-- 原油先物価格は木曜日、米国とイランの緊張の高まりを受け、1バレル100ドルを突破した。 ブレント原油先物価格は0.8%上昇し、1バレル102.77ドルとなった。ムルバン原油先物価格は1.6%上昇し、1バレル104.75ドルとなった。 サクソバンクのアナリストは、「ブレント原油先物価格は(水曜日)1バレル101ドルを突破し、3.5%上昇して101.91ドルと2週間ぶりの高値をつけた。これは、米国とイランの和平協議再開計画に関する相反する報道が飛び交い、最終的に実現しなかったことを受けてのものだ」と述べた。 専門家は、イランがホルムズ海峡でタンカー2隻を拿捕したこと、そして米国防総省が同海峡の機雷除去に6ヶ月かかる可能性があるとの見通しを示したことを受け、市場は長期化する供給危機を見越して積極的に価格調整を行っていると指摘している。 ロイター通信が水曜日に報じたところによると、米軍がアジア海域で少なくとも3隻のイラン船籍船舶を拿捕し、それぞれの位置から進路を変更させたことで、状況はさらに悪化した。 イラン議会のモハマド・バゲル・ガリバフ議長は、米国が海上封鎖を維持している限り、海峡の再開は「不可能」であると述べ、膠着状態をさらに強めた。同議長は、米国の海上封鎖を「世界経済の人質」と非難した。 ブレント原油価格が1バレル100ドルの大台を力強く突破する中、INGとサクソバンクのアナリストは、市場は外交的な騒ぎに「麻痺」し、長期的な物理的混乱に備えていると警告している。 しかし、この価格高騰は、特に欧州で需要の減少を引き起こしている。 リスタッドのアナリストによると、欧州の製油所は現在、利益率の低下と原油供給の逼迫という二重苦に直面しており、ペルシャ湾の原油生産が事実上停止状態にあるため、燃料生産量の削減を余儀なくされる可能性が高い。 事態の好転が見通せない中、業界は高コストが世界的な消費を圧迫し始めているにもかかわらず、価格はさらに上昇すると予想している。
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