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EMEA石油最新情報:ホルムズ海峡の対立激化に伴い原油価格が上昇

-- ブレント原油先物価格は金曜日、5営業日連続の上昇を記録した。ホルムズ海峡を巡る米国とイランの外交的膠着状態の深刻化が供給不足への懸念を強め、重要な海上貿易ルートを混乱させていることが背景にある。 ブレント原油先物価格は1.2%上昇し、1バレルあたり106.25ドルとなった。ムルバン原油先物価格は4月23日に105.95ドルで取引を終えたが、本稿執筆時点では取引は停止していた。 中東のエネルギー危機は、イランが高速艇に乗った特殊部隊が大型貨物船を襲撃する映像を公開したことで、木曜日にさらに悪化した。 また、イランメディアの報道を引用した複数のメディアは、テヘランで複数の爆発音が聞こえ、イランの防空システムが対抗措置として作動したと報じた。 この作戦は、世界の石油・天然ガスの20%が輸送される主要航路であるホルムズ海峡に対するイランの支配力を改めて浮き彫りにした。 サクソバンクのアナリストは、「米国とイランがホルムズ海峡の航行を封鎖し続けているため、中東の膠着状態に終止符が打たれる兆しは見えず、原油価格は5日連続で上昇している」と述べた。 トランプ大統領は、紛争終結の「期限」を設定しないと述べ、長期にわたる膠着状態を示唆した。 トランプ大統領は「急がせないでくれ」とTruth Socialに投稿し、テヘランとの「素晴らしい合意」を待つ意向を強調した。 サクソバンクのアナリストは、ホルムズ海峡が直ちに再開されたとしても、世界の海上輸送の流れが正常化するまでには数ヶ月を要すると警告した。 アナリストらは、この遅延予測によって、ディーゼル燃料とジェット燃料市場ですでに深刻な供給逼迫が生じていると付け加えた。 一方、イスラエルが外交努力が失敗に終わった場合、イランの標的への攻撃を再開する用意があると警告したと報じられており、地域情勢の緊張は依然として高い。

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