Crude could soar to $140 a barrel if a Russian price cap isn’t implemented, a Treasury official told Reuters
The global price of oil could jump by about 40% to $140 per barrel if a proposed price cap on Russian crude is not imposed, a senior US Treasury official told Reuters on Tuesday.
The warning comes as Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen started a trip to Asia on Tuesday to win support for the price-cap proposal. She plans to hold talks on the issue with Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki. She is also expected to broach the subject during meetings with G20 finance ministers in Indonesia and during a stop in South Korea.
An unnamed Treasury Department official also told Reuters that Washington has proposed an exception to the ban on maritime insurance for imports of Russian crude that is priced below the cap to prevent millions of barrels from being stranded.