Energy Archive » July, 2011

Energy - July, 2011

202 articles

• Creditors Can't Block Dynegy's $1.7B Refinancing Plan
• Wash., SC Sue NRC To Force Yucca Nuclear Decision
• CPUC Moves To Protect Consumer Electricity Data
• A Bird's-Eye View Of Wind Power
• DOE Set To Begin Talks On New Transformer Rules
• 10th Circ. Revives Energy Tying Suit Against Okla. City
• US Must Make Towns Want Nuke Dumps: Panel
• Texas Court Revives Suit Over $2.6B Gas Co. Sale
• Siemens Snaps Up Steam Generator Cos. For €170M
• Obama Unveils Ambitious Fuel Efficiency Standards
• A Call For Corporate Human Rights Due Diligence
• Project Finance Pro Rejoins MoFo From Canadian Firm
• 5th Circ. Affirms Biodiesel Exec's $3M Fraud Conviction
• BP Claims Adjusters Denied Class In Wage Action
• Insurers Fight Coverage For Drummond Pollution Claims
• Oil Co. Accuses DOD Fuel Contract Partner Of Breaches
• EPA Proposes New Fracking Rules To Cut Pollution
• Q&A With Steptoe & Johnson's Lawrence Riff
• Fast-Tracking Nev. Wind Farm Construction
• Building Your Own Business Development Plan
• Enviro Group Can Join Emissions Suit: NM High Court
• Oil Exec Owes $28.8M In DOD Oil Contract Suit: Jury
• Climate Activist Gets 2 Years For Oil Lease Scheme
• House Scraps Extinction Rider In DOI Budget Bill
• House Panel OKs Bipartisan Pipeline Safety Bill
• Aspen Owners Get Prison Time In $56M Fraud Suit
• Massey Settles 7-Year Coal Slurry Mass Tort
• Debating Shale Development In NY
• Heartland Investors Take $15M Fraud Suit To 6th Circ.
• House OKs Deadline For Keystone Pipeline Decision
• Shell Wants High Court Review Of Human Rights Ruling
• Raser Cuts Deal With Creditor To Avoid Rival Ch. 11 Plan
• Oil Groups Take EPA Rule Challenge To High Court
• Energy Cos., Lessors Settle Gas Royalties Suit For $4.7M
• Kinder Morgan Settles DOL Suit Over Back Pay
• Oranto, Anadarko End Fight Over Sierra Leone Drilling
• Financing Solar Renewable Energy Projects
• Chevron Settles Puerto Rico Enviro Suit For $5.8M
• Lawmaker Pushes Bill To Revamp DOI Offshore Oversight
• Dow, Saudi Oil Co. Launch $20B Chemical Plant Venture
• Swepco Settles Some Suits Over Ark. Power Plant
• EPA Tries To Put Brakes On Ethanol Gas Misfueling
• White House Blasts GOP Bill To Advance Oil Pipeline
• BP Accused Of Coercing Deepwater Settlements
• Raser Creditor Looks To Offer Competing Ch. 11 Plan
• Pa. Panel Unveils Plans For Shale Gas Development
• Horse Breeder Trustee Settles Fraud Claims For $27M
• Utility, NM Board Colluded To Repeal Emissions Cap: Suit
• DLA Piper Nabs Wilson Sonsini Energy Finance Pro
• DLA Piper Reps Innovalight In Sale To DuPont
• FTC Signs Off On $12B BHP-Petrohawk Deal
• US Delays Deepwater Horizon Report
• Massey Asks Panel To Bar Evidence In Slurry Case
• Exxon, Conoco Biofuel Antitrust Suit Booted
• 10th Circ. Says Enviros Can't Block Gas Drilling
• Massey Units Say MSHA Approval System Unconstitutional
• Funds Seek To Block Dynegy's $1.7B Restructuring Plan
• Drilling Co. Trustee Can Sue Shareholders: 5th Circ.
