Utility Industry Stories We're Tracking - March 19, 2025

Mid-week check in for some utility and energy stories, with a global focus!

Theme 1: Oil and Gas outlook

Oil Titans Uneasy Over Tariffs and Crude Prices Meet with Trump [Paywall, Bloomberg]

Russian oil cargo transferred from sanctioned tankers discharged into China, data shows [Paywall, Reuters]

EIA forecasts Alaska crude oil production will grow in 2026 for the first time since 2017

Will Chris Wright Recommit the U.S. to Fighting Global Energy Poverty… Or Just Talk About It?

Tariffs, slumping prices set table for Trump’s oil summit

Theme 2: Invasion of Ukraine and Energy

Three years into the Ukraine war, is Europe’s energy system cleaner?

A ceasefire in name only

Theme 3: Economic side of the nuclear renaissance

Canada Pours Nearly $450M into New Nuclear Subsidies

Indiana utilities want ratepayers to fork out for small nuclear reactors