-- 木曜日の時間外取引で原油先物価格は上昇した。米イラン和平協議第2ラウンドを巡る不確実性と、ホルムズ海峡を経由する船舶航行の長期化が、世界的な供給懸念を煽ったためだ。 期近のWTI原油先物価格は2.08%上昇し1バレル93.19ドル、ブレント原油先物価格は3.57%上昇し1バレル98.32ドルとなった。 ドナルド・トランプ大統領は木曜日、米国とイランが来週期限切れとなる停戦延長について協議する中、両国が恒久的な停戦合意に署名する見通しについて楽観的な姿勢を示した。 トランプ大統領は、証拠を示すことなく、イランが濃縮ウランの放棄に同意したと述べた。 「イランとの合意は非常に良い方向に進んでいる。良い合意になるだろう」とトランプ大統領は木曜日、ホワイトハウスで記者団に語った。 しかし、イラン当局は米国の公正な交渉への取り組みに懐疑的で、今週末に会合が開かれる可能性が報じられているにもかかわらず、新たな協議の見通しに疑問を呈していると伝えられている。 イランの準国営通信社タスニム通信によると、テヘランは、和平協議開始当初のワシントンの約束違反と現在に至るまでの行動を鑑み、次回の協議が成果を上げる可能性は低いと考えている。 両国は、早ければ今週末にもパキスタンで協議を再開することを検討していると伝えられている。 SEBリサーチの商品アナリスト、オレ・R・フヴァルビー氏は、状況は急速に変化していると述べつつ、SEBの基本シナリオであるブレント原油価格の2026年の平均価格95ドル/バレル、2027年と2028年の平均価格85ドル/バレル、80ドル/バレルという見通しを維持した。 一方、中東紛争は、世界の石油・液化天然ガス輸送量の約20%を担う戦略的に重要な航路であるホルムズ海峡の二重封鎖により、世界のエネルギー市場に前例のない混乱をもたらしている。 INGのアナリストは、買い手が米国産原油にシフトするにつれ、中東の混乱が続く限り国内市場は逼迫し、米国産原油生産者による供給対応を促す可能性が高いと指摘した。 しかし、アナリストらは、紛争開始以来、現地での掘削活動はほとんど変化しておらず、1日あたり約1300万バレルの原油生産が阻害されていると述べた。 米中央軍はイランの船舶航行を遮断するために封鎖を実施しており、テヘランも他のほとんどの船舶に対してこの戦略的に重要な航路を閉鎖している。Kplerのストラテジストは、ホルムズ海峡を経由する船舶交通量は先月の異常な低水準から増加しており、通過回数が増加し、船舶の種類や貨物の種類も多様化していると指摘した。
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