• EPA Finalizes Mountaintop Mining Guidance
• Sens. Block Vote On Offshore Drilling Safety Bill
• Ultra Petroleum Hit With CAA Suit Over Marcellus Wells
• Duke Energy Vet Heads To McGuireWoods
• Provident Trustee, SEC Settle Ponzi Case For $2.4M
• CFTC Chair Draws Fire From Lawmakers Over Swap Regs
• Massey Sued By Respirator Co. In Black Lung Fight
• Antero Drilling Pollution Harms Colo. Residents: Suit
• Streamlining HSR Act Reporting
• FERC Seeks To Up Power Efficiency, Keep Rates Fair
• BP Gulf Spill Fund To Be Independently Audited
• Pa. Sewage Plant Faces Suit Over Shale Waste
• NOAA Can't Handle 2 Oil Spills At Once, Official Says
• WTO To Rule On Japan's Energy Dispute With Canada
• TNK-BP Investors Win Docs In Fight Over Failed $8B Deal
• BP Loses Bid For Obama Aides' Emails
• Enron Creditors' Deal With Lay Widow Gets OK
• PGE Settles Enviro Groups' Suit Over CAA Violations
• DOT Probe Into Yellowstone Oil Spill Too Slow: Senator
• Extending Section 546(e) To Commercial Paper Redemption
• Gowling Lafleur Reps CNOOC In $2B Opti Buy
• Mo. High Court OKs $1.7B Great Plains-Aquila Merger
• Energy Transfer Wins Southern Union With $9.4B Bid
• Anadarko Loses Bid To Split Tronox Spinoff Suit
• Region III Admin To Take Over NRC Materials Office
• Shareholder Sues Petrohawk Over $12B Sale To BHP
• India Slaps Duties On Coolant From China, Japan
• EU-Wide Biofuel Sustainability Measures Adopted
• SEC Wants Striker Execs To Pay $3.6M In Fraud Case
• DOE Official Defends Shale Gas Projections In Senate
• NRC To Ask Experts To Assess Task Force Suggestions
• Judge Boots State Claims From Gas Price-Fixing MDL
• Private Equity's Role In Shale Field Transactions
• Entergy Fails To Block Vt. From Closing Plant
• Ind. Court Says BP Gas Is Subject To Public Utility Regs
• Army Corps Dodges Ky. CWA Mining Permit Suit
• DOE Contractor Rigged $4.8M Subcontract, Suit Claims
• Texas City Cleared To Sue AEP Unit Over Plant Deal
• Insurer Told To Pay $50M Over Botched Ethanol Co. Zoning
• Dems Question Safety Of Keystone Pipeline Proposal
• ESA Suits Over Dam Operations Should Proceed: Judge
• 9th Circ. Greenlights Nev. Wind Farm Construction
• Exxon, Ford, Others Sued Over Chicago Superfund Site
• US Settles Consumers Energy Nuke Waste Suit For $120M
• House Passes $31B DOE Spending Bill
• NJ Court Revives Toxic Tort Case Against Shell, Others
• BP Wins Dismissal Of RICO Claims In Spill Suit
• Pengo Settles US, Texas Radioactive Waste Claims
• Chevron Settles With Maine Over Decades-Long Oil Leak
• DOT Bigwig Seeks Stricter Pipeline Safety Bill
• SF Threatens To Sue Regulators Over Pipeline Safety
• BP Standards Could Be Model For New Rules: BOEMRE
• EU Launches Antitrust Probe Of Czech Power Co.
• Sullivan, Morgan Lewis Rep BHP In $12B Petrohawk Buy
• House Doubles Funds For Yucca Mountain Permit Review
• Exec Says Exxon Had No Idea Pipeline Was Unsafe
• Key Energy To Buy Extraction Services Cos. For $300M
• US Transformer Makers Seek Duties On S. Korea Imports
• Senate Panel OKs New Office To Boost Clean Energy
• Wind Generators — Transmission Owners And Operators
• Ex-Massey Security Chief Can't Dodge Lying Charges
• 8th Circ. Upholds Injunction On Ark. Power Plant
• Mesa Targets Ontario Green Energy Rules In NAFTA Suit
• Wachtell Reps ConocoPhillips In Business Split
• Using Financial Information In Settlement Negotiations
• NY Fracking Rules Could Spur Local Legal Battles
• DOE To Settle With 139 Manhattan Project Plaintiffs
• House Panel Passes Bills To Spark Energy Development
• Ameren Contractor Claims Breach For Enviro Warnings
• Investor In Vt. Utility Tries To Block $700M Sale To Gaz
• BP Fund Czar Denies Dodging Miss. AG's Subpoena
