガス最新情報:米国の在庫増加を受け、先物価格は下落分を回復

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-- 欧州天然ガス先物価格は、木曜日の時間外取引で、米国の在庫データが予想外の世界的市場の逼迫を示したことを受け、それまでの下落分を取り戻した。トレーダーらは、米イラン間の対立が緩和し、最終的にホルムズ海峡が再開されるかどうかの兆候を注視している。 オランダのTTF天然ガス先物価格は0.907%上昇し、1メガワット時あたり44.30ユーロ(52.10ドル)となった。一方、英国のNBP先物価格は1.339%上昇し、1サーモあたり109.00ペンス(1.48ドル)となった。 市場心理は、米国の週間天然ガス在庫増加量が予想を下回ったとの報道を受けて改善した。米エネルギー情報局(EIA)は木曜日、国内在庫が630億立方フィート増加したと発表した。これは市場予想の約800億立方フィートを下回る数字だ。 在庫データ発表前、ワシントンとテヘランが敵対行為終結に向けた合意に向けて動いているとの報道を受け、欧州市場のセンチメントは軟化していた。イランは、報道されている1ページの米国覚書案に対し、数日以内に回答するとみられている。今回の外交的動きは、ドナルド・トランプ米大統領がホルムズ海峡を通過する船舶の安全確保を目的としたイニシアチブを一時的に停止したことに続くものだ。 ペルシャ湾産LNG貨物の大部分はアジアの買い手向けだが、今回の混乱は世界のガス需給バランスを逼迫させ、冬の暖房シーズンを前に在庫を積み増そうとしている欧州諸国の懸念を高めている。 しかし、ホルムズ海峡の混乱を受けてガス価格が高騰したため、欧州のLNG輸入量は3月と4月に前年同月比で減少した。特に英国ではこの減少幅が大きく、Timera Energyが木曜日に引用したVortexaのデータによると、この2ヶ月間のLNG輸入量は前年同月比で20%減少した。 Gas Infrastructure Europeによると、欧州のガス貯蔵施設の稼働率は水曜日時点で34.07%で、前年同期の41.4%を下回っている。 「長期にわたる供給途絶への懸念から、一部の欧州トレーダーは来冬の価格高騰に備えてヘッジを行っている」と、ANZのアナリスト、ダニエル・ハインズ氏は述べた。 ガス市場では、気象予報も引き続き注目されている。 気象予報会社Atmospheric G2は木曜日のソーシャルメディアへの投稿で、欧州は今後数週間、平年を下回る気温が予想され、より寒冷で不安定な気象パターンに入りつつあると述べた。同社は、風力発電と水力発電の増加が太陽光発電の減少を相殺する可能性があるものの、気象状況は依然として変動しやすいと予想している。 Atmospheric G2は別の投稿で、大西洋の穏やかな海況と冬まで続くと予想される強いエルニーニョ現象を理由に、欧州全域で夏の熱波と干ばつのリスクが高まっていると警告した。

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