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Energy - August, 2011

253 articles

• Chevron Wins $96.4M In Contract Fight With Ecuador
• Ecuadoreans Can't Nix Chevron Suit Over $18B Verdict
• Oil Tycoon Appeals Dismissal Of $500M Contract Suit
• Wind Turbine Co. A-Power Faces Investor Fraud Action
• Oil Co. Beats Financing Suit On Jurisdictional Grounds
• Venoco Investor Aims To Block CEO's $770M Buyout Bid
• NRC Fleshes Out Rule For Plants' Emergency Preparations
• 1st Circ. Denies Starrett Rehearing In FERC Dam Row
• ADA To Pay $33M In Clean Coal Trade Secret Fight
• Porter Hedges Reps Cameron In $375M LeTourneau Deal
• US Slams PG&E Over Fatal Gas Pipe Blast
• Sun Sets On Gov't-Backed Solar Power Co.
• Calif. Court Reverses Conoco Win In Toxin Death Suit
• BP's Moscow Office Raided In Shareholder Dispute
• Energy Cos. To Appeal DOI Oil, Gas Leasing Decision
• Jackson Kelly Lures Back Ex-Massey GC
• US Power Unit Wins Approval Of Final Liquidation Plan
• Oil Co. To Pay $3M To Settle Storage Tank Claims
• Layne Christensen Fires Exec Amid FCPA Probe
• Raser Technologies Wins Approval Of Ch. 11 Plan
• Massey 'Death Penalty' Push Faces Long Odds
• Macarthur Board OKs $5.2B Bid From Peabody, Arcelor
• Exxon, Rosneft To Team Up In Russian Arctic Oil Venture
• 5th Circ. Revives $3M Oil Spill Coverage Feud
• Encore Unit-Holder Seeks To Block $546M Vanguard Deal
• Patton Boggs Asks DC Circ. To Revive Chevron Row
• DOJ Backs $3.2B GE, Converteam Deal With Divestiture
• Gallagher Partly Disqualified From $42M CERCLA Suit
• US Told To Reconsider Clean Energy Finance Program
• Wellington Dodges Liability For Oil Platform Repair Cost
• Energy Investor May Be Immune To SEC: Judge
• BHP Mine Expansion Appeal Is Premature: 10th Circ.
• Texas High Court Sides With Anglo-Dutch Over Legal Fees
• Storming Through Force Majeure Provisions
• L&L Energy Shareholder Launches Stock Fraud Action
• Gas Partnership Trustee Hits Goldman With $10M Loan Suit
• Case Study: Rigas V. US
• BP Oil Spill MDL Plaintiffs Can Seek Punitive Damages
• Swiss Bank Accused Of Aiding Bribery At Saudi Oil Co.
• U-Haul Can't Nix Benzene Warning Suit
• US Seeks 4 Years For Pipe Co. Owner Over Con Ed Bribes
• US Trustee, Creditors Object To Raser Ch. 11 Plan
• Texas Court Flips $21M Oil And Gas Royalty Ruling
• Ex-ABB Exec Says FCPA Indictment May Be Time-Barred
• Presidio Tech Objects To Evergreen Stalking Horse Plan
• Insurer Not Liable For Stricken Coverage: Texas Court
• No Arbitration Rights For PRSI In Loan Case: Texas Court
• Fraud Suit Against Ex-SemGroup CEO Sent To State Court
• Nuke Groups Ask DC Circ. To Halt Yucca Waste Fees
• Ingersoll-Rand, Schneider Sued Over Wireless Network IP
• Calpine Agrees To Shell Out $8M Over Geysers Fire
• S. Korean Transformers Hurting US Industry, ITC Says
• State Dept. Greenlights TransCanada Oil Sands Pipeline
• San Leon Energy Adds Realm Energy For $141M
• Euro Attys Back EPA Emissions Finding In DC Circ.
• Osler Reps Cameco In $528M Hostile Bid For Hathor
• Akeena To Pay $4.8M To Settle Stock Inflation Action
• Developers Can't Dodge Fees In Plant Permit Suit: 7th Circ.
• BP Dispersant Ingredients Linked To Cancer: Report
• Sens. Seek Probe Of NRC's Japan Nuclear Crisis Response
• SEC Wants Gas Drillers To Divulge Fracking Info
• EPA Orders Hovensa To Fix CAA Violations At Refinery
• NJ Gov. Vetoes Fracking Ban, Suggests 1-Year Freeze
• Raser's Ch. 11 Plan Strips Creditors Of Rights: SEC
• Oil Investment Co. Wants Atty's Fraud Testimony Nixed
• BP MDL Judge Orders La. To Explain Discovery Refusals
• EPA Puts Off Some GHG Reporting Requirements
• DOT May Kill Safety Exemptions For Old Pipelines
• Calif. Panel Renews Support For Emissions Cap-And-Trade
• Texas Regulator Slams EPA Emissions Rule
• Ex-Aspen Oilman's Swag Goes To Victims Of $56M Fraud
• Entergy To Improve Quality Control At Nuke Plants
• Ex-McDermott Atty Follows Colleagues To Chadbourne
• Duncan Dodges Investor Suit Over $2.5B Enterprise Deal
• Cadwalader Adds Mayer Brown Energy Finance Pro
• EPA Overstated GHG Emissions From Gas Drilling: Report
• 3 Novozymes Products Added Back To Ethanol IP Suit
• NM Coal Plant Owner Fined Over Emissions Violations
• Ex-Striker Execs Told To Cough Up $7M In SEC Fraud Suit
• Toughening Up On Syria
• $20B Deepwater Fund Touts Progress After First Year
• US, United Nuclear Settle CERCLA Suit Over Mine Cleanup
• Panel Probes Public Release Of $35M Massey Settlement
• US Seeks To Sell Aspen Officer Mark Rand's Assets
• Chemtura Settles Coal Tar Pitch Claims For $4.7M
• Akin Gump Lures Back Project Finance Pros From Hunton
• Biofuel Co. Blasts Counsel Over Failed Exxon Suit
• US Must Pay $142M In Nuke Waste Contract Row: Fed. Circ.
