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Energy - June, 2010

225 articles

• FTC Requires Divestitures For $2B Flying J Deal
• Shoddy Gas Well Casings A Single Occurence: Court
• Sens. Push For Fix Of Maritime Liability Laws
• Senate Panel Votes To Get Rid Of Spill Liability Cap
• BP Spill Claims Processing Prompts Collusion Suit
• BP Fined $5.2M For Misreporting Gas Royalties
• Ranchers Settle Case Over Oil Co.'s Saltwater Spills
• Lawmakers Unveil Major Mine Safety Overhaul
• NRC Rules Against US Bid To Drop Yucca Project
• Oil Spill Could Spur Climate Change Legislation
• Sokol Claims Pared In Suit Over Kazakhstan Oil Fields
• Consol, EQT Slapped With Gas Royalty Actions
• Emerson Ups Chloride Offer To $1.5B In Bidding War
• Ameren Sues Insurer For $30M Over Taum Sauk Breach
• Transmission Lines, Reliability Standards & Preemption
• Mont. Tries To Kill Flying J Enviro Liability Releases
• Genesis To Buy Chinese Methane Play For $350M
• BP Hit With ERISA Suit Over Gulf Oil Spill
• Massey Says MSHA Blast Probe Order Ties Its Hands
• Exxon To Pay $3M To Settle Mass. Emissions Suit
• Columbia Sues To Get AmeriGas Propane Suit In Del.
• Virginia Natural Gas To Pay $15M For Pipeline Repairs
• US Agencies Probe Weatherford's Foreign Dealings
• Technip To Pay $338M To End DOJ, SEC Bribery Cases
• DOI Asks 5th Circ. To Keep Drilling Ban In Place
• Baker Botts Advises Noble In $2B Frontier Acquisition
• Bill Seeks Info On Oil Co. Payments To Corrupt Nations
• Coverage Issues After The Oil Stops Flowing
• Insurers Sue Over Machinery Lost In Utah Mine Collapse
• Ark. Plant To Sell Electricity Despite Permit Rejection
• La. Agency Seeks $545M In Entergy Katrina Suit
• Dominion Faces $11M Suit Over Power Plant Emissions
• Anadarko Faces Investor Class Action Over Gulf Spill
• Masana Settles S. Africa Bitumen Price-Fixing Case
• The 'But For' Test — A Fiction That Needs To Go
• Local Response To Oil Spill Could Use Boost: Panel
• La. Wants BP To Cough Up $35M, Lost Property Taxes
• ETP Off Hook For Natural Gas Price-Fixing Claims
• Baker Botts Reps Reliance In $1.3B Pioneer Gas Deal
• Insurers' Compliance With Iranian Investments
• Gulf Drilling To Continue While US Appeals Nixed Ban
• Texas Tax Steward Fights Flying J's Nondebtor Plan
• 'Cosmetic Changes' Won't Fix MMS, Salazar Says
• Report Says MSHA Overlooked Dangerous Mines
• NY Pension Fund Seeks Lead In BP Securities Actions
• SEC Goes After Assets Of Oilman In $17M Fraud Case
• Dutch Court Nixes Energy Antitrust Law
• Sonnenschein Nabs Energy Bigwigs For NYC, DC
• House Panel To Subpoena BP Over Spill Payouts
• Senate Readies Bill To Fix Drilling Safety, Oversight
• Massey Units Sue MSHA Over Mine Ventilation Plans
• Hydrokinetic Power And The Renewable Energy Race
• Unfazed By Judge, Salazar Vows New Drilling Ban
• DOI Closes Loophole For Well Blowout, Spill Plan
• Venue Up In The Air After BP Spill Litigants' MDL Bid
• Russia To Probe Gazprom Units Over Antitrust Claims
• MMS Rechristened With Fried Frank Partner At Helm
• Shell Unit Escapes Action Over Nigeria Oil Violence
• DOI's Deepwater Drilling Ban Deep-Sixed
• Proskauer Fee Bid Challenged In Power Co.'s Ch. 11
• Enviros Sue BLM To Block Oil Leases In Utah Forest
• Australia Launches Probe Into US Biodiesel Imports
• Exxon Hit With $11M Suit Over Massive Gas Leak
• Energy Cos.: The New Target Of Nuisance Actions
• Lawmakers Reach Agreement On Iran Sanctions Bill
• Lenders Lead Hawkeye Renewables Out Of Ch. 11
• Texas Co-Op Off The Hook In Fla. Insurance Spat
• Land Agency Right To Skip Drilling Review: 10th Circ.
• Energy Cos. Fear Worst From Financial Reform Bill
• EPA Accused Of Slow-Walking Ethanol Cap Decision
• White & Case Reps Acergy In $2.5B Subsea 7 Merger
• Anadarko Says Drill Freeze Should End Rig Contract
• Supreme Court Rebuffs Shell Price-Fixing Case
• Shifting The Center Of Reliability Power
• Sierra Club Targets Patriot Units Over Selenium Waste
• Massey Unit Appeals $10.5M Bayer Award In Coal Spat
• Anadarko Lashes Out At Well Partner BP Over Spill
• Work At Reopened Ariz. Uranium Mine Stays On Track
• Va. Landowners Sue Consol Over Coalbed Methane
• Enviros Hit BP, Transocean With $19B CWA Suit
• Senate To Vote On 2-Year Delay On EPA's GHG Rules
• Army Halts Mountaintop Coal Mine Permit In Appalachia
• Sierra Club Fights To Block Miss. Power Plant
• Enviros Push EPA On Coal Mine Emissions Limits
• 5th Circ. Throws Out Green Group's Wind Farm Suit
• Tapping The Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund
• 4th Circ. Strikes Down Va. City Ethanol Transport Rule
• The Attack On State RPS Requirements
• Lawmakers Grill MMS Head Over Post-Spill Reforms
• Calif. Carbon Emissions Cap Suits Survive
• Dispersant Maker Sued Over Gulf Spill Response
• Exco To Buy Southwestern Shale Assets For $355M
• BP's Hayward Clams Up Before Angry Lawmakers
• Hogan Lovells Energy Chair Joins King & Spalding
• Citgo Onshore Oil Spill Could Cost It $2B In Penalties
• Morgan Stanley Loses $3.4M Gas Contract Spat
• Class Cert. Granted In BP Gas Royalty Dispute
• Trident Resources' Plan Gets OK, Cuts $790M In Debt
• Yet More Claims Cut In Exxon RCRA Cleanup Suit
• Oil Spill Defendants Bring On Major Firms
• 9/11 Special Master Feinberg To Oversee $20B BP Fund
• Energy In Indian Country: A Generational Opportunity
• Patriot Coal Mine On The Hook For Selenium Waste
• BP To Set Up $20B Escrow Fund For Spill Claims
• Bayer Aims To Cork Mention Of BP Spill In Rice MDL
• DOI Asked To Nix NEPA Exclusions For Offshore Oil
• Obama Lays Out 'Battle Plan' For BP Spill
• Planned NM Mine Not On Indian Land: 10th Circ.
• Fried Frank Partner Picked To Head Up MMS Overhaul
• US Officials Call For Study Of BP Spill Health Impacts
• Uranium Bill May Hurt Domestic Industry: DOE
• Texas Fights EPA Rejection Of Pollution Permit Program
• Obama Names BP Oil Spill Investigation Panel
• Sunoco To Pay Up Over Pa. Benzene Release
• Legacy Oil To Snap Up CanEra For $488M
• US Heightens Scrutiny Of Gulf Seafood Amid BP Spill
• Trilliant Settles IntusIQ, Sipco Wireless Mesh IP Suits
• Dems Blast BP Rig Shortcuts, Call For $20B Spill Fund
• Medical Monitoring: BP's Next Legal Headache
• Tenn. Slaps TVA With $11.5M Fine Over 2008 Ash Spill
• Nigerians Cry Foul Over Chevron Win In Standoff Trial
• Liquidity Crisis Puts Trico Marine On Bankruptcy Brink
• Chevron To Pay Up Over NM Air Pollution Claims
• La. AG Gets Green Light To Probe BP
• Luminant Wins Again Against Alcoa In Mine Spat
• Allen & Overy Reps Dana In €328M Petro Canada Buy
• Finding Criminal Liability When The Smoke Clears ...
• Transocean, DOJ Resolve Battle Over Liability Limitation
• Mass. Nixes State-Based Clean Energy Contracts Rule
• 'Work' Exclusion Upheld In Suit Over Reactor Shutdown
• House Leader Demands BP Spill Worker Risk Eval
• Judge Sinks Class In Suit Over Superior Offshore IPO
• Massey Strikes Back In War Of Words With MSHA
• Foley Signs On Nixon Peabody Energy, Finance Pro
• Congress OKs Bill To Pay Oil Spill Claims Up To $100M
• The Biggest Obstacle To CCS: Congress?
