Energy Archive » January, 2011

Energy - January, 2011

183 articles

• Entergy, NYPA Press DOE Over Nuclear Waste Contract
• Halliburton, Others May Have Fracked Illegally: Report
• Energy Group Of The Year: Baker Botts
• St. Paul Tries To Evade Texas Oil Spill Costs
• The Persistent Churn Of Law Firm CMOs
• Gibson Dunn Snags 5 Experts To Bolster Dallas Office
• HR Manager Hits Toshiba With Sex Bias Action
• Cleary Gottlieb Reps Alpha In $8.5B Massey Buy
• EPA Tentatively Upholds Bush-Era Gasification Rule
• Van Ness Feldman Brings Aboard USDA Senior Adviser
• Law360's Energy Groups Of The Year
• Litigation-Plagued Transocean Shuffles GCs
• Sens. Aim To Extend Fuel Contracts, Budget Process
• Insurers Sue Neb. Excavator Over Pipeline Defense
• DC Circ. Nixes El Paso Suit Over Uranium Cleanup
• Dewey & LeBoeuf Lures 2 Oil, Gas Partners From Baker
• W.Va.'s Manchin Gets Spot On Senate Energy Panel
• 5th Circ. Clears BP Traders Of Propane Antitrust Plot
• Minn. High Court Recharges Stray Voltage Suit
• Exxon, Rosneft To Explore Black Sea Shelf In $1B Deal
• EPA Sues 2 More Mining Cos. For Idaho Cleanup Costs
• Massey Unit Hit With Suit Over Tainted Water
• Aspen Exploration Owners Plead Guilty In $56M Fraud
• World Fuel Defendants Can't Duck Insider Trading Suit
• Morgan Lewis Boosts Latin American Energy Practice
• Export Controls Developments In 2011
• 1st Circ. Revives Enviro Suit Against Shell Licensee
• Ex-Pa. Gov. Rendell Returns To Ballard Spahr
• GOP Grills BP Spill Panel Leaders Over Reforms
• Icahn Extends Dynegy Offer, Seneca Loses Waiver Bid
• NM High Court Wants Emissions Rules On Books
• Obama Spotlights Trade, Energy In SOTU Agenda
• Insurer Sues Cascade Over Contaminated Ethanol
• Enviros, Indian Tribes Sue BLM Over Nev. Wind Farm
• Lieberman Tries Again To Protect ANWR From Drilling
• Hovensa To Spend $700M On New Pollution Controls
• House Panel Hits Obama On Regulatory Burden
• K&L Gates Adds Corporate, Energy Partners In London
• Texaco To Pay $1.7M For Ill. Superfund Cleanup
• USG Breached Trans-Western Oil Lease, Judge Rules
• Objections Slow Approval For Energy Leasing Rule
• Century Exploration Sues US Over Drilling Rules
• EPA Rebuffs Objections To Sulfur Dioxide Rule
• Twisting In The Wind: US-China Green Tech Trade
• BP Hit With RICO Action In Deepwater Horizon MDL
• Contractor Says No Bribery Found At Ghana Oil Field
• Judge Tosses Alaska Suit Over Arctic Drilling Ban
• Top Obama Climate Adviser To Leave White House
• US, Calif. Sync Auto Emissions Deadline
• Aera Energy Fights For Calif. Oil Leases In DC Circ.
• Fraud, Contract Claims Cut From Exxon Gas Leak Suit
• Ecuadoreans Submit Liability Evidence In Chevron Suit
• Alcoa Asks DC Circ. To Scrap FERC License Denial
• Ex-Innospec CEO Settles SEC Claims Over Iraq Bribery
• 3 Indicted Over Alleged Oil Shipping Kickbacks
• EPA Enforcement In 2011: No Penalty Left Behind
• Regent Pacific Bids $341M For Aussie Iron Ore Miner
• Ex-World Fuel Exec Settles SEC Insider Trading Suit
• ABQ Fails To Quash Subpoena In BP Royalty Suit
• Cadwalader Forms New Practice With McDermott Attys
• Kosmos Contractor May Face Bribery Allegations
• EPA OKs Ethanol Fuel For Older Vehicles
• Credit Suisse May Have Dealt In Bad Faith: NY Court
• The Rise Of 3rd-Party Litigation Funding
• Russia Probes Gazprom Unit's Diesel Price Hike
• EU High Court Nixes Repsol Appeal Of Cartel Fine
• Korean Antitrust Regulator Probes 4 Oil Refining Cos.