• BP, Transocean Tangle Over Deepwater Spill Docs
• Feds Need Warrant For Cellphone Location Data: Judge
• A Premature TSCA Fracking Petition?
• Navajo Nation, Utilities End Coal Lease Suit For $65M
• W.Va. Issues New Fracking Guidelines
• Boat Cos. Face $25M Suit Over Miss. River Oil Cleanup
• Utilities Urge FERC To Revisit Planning, Cost Rule
• Ex-Haynes & Boone Energy Atty Joins Locke Lord
• Chevron Wants $17M From Marathon, Others For Cleanup
• Petrohawk Settles Class Actions Over $12B BHP Deal
• CFTC Hid Oil Speculation Info: Sen.
• Maersk Wins New Trial In Transocean Drilling Patent Case
• NJ Court Revives Drinker Bid For State's Exxon Docs
• EPA Rejects Enviros' Bid For Power Plant Permit Review
• NRC Votes For Fast Action On Japan Task Force Plan
• DOI OKs 1st Gulf Oil, Gas Lease Sales Since Deepwater
• Judge Refuses Enviros' Injunction Bid In Dam Suit
• DOI Review Supports Oil Drilling In Chukchi Sea
• Judge Trims Massey Units' Suit Over MSHA Vent Approval
• Enviros Target BLM Again Over Powder River Coal Mining
• NY AG Subpoenas Energy Giants Over Drilling Forecasts
• Oil Recycler Settles Texas Pollution Suit For $3M
• Shipping Co. Fined For Oil Discharge Near Puerto Rico
• Exxon Sues DOI Over Rejected Drilling Lease Extension
• Enron Creditors, Lay's Widow Fight Insurer Over Fees
• US Sanctions Syria, Bans Petroleum Imports
• Audit Failure Triggers SEC Probe Of A-Power Energy
• Porter Reps Noble In $3.4B Marcellus Deal With Consol
• EnCana Can't Limit Xtreme's $4M Rig Contract Suit
• Shareholder Suit Over Denbury, Encore Deal Survives
• Evergreen Solar Cleared To Use Lenders' Cash Collateral
• Exxon Sells Stake In Malaysian Cos. For $610M
• Missed Warnings Caused Deepwater Deaths: Report
• Burleson Opens Denver Office To Grab Shale Biz
• Asset Sale Ends Review Of $2.5B Acergy, Subsea 7 Deal
• Enviros Urge EPA To Create National Coal Ash Rule
• GeoStar Can't Buck Horse Breeding Fraud Suit
• New CFTC Rules: Liability For Fraud-Based Manipulation
• Union Pacific, BNSF Slam 'Incoherent' Antitrust Suit
• 3rd Circ. Calls Conoco Asbestos Exposure 'Serious'
• Great American Off Hook For Fla. Oil Cleanup
• Bankrupt Ethanol Co. Wins $230M In Getty Contract Fight
• DOI Violated Constitution By Ending Oil Leases: Suit
• No Class Cert. For Landowners In PG&E Cable Use Suit
• Oil Co. CEO Looted Investor Funds For Personal Use: SEC
• Deepwater Lessons Go Beyond The Gulf
• NRG Energy To Buy Energy Plus For $190M
• Deepwater Fund Admin Says Claims Don't Need Oversight
• NTSB Gas Blast Report Finds Flaws In PG&E Policy
• Enviros Challenge EPA's Biomass Emissions Exemption
• Bondholders Back Evergreen Solar Ch. 11 Sale
• Schumer Calls For Background Checks On Utility Workers
• McGowan Can't Shake Pollution Indemnity Ruling
• Transocean Offers $1.4B For Norway's Aker Drilling
• Judge Vacates Enviro Exemptions For Oil Drillers
• 5th Circ. Nixes Ex-Merrill Exec's Enron Fraud Appeal
• Atty Fights To Intervene In Suit Over $18B Chevron Deal
• W.Va. City Can't Ban Fracking, Judge Says
• Kaiser-Francis Owes Fiduciary Duty In Gas Royalty Suit
• BNY Mellon Wants Baker Hughes Arbitration Ruling Upheld
• Miller Energy Overvalued Alaskan Oil Assets, Investor Says
• DOE Contract Termination Didn't Violate Due Process: Judge
• Tracking Frack Attacks In 2011
• Funds Resume Fight Over Enron Losses V. Merrill, Others
• CVO Holders Hit Progress Energy With $42M Fraud Suit
• 10th Circ. Won't Revive El Paso Workers' Pension Suit
• EQT Denies Lying To Potential Gas Royalty Class Members
• Andrews Kurth, Baker Botts Rep ZaZa In Toreador Tie-Up
• Enviros Go After Wash. Gas Light Over Plant Cleanup
• EU Takes Ontario Renewable Energy Policy To WTO
• Drilling Co. Can't Force Execs To Arbