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Project Finance - January, 2013

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• Texas Energy Agency Chief Advocates Keystone XL, Fracking
• WTC Development Board Releases $1M For Arts Center
• Judge Tosses Challenge To Blocked Ore. Wind Farm Deal
• Arise Windpower To Set Up Shop On Scottish Estate
• Sens. Seek Special LNG Export Treatment For US Allies
• AngloGold Project Price Up 11% As Labor, Fuel Costs Rise
• Judge Sinks Wash. Tribe's Bid To Block Submarine Wharf
• Chesapeake CEO McClendon Resigning Amid Board Tensions
• Norton Rose Adds Ex-Baker & McKenzie Energy Pro In Beijing
• Arkansas To Host $1.1B Steel Mill 'Superproject'
• ConocoPhillips' Kazakh Venture Sale Marks Caspian Exit
• NJ Turnpike Authority Eyes $1.4B Bond For Roadwork
• Terna Wants Fight Over Obama-Blocked Wind Farm Deal In NY
• NJ To Proceed With $350M Manahawkin Bay Causeway Project
• MBIA Sues Texas Sports Authority To Cover $1B In Bonds
• Kinder Morgan Strikes $5B Deal For Copano Energy
• NJ Sen. Seeks Monitors For Post-Sandy Billions
• Obama Signs $50.5B Sandy Aid Bill: Report
• Civil Rights Claim Nixed In $1.7B Milwaukee Highway Row
• Texas Agency Gives Nod To Contentious Coal Mine
• Gazprom Tacks $17B Onto Black Sea Pipeline's Price Tag
• Patton Boggs Adds Project Finance Partner In Middle East
• Tenaska Signs On For 800-MW Natural Gas Plant In Texas
• 3 Bingham Energy Partners Join Orrick In New York
• US Transportation Chief LaHood Announces Departure
• Chinese Co. Wants Wind Farm Deal Voided After Obama Block
• Texas Gov. Calls For $3.7B To Fund Water, Road Projects
• Anglo American Latest To Take Mining Write-Down
• Noble, Mariner Settle Williams' $25M Pipeline Damage Claim
• PTC Extension: The 2013 Wind Challenge
• Court Backs Calif. Plan For Carbon Offset Credits
• Senate Vote Finally Puts $60B Total Sandy Aid On Track
• DOE Says Sierra Club Can't Block Cheniere LNG Project
• Shell, Kinder Morgan Team Up On LNG Exports
• Encouraging Signs For Leveraged Loans In 2013
• Public Finance Pro Joins Edwards Wildman In DC
• TransCanada, Enviros Agree To Curb Keystone Protests
• UK Releases Plans For $51B High-Speed Rail Project
• Icahn, Transocean's New Top Investor, Pushes For Dividend
• Manufacturers Press DOE On 'Flawed' LNG Study
• Shell To Help Ukraine Tap Shale Gas Reserves
• Pa. Landowners' Oil, Gas Royalties Class Action Cut Down
• Senate Dems Push For Ambitious Infrastructure Overhaul
• Pa. Can't Shake Enviro Group's Suit Over Fracking Law
• Xstrata Projects $5.2B Cost For Peru Copper Mine
• Winston & Strawn Adds Europe Project Finance Pro In London
• Jackson Partners, Energy Co. MEG End Ownership Stake Row
• Taxable COD Income Now More Likely In Restructurings
• Obama's Climate Change Plans Will Have To Bypass Congress
• NJ Senate Panel Clears Project Labor Agreements Bill
• Southern Co. Unit Resolves Rate Hike Row Over $3B Plant
• Fla. House Bill Pushes Oil Exploration In State Forest
• Calif. Fracking Permits Flout Enviro Regs, Suit Says
• Jones Day Brings In Power Player From Grupo Mexico
• First Quantum Blasts Inmet For Spurning $5.2B Takeover Bid
• SD High Court Backs Air Quality Permit For $10B Refinery
• Boralex Closes Financing For $56M French Wind Project
• Project Finance Group Of The Year: White & Case
