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EMEA天然ガス最新情報:ホルムズ海峡閉鎖報道を受け価格が変動

-- イランがホルムズ海峡を再び封鎖したことを受け、世界の液化天然ガス(LNG)供給フローへの懸念が再燃し、欧州の天然ガス先物価格は月曜日の時間外取引で上昇幅を縮小した。 期近のオランダTTF指標は2.775%上昇し、1メガワット時あたり39.845ユーロ(46.95ドル)となった。一方、英国NBP先物も2.286%上昇し、1サーモあたり99.33ペンス(1.34ドル)となった。 トレーディング・エコノミクスによると、欧州の天然ガス価格は取引開始直後、6%以上急騰し、一時40ユーロ/MWhを大きく上回った。アジア市場では日中取引で最大11%の上昇を記録した。 こうした価格変動は、週末に中東情勢が緊迫化したことが背景にある。特に、イランがホルムズ海峡を一時的に再開し、その後再び封鎖したことが注目される。これらの動きは、米国がイランに対する封鎖措置を維持すると発表し、イランの貨物船を拿捕したことを確認したことを受けてのものだ。 イランはまた、ドナルド・トランプ米大統領が空爆再開の可能性を警告したにもかかわらず、第2回和平協議には参加しない意向を示した。 ここ数日、カタール産のLNGを積んだ複数のLNGタンカーが海峡に接近したと報じられたが、引き返すか沖合で待機を余儀なくされた。2月下旬の紛争激化以降、この地域からのLNG輸出は停止しており、事実上、世界のLNG供給量の約20%に相当する供給が市場から失われている。 地政学的な混乱にもかかわらず、欧州における価格上昇は部分的に抑制された。欧州は在庫を再構築する中で、LNG貨物をめぐってアジアと競争を続けているが、比較的低調なアジアの需要が欧州の供給圧力をいくらか緩和するのに役立っているとウォール・ストリート・ジャーナルは報じた。 冬に向けて貯蔵施設の再構築が進められている。 Gas Infrastructure Europeのデータによると、EUのガス貯蔵量は週末にかけて容量の30.20%まで上昇したが、昨年同時期の36.5%を下回っている。 Atmospheric G2の気象モデルによると、今週後半にはヨーロッパで一時的な寒波が発生する可能性があるものの、アナリストは長期的な寒波は予想していない。同グループは、主要な気象要因は5月上旬に弱まった後回復する見込みであり、長期的な寒波のリスクは限定的だと述べている。しかし、5月後半に気象パターンが乱れると、地域的な需要に影響を与える一時的な異常気象が発生する可能性は依然として残る。

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