• Texas Refineries To Get New Emission Permits: EPA
• Task Force Urges NRC To Revamp Regulatory 'Patchwork'
• Reforming Oil & Gas Valuation Regulations
• Montana Questions Exxon's Yellowstone Spill Estimate
• EU Court Cuts €90M From Eni Rubber Cartel Fine
• Curtis Adds Ex-Gibson Dunn Energy Pro In NY
• House Committee Reports Out 2012 EPA Budget Bill
• House Panel Passes Bill To Put EPA Air Regs In Spotlight
• Mitsubishi, Toshiba Escape €210M In EU Cartel Fines
• 8th Circ. Upholds Iowa Nuke Plant's New License
• Shell Unit Settles Claims It Lied About Octane Levels
• EPA Aims To End Gas Vapor Rule
• Iraq Signs $12B Gas Deal With Shell, Mitsubishi
• Watson Farley Expands NYC Energy Team
• Drinking Water Near Yellowstone Spill OK For Now: EPA
• Energy Co. Escapes Ex-Parent Centennial's Breach Suit
• NY Appeals Court Won't Toss GE Pollution Suit
• Obama Directs Independent Agencies To Overhaul Rules
• Ameron Investor Sues Over $772M National Oilwell Deal
• Q&A With Haynes & Boone's Brian Antweil
• Wash. Utility Sues DOE Again Over Nuclear Waste Removal
• Zurich, Latex End $37M Pipleline Suit Defense Fight
• Vinson & Elkins Reps Vanguard In $546M Encore Buy
• Texas Jury Says Halliburton Worker Not Raped
• House Paves Path For Energy, Flood Insurance Measures
• BP Says Gulf Rebound Nixes Future Loss Claims
• Judge Backs Arbitration Ruling In Oil Field Dispute
• Q&A With Hogan Lovells' Gib Walton
• Enron Deal Tabled As Insurer Objects To Lay Payout
• Va. Official Backs Fracking In National Forest
• DC Circ. Says Indonesian Villagers Can Sue Exxon
• US To Pay $100M To End Xcel Nuclear Waste Fight
• Oil Shipper Omega Navigation Slips Into Ch. 11
• Patton Boggs Rehearing Bid Nixed In Ecuador-Chevron Suit
• How Kyoto Protocol's Uncertain Future Affects Business
• CNA Can't Shake Asarco Suit Over $33M Calif. Cleanup
• Morgan Lewis Adds Energy Deals Pro In London
• Shell Wants Ex-Worker Sanctioned Over Discovery Fight
• Mass. AG Wants Probe Of Southern Union Legal Fees
• Boom Maker Appeals $3M Contract Suit Against BP
• Nabors Triumphs In Investor Suit Over $900M SWSI Deal
• BP, Anadarko Fight Over Spill Claim Arbitration
• Koch Sued Over PCB Cleanup At Asphalt Plant
• Texas Court Nixes $1.7M Exxon Award In Lease Row
• Pa. Agrees To More Stringent Drilling Permit Process
• EPA Unveils Final Cross-State Emissions Rules
• Sens. Agree On Plan For Ethanol Subsidy Repeal
• Regulators Plan To Ease Burden On Small Businesses
• Baker & McKenzie Adds Ex-Vinson & Elkins M&A Partner
• Ex-Oil Refinery Veep Admits To Causing Toxic Gas Leak
• Baker & McKenzie Lands Energy Pro In Securities Group
• EU Slams Top Cable Makers With Price-Fixing Claims
• International Coal GC Joins Jackson Kelly
• Coming Changes For Derivatives Users
• Exxon Ordered To Fix Oil Pipeline After Yellowstone Spill
• Horse Breeder Trustee Settles With Ex-Parent Co. For $2M
• Ex-Oil Co. Exec Seeks Retrial Of Pump-And-Dump Charges
• Weil Adds Ex-Vinson Private Equity Pro In Texas
• Chemtura Rejects $13M Payout For La. Superfund Cleanup
• National Oilwell Varco To Acquire Ameron For $772M
• Nonroad GHG Emissions Suit Trimmed
• Judge Trims BNSF Suit Over Calif. Solar Project
• Ex-T-3 Exec Sues Over Title After Robbins Buyout
• DC Circ. Tosses Challenge To Yucca Mountain Retreat
• Skadden Reps JA Solar In $180M Silver Age Buy
• Western Refining To Pay $1.5M Over Refinery Emissions
• Conn. Agency Contests $4.3B Northeast-NStar Merger
• Chamber Asks 2nd Circ. To Block $18B Chevron Verdict
• Ex-Oil Co. Exec Gets 5 Years For $13.4 Investor Fraud
• DC Circ. Won't Revive Suit Over Ky. Power Plants
• Judge Tosses $15M Patent Win For Transocean
• Exxon Hit With $1.5B Verdict In Gas Leak Suit
• Q&A With King & Spalding's Richard Marooney