• Half Of Dodd-Frank Rules Remain Unfinished, GAO Finds
• JBIC Lends Inpex $231M For Kashagan Oil Project
• Financial Backer Drops $3B Power Plant Amid Permit Row
• Blackstone Forms Energy Co. With Ex-Iberdrola Team
• Sens. Urge Swift Keystone Pipeline Approval
• BTG, Deep Sea Supply Launch $852M Oil Support Ship JV
• Dallas' Inaction On Fracking Regs Driving Away Drillers
• Columbia Gas Defends $657M Infrastructure Improvement Plan
• Latin America Finance Expert Joins Chadbourne In NY
• Philly, US Airways OK Airport Lease Extension, $734M Reno
• BLM Flubbed Analysis Of Gasco Natural Gas Project, Suit Says
• Bankrupt ATP Seeks To Unload Its Deepwater Properties
• Montana Regulator Skirts Suit Over Coal Mining Permitting
• Total, BP Buy Into Euro Pipeline As Export Decision Nears
• Project Finance Group Of The Year: Orrick
• Petronas, BASF Scrap Part Of €1B Chem Plants Initiative
• Nebraska Gov. OKs New Keystone Pipeline Route
• $15B CNOOC-Nexen Deal Gets Chinese Approvals
• House Panel OKs Hydropower Bill Targeting FERC Red Tape
• Cuomo's $137B NY Budget Bakes In Minimum Wage Hike
• Chinese Bank Grants $650M Loan To S. African Platinum Co.
• Inmet Urges Investors To Reject $5.2B First Quantum Bid
• Finally Ready To Drill: NY Shale Development — Part 1
• CEQA Suits May Be Minimal, But Delays Remain A Concern
• Unlikely Alliance Threatens LNG Export Projects
• Czech Gov't Sets Parameters For $10B Nuclear Expansion
• Judge Rejects Xcel's Bid To Recover $16M For Smart Grid
• DOI Carves Out More Federal Land For Solar, Wind Growth
• Interior Delays Much-Disputed Fracking Disclosure Rule
• Fla. Gov. Promises $13M For Fort Lauderdale Port Upgrade
• Azerbaijan Locks In Legal Framework For $7B Pipeline
• Chesapeake Can't Nix BP's $22M Claim Over Wells Buy
• Project Finance Group of the Year: Nossaman
• Sens. Back Dodd-Frank Mineral Disclosure Rule In DC Circ.
• Project Finance Group Of The Year: Morrison & Foerster
• Texas Rep. Wants Oil, Gas Taxes To Pay For Shale Play Roads
• Rio Tinto's $14B Loss Is No Gold Mine For Shareholder Attys
• Solazyme JV Scores $120M Loan For Brazilian Oil Project
• Aussie Firm Opens In Singapore With Ex-Clifford Chance Atty
• Tribe Teams Up With Fla. Construction Co. To Launch JV
• NJ Enviros Want Renewed Push For Fracking Waste Ban
• BrightSource Suspends 500-MW Rio Mesa Solar Project
• FERC Proposes To Speed Solar Projects, Change Hydro Rent
• NJ Panel Passes Transportation Infrastructure Measure
• Sens. Question Validity Of EPA Fracking Pollution Study
• Future Of Projects Under Revised Air Quality Standards
• Rio Tinto CEO Resigns On $14B Write-Down
• DOI Chief's Exit Stirs Hopes For Drill-Friendly Successor
• Houston Leaders Assail Drainage Fee As Discriminatory
• Project Finance Group Of The Year: Hogan Lovells
• NY Inked $256M In Sandy Repair Contracts, Comptroller Says
• High Court Mulls Limits Of US Agency Powers In FCC Row
• Enterprise's Texas Express Pipeline Clears Easement Hurdle
• Lowe's, Others Back Sungevity In $125M Funding Round
• Enviros Ask FERC To Reassess Impact Of Dominion Pipeline
• UGI, Tenaska Announce Joint Marcellus Shale Development Bid
• Mitsubishi Puts Up $765M For Piece Of Offshore Wind Effort
• Oil And Gas — Seeking The Hand Of Private Equity
• Chevron Acquires New Offshore China Acreage From CNOOC