• Texas Jury Gives $82.5M To Family Over Plant Blast
• BP Spill Could Spark Cancer Nightmare For Gulf
• Transocean Settles $21M Hurricane Rita Rig Crash Suit
• Senate Rejects Bid To Block EPA Emissions Rules
• EU Seeks To Certify, Standardize Biofuels
• Adding Clarity To 503(b)(9) Claims For Utilities
• Sierra Club Fights To Nix Va. Permit For Mountain Mine
• House Approves Electric Grid Security Upgrade
• Marathon Hit With Class Action Over Gas Royalties
• La. Lawmakers Push DOI To Reopen Gulf To Drilling
• Dems Plot To Keep Cap-And-Trade Alive
• No Antitrust Barriers To BP Spill Cooperation, FTC Says
• La. Official Says BP Wanted To Limit Oil's Visibility
• 2nd Circ. Won't Give Chevron Ecuador Footage
• Prop. 65 Claim Nixed In Kinder Morgan Fuel Plume Suit
• Oil Cos. Lose Bid To Toss $4M Waste Cleanup Suit
• EPA Drops $7M Frontier Refining Fine To $900K
• Minn. Appeals Court Allows Power Line Projects
• Uncertainty Over GHG Rules May Fuel Noncompliance
• Pacific Ethanol Units To Escape Bankruptcy
• BNSF, Union Pacific To Show Docs In Freight Fuel MDL
• Sierra Club Sues Over Wis. Power Plant Emissions
• EPA Won't Force Small Businesses To Cut Emissions
• Senate Mulls Lifting Caps On Oil Damages
• Pelosi Calls For House Oil Spill Response By 4th Of July
• Pipeline Co. Loses Bid To Toss EEOC Race Bias Suit
• Salazar Defends Drilling Moratorium
• Building Or Buying A Biofuel Plant? Think PSM
• La. Mulls Contingency Attys To Help With Spill Suits
• 2nd Circ. Mulls Chevron's Demand For Film Footage
• White House Threatens To Veto Senate GHG Move
• BP-Conoco Denali Pipeline Granted Open Season
• EPA Slams Xcel For Refusing Doc Requests
• EPA, Sierra Club Settle Wis. Power Station Permit Spat
• Hunton Energy Vet Heads To Williams Mullen
• Senators Weigh Higher Limits On Oil Spill Liability
• Town Takes Cleanup Beef With Exxon, CBS To 7th Circ.
• PPI, AIG Unit Settle Part Of Oil Facility Cleanup Suit
• Oil Co. Trustee's Fraud Suit Against CIBC Survives
• Top 10 Do's & Don'ts Of Environmental Crisis Response
• DOL Wants To Speed Up Peabody Mine Proceedings
• WilmerHale Atty Drops Schlumberger Post Over BP Ties
• Santa Fuel, Buckley Energy End MTBE Fights
• NM High Court Greenlights Proceedings For GHG Cap
• CMS Unit Back On Hook In Gas Price-Fixing Case
• Alliant Shortchanged Pension Plan Participants: Judge
• Gulf Fishermen, Others Still Waiting On Checks From BP
• New Class Pushes Gas Royalty Claims Against XTO
• Morgan Stanley Fights To Retrieve $3.4M Gas Payment
• Jury Sides With Luminant In Alcoa Power Dispute
• The Art Of Client Alerts And Bulletins
• US Told To Pay SCE $142M Over Nuclear Waste Delays
• La. Judge Sells Oil Co. Bonds To Avoid Recusal
• Shell To Close Down Montreal Oil Refinery
• Calif. Shoots Down Centralized Power Auction Plans
• Insurers Sue TransCanada To Avoid $70M Turbine Tab
• Paul Weiss Counsels Wellspring In $122M Omni Deal
• Building And Marketing A Climate Change Practice
• DC Circ. Won't Rehear Calif. Emissions Challenge
• Clean-Tech Innovation Strong Despite Economy: Study
• Enviro Group Hits BP With CWA Suit Over Spill
• Shell Fights For Drawbacks On '90s Oil Imports
• EPA Tightens Standard On Sulfur Dioxide Emissions
• Calif. Franchises' Suit Against ConocoPhillips Nixed
• 3rd Circ. Hands 'Exide' Mark To Rival EnerSys
• $10.5M Arbitration Award For Bayer Stands In Coal Suit
• Setting The Table To Settle The GHG Debate
• No BP Investor Payouts Until Spill Tab Is Known: Sens.
• 5th Circ. Remands Halliburton Oil Rig Accident Case
• Transocean Can't Cap Spill Liability At $27M: US
• Marathon Seeks Contempt Order In Asphalt Spill Case
• Mirant Seeks To Nix Md. County Carbon Emissions Tax
• BP Loses Fuel Tariff Challenge
• Allen & Overy Draws Herbert Smith Energy M&A Attys
• An Introduction To Cellulosic Biofuel Waiver Credits
• EU Probes Areva, Siemens Noncompete Clauses
• Consol To Pay $75M To Settle Suit Over Va. Mine
• Eyeing Emergence, Flying J Files Updated Ch. 11 Plan
• Global Warming Case Tossed Over Lack Of Quorum
• The FCC's New Proposals For Pole Attachments
• Ex-US Atty Heads To Holland & Hart Energy Group
• Kansas Classes Certified In Hot Fuel MDL
• DOJ Probing BP Spill For Criminal Violations
• Texaco, Unocal Severed From Suit Over Calif. Cleanup
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Wackenhut Guards' Arming Up Suit
• State Court Must Rule On Gas Tax Dispute: High Court
• NEGI To Settle Derivative Suit Over Asset Sale For $9M
• Atmos Energy Wants Coverage For Gas Blast Suits
• Calif. Utilities Win Bid To Pursue $35M Crisis Claims