• Chevron Hit With Violation Notice Over Utah Oil Leak
• Massey Blast Caused By Dust, Faulty Equipment: Feds
• Judge Recommends Nixing Class Bids In TVA Ash Suits
• Latham Reps Sempra In $875M AEI Utilities Deal
• Pemex Spends $6.8M For Pipeline Explosion Damages
• Atty Accused Of Bribery Should Be Extradited: UK Court
• Pros And Cons Of Cloud Computing
• Enviro Group Sues Feds Over Drilling Near Denver
• US Can't Shake ARRA Energy Suit Over $2.3M Grant
• Iberdrola Snaps Up Brazil's Elektro For $2.4B
• Goldman Sachs Unit Hit With Contract Suit Over Oil
• FCPA Can't Save $149M Alcatel-Lucent RICO Suit
• Get Set For GHG Regulation In 2011
• Offshore Energy Agency Announces Formal Split
• Puerto Rican Plane Fuel Antitrust Suit Tossed
• Openness, Oversight Key To Carbon Markets: Report
• EU Postpones Emissions Review Until 2012
• Alaskan Natives Threaten DOI With Polar Bear Suit
• EU Seeks To Join Fight Over Chinese Wind Power Aid
• Judge Nixes Polymer Maker's $60M Antitrust Case
• NJ Wants Say In $850M FERC Pipeline Proceeding
• White House Embarks On Regulatory Overhaul
• US Can't Shake Suit Over Coal Mine Permitting
• Kirkland Reps Danaher In $685M Aerospace Unit Sale
• 11 Climate Change Issues For 2011
• Enviros Challenge Kan. Coal-Fired Power Plant
• Northeast Biofuels Creditors Fight For $1.5M
• SEC Blasts Hedge Fund Adviser Over $53M Self-Dealing
• FirstEnergy, Allegheny End Securities Suit Over Merger
• The EPA's Final Geologic Sequestration Rules
• Polish Antitrust Regulator Blocks $2.6B PGE-Energa Deal
• Ensco Suit Over Drilling Permit Delay Gets Green Light
• Buyer Can't Drop $15M Trico Boat Deal, Judge Says
• 1st Settlement Reached In Deepwater Horizon MDL
• Gibson Dunn Adds Corporate Partner in NYC
• Oracle Oil Coverage Spat Kicked Back To La. Court
• Energy Partners To Make $201M Shallow Gulf Oil Buy
• Enviros Threaten DOI With New Polar Bear Suit
• Ind. Power Co. To Pay $600M To Settle Pollution Suit
• EPA Revokes Arch W.Va. Coal Mine Permit Over Waste
• Conn. V. AEP Could Open Litigation Floodgates
• 2nd Circ. Orders Release Of Chevron Ecuador Footage
• Weil Reps GE In $520M Deal For Power Conversion Co.
• German Antitrust Group Says Power Market Vulnerable
• US Eyes Tougher Penalties For Offshore Drilling
• CFTC Adopts Proposed Position Limit Rule
• Wiley Rein, Patton Boggs Attys Join House Staff
• DC Circ. Allows EPA Takeover Of Texas Air Program
• GAO Boots Protest Of $10M Fuel Services Contract
• Buchanan Adds Ryan Russell Attys To Energy Team
• UK To Beef Up Offshore Drilling Oversight
• EPA Targets Ameren Over Power Plant Upgrades
• EPA To Stall Biomass Regulation For 3 Years
• Centrica Can't Shake Antitrust Limits On Gas Facility
• Bills Take Aim At Minn. Ban On New Nuclear Plants
• New Incentives For Nigerian Power Projects
• Senators Prod CFTC To Tighten Energy Position Limits
• House Rep. Proposes Ban On New Offshore Drilling
• ConEd Settles $4M Fee Battle Over 9/11 Repairs
• GE Nabs Remote Energy In Push To Meet EU Standards
• Italy OKs Power Cos.' Antitrust Commitments
• US Chamber Vows To Help Roll Back GHG Regulations
• Deepwater Horizon Panel Calls For Regulatory Overhaul
• NJ Lawmakers OK Subsidy Program For Power Plants
• Ameren, Insurer Must Resolve Battle Outside Court
• What 2011 Holds For The EPA's OCSPP
• Skadden Reps China's Bluestar In $2B Elkem Purchase
• McCain, Barrasso Back Brazil In Ethanol Tariff Fight
• Arch Coal, Mont. Board Fail To Shake Coal Lease Suits
• Feds Score 5th Circ. Win In Texas Drilling Case
• WildEarth, EPA Settle Suit Over Xcel Plants
• DC Circ. Affirms FERC Approval Of REX Gas Pipeline
• High Court Won't Hear 'Me Too' Evidence Case
• GE, UnionBanCal Unit Pick Up Calif. Wind Farm
• Wachtell, Hunton Rep Duke, Progress In $26B Merger
• High Court To Take Up Halliburton Fraud Case
• Ex-Army Sergeant Gets 7.5 Years For Taking Bribes
• CFTC Preps Vote On Derivative Swaps Position Limits
• EPA Asks Court For Control Of Texas GHG Permits
• Dutch Court Awards Yukos $1.2B In Refinery Proceeds
• EPA Set To Nix Proposed Montana Air Rule Changes
• What Did You Know, When Did You Know It?
• New Bill Would Strip Polar Bears' Protected Status
• Kan. Gas Wells Shut Down Over Condemnation Suit
• Verenium Beats $3.8M Stock Conversion Suit
• Report Fingers BP, Halliburton, Transocean For Oil Spill
• BP, Others Fight Off Class Cert. In Radiation Suit
• House Lawmakers Urge DOI To Back Off Fracking Rules
• Vinson Reps Pioneer In $866M Tunisia Oil Deal
• Ex-Westar Exec Loses Bid To Clear Record
• Sierra Club Sues Over Calif. Solar Power Plant
• AEP V. Conn.: Supreme Court Tackles Global Warming
• UK Regulator Hits National Grid With $12.4M Fine
• DC Circ. Nixes FERC Fees For PacifiCorp, Others
• 10th Circ. Nixes $100M Pipeline Antitrust Suit
• Texas To Accept Nuclear Waste From 36 States
• US Exempts Security Systems From Energy Standards
• Danica Named Lead Plaintiff In Transocean Suit
• Massey To Close Ky. Mine Over Safety Issues
• Sierra Club Hits Maple Coal With $14M Selenium Suit
• DC Circ. Upholds Enogex-Midcontinent Pipeline Lease
• 5th Circ. Revives Claims Over Miss. River Oil Spill
• EPA Board Yanks Shell's Arctic CAA Permits
• Switzerland Probes Swisscom Fiber-Optic Network Plans
• Feds Flag PG&E Safety Records After Pipeline Blast
• Marcellus Shale: Will Pa. Impose A Severance Tax?
• BP Loses Bid To Depose Oil Spill Witnesses In Texas
• US Moves To Let Shell, Others Resume Drilling
• PG&E, Others Need Gas Pipe Records Review: NTSB
• Judge Hands Feds Win In W.Va. Mining Rules Dispute
• Eaton's Trade Secrets Suit Nixed Over Atty Misconduct
• Gasco Settles Pollution Suit Over Utah Gas Facility
• Alcoa, Ford, Others To Pay $14M For Ind. Cleanup
• Redefining 'Facility' In GHG Reporting
• Dover To Acquire Oil Pump Maker For $402.5M
• Union Pacific Sues Shell Over Site Cleanup