• Salazar To Leave Interior Department In March
• Texas Grid Operator Should Up Capacity, Watchdog Says
• GOP Bill Seeks To Slash Energy Tax Credits
• BLM Ignored Fracking Risks In Calif. Lease, Enviros Say
• Enviro Chief Must Testify In Pa. Gas Plant Appeal
• Norton Rose Adds Infrastructure, Finance Team In Bogota
• British Gov't Won't Call For Arctic Oil-Drilling Halt
• Pa. DEP Rescinds Fracking Water Byproduct Permit
• NJ Bill Would Revamp Economic Development Tax Incentives
• Idemitsu-Led Group To Build $9B Refinery In Vietnam
• 1st Leg Of Google-Backed Wind Transmission Line Goes To NJ
• ConocoPhillips Gets $1B For Cedar Creek Assets
• Preserving The Economic Stability Of An Energy Project
• Noble, Mariner Take On $25M Pipeline-Damage Claim
• TAQA Buys Stake In 100-MW Indian Hydroelectric Project
• Fla. Gov. Earmarks $36M For Port Navigation Fix
• Edwards Wildman Nabs Public Finance Partner From Cozen
• FERC Won't Revisit $400M Gas Pipeline Upgrade Approval
• Interior Urges Wildlife Protection In Oregon LNG Project
• Supreme Court Turns Down Tycoon's Tar Sands Rights Suit
• Apollo, NRI Launch $300M Coal-Mining Partnership
• Los Angeles Greenlights New Solar Buyback Program
• Texas Bill Would Expand Buyback Right After Eminent Domain
• Saudi-Backed Funds Buy Into ACWA Power
• PE-Backed French Solar Plant Gets €80M From German Banks
• Kinder Morgan Drops $170M On Houston Terminal Expansions
• Enviros Can't Stop NextEra Wind Project With Road Dispute
• Pa. Bill Would Require Fracking Chemical Disclosure To Docs
• First Quantum Accuses Inmet Of Trying To Thwart $5.2B Deal
• Enviros Lose Bid To Block Navy's $715M Nuclear Wharf
• GHG Regulation: Canada Vs. US
• Kan. High Court Backs $33M Anadarko Gas Royalty Deal
• Alaska Gov. Pushes FERC To Speed Review Of Hydro Project
• Intervale Adds Aegis Chemical To Oil Field Services Portfolio
• Saul Ewing Lands K&L Gates Energy Vet In Pittsburgh
• China Ex-Im Can't Get Grenada's US Funds, 2nd Circ. Told
• Green Groups Take NJ Pipeline Battle To DC Circ.
• EPA Slaps Air Pollution Violations On Shell Arctic Rigs
• Kinder Morgan Pours $1.3B Into Pipeline As Shippers Sign On
• World Bank Member Backs Ivory Coast Gas Field Expansion
• Patton Boggs Faults Energy Execs In $1.3M Malpractice Suit
• Texas Lawmaker Requests $2B Fund To Pay For Water Projects
• Dem Says Taxes May Have Spurred Shell To Move Oil Rig
• EPA Wants More Public Input On Fracking Pollution Report
• EIB Grants €500M Loan To Offshore German Wind Project
• Gas Cos. Near Deal For Half Of $10.3B Nabucco Pipeline
• Jones Day Helps Rangeland Secure $200M Equity Commitment
• NY Town Leaders Lament Lack Of Input In Fracking Process
• Noble Agrees To Support Aspire's $1.7B Coal Project
• Pa. House Dems Push Transit Investment To Fix Funding Gap
• The Answer To CFIUS Authority Is Blowing In The Wind
• Con Ed Owes Taxes On Gas-Fired Plant Deal, Fed. Circ. Says
• Gazprom, Novatek Sign Deal On LNG Joint Venture
• Senate Energy Chairman Rips DOE LNG Export Study
• Conservation Group Challenges $26B Duke-Progress Merger
• France Looks To Build 1 GW Of New Offshore Wind Power
• Despite Costs, New Colo. Fracking Regs Won't Curb Drilling
• Google Invests $200M In 161-MW Texas Wind Project
• Challenge To DOI's Million-Acre Mining Bar Gets Green Light
• Cuomo Mum On Fracking In Sweeping NY Policy Speech
• Mitsui Buys Half Of $400M Mexico Wind Farm From EDF Unit
• NY Market At Risk From Reliability Deal, Power Group Says
• Va. Panel OKs Funds, RE Tax Hike For $3.1B Transit Project
• TransCanada Tapped For $5B LNG Pipeline Project
• UAE Energy Co. Grabs 50% Stake In Minn. Wind Farm
• First Quantum Files Unsolicited $5.2B Inmet Takeover Offer
• After Rig Accident, Feds To Review Shell Drilling Program
• Baker Botts Attys May Take Stand In $126M Oil Lease Trial
• Energy Cos. Urge FERC To Revise Data Sharing Rule
• Crestwood Puts Up $258M To Take Control Of Marcellus JV
• Thompson & Knight Can't Shake Malpractice Judgment
• Stalled Uranium Project Budges As Va. Moves To Undo Ban
• Christie Stresses Bipartisanship In NJ Post-Sandy Rebuild
• Statoil Touts $10.2B Norway Arctic Gas Projects
• Kinder Morgan Unit Sues Over Pa. Enviro Pipeline Challenge
• NY Fracking Regulation Process Riles Detractors
• KKR To Invest Another $40M In Chinese Wastewater Processor
• GDF Suez, Sumitomo Land Kuwaiti Power Project Contract
• DLA Piper Lures China Oil Ace, 4 More From King & Wood
• FTA Injects $135M Into Sacramento Light Rail Project
• JPMorgan Unit Can't Block Calif. Power Project, FERC Says
• Settlement Paves Way For $2.6B Ohio River Bridge Project
• High Court Won't Revive $500M RICO Case Against Freshfields
• Key Energy Tax Provisions In Fiscal Cliff Legislation
• Lawmakers Call For Probe Of Coal Export Royalty Payments
• Goldgroup Slapped With $14M Suit Over Mexico Gold Mine
• 1st Circ. Slams Enviros' Bid To Halt NH Nuclear Permit
• Carlsbad Desalination Plant Nails Down $1B In Financing
• NJ Utilities Board Rips PJM's Proposed Price Control Changes
• Sierra Club Loses Bid To Halt Dominion Md. LNG Project
• The Extent Of The Temporary Fiscal Cliff Solution
• Jackson Walker Reps NuStar In $115M Texas Refinery Sale
• Exxon Greenlights $14B Hebron Offshore Project In Canada
• Keystone XL Plan Still Crosses Vital Aquifer, Neb. Says
• Swedish PE Firm Snaps Up $267M-A-Year Oil Field Servicer
• Repsol Can't Sue YPF Partners After Takeover, Bridas Says
• SEC, Gold Mining Co. Settle Suit Over Alleged $16M Fraud
• Chile's High Court OKs Terpel Asset Sale To Quinenco
• Dems, Enviros Press For Probe Of Shell Rig's Grounding
• EDF Closes Financing For 2 US Green-Energy Projects
• Turkey, UAE Power Giants Team Up On $12B Energy Project
• Leaked NY Report Finds Fracking Doesn't Pose Health Risk
• Kumpulan Gets Concession For $2.3B Malaysian Road Project
• States, Enviros Accuse NRC Of Rushing Waste Storage Study
• Renewable Energy On The Rise In Calif.
• SEC Rips Challenge To Energy Disclosure Rule In DC Circ.
• House Oversight Committee To Tackle Energy Policy
• Cliff Deal Saves Wind Credit, Boosting Projects Beyond 2013
• Miners Urge High Court To Review Eldorado Forest Road Rules
• House To Take Up Sandy Aid After NY, NJ Pols Express Fury
• Release Bars $4M Award In Energy JV, Texas Court Says
• MidAmerican Solar To Pay Up To $2.5B For SunPower Complex
• Neb. Gov. Can't Shake Landowners' Keystone Law Challenge
• Iberdrola Reaps $531M In Wind Farm Sale To GE-Led Group
• DC Circ. Asked To Sink Offshore Lease Program Challenge
• Niche Is Name Of The Game For Project Finance In 2013
• Law360 Selects Top Practice Groups Of The Year