A Biden administration source said such conversations with service providers about their requirements have been constant during the implementation of the caps.
The price cap bans Western companies from providing services such as transportation, insurance and financing for the oil sold above the cap.
Treasury uses a monthly average of prices to calculate the Urals price, which means it may be a while before the Russian oil price can be considered over the cap.
'POLICY PICKLE'The administration, however, is set to move slowly, wary of creating ripples in a market that could send rising global oil prices higher.
"But there won't likely be a dramatic change unless oil prices stay high for a while."
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Biden, We’ve, Joe Biden, Wally Adeyemo, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Adeyemo, Ben Cahill, Cahill, Timothy Gardner, Marguerita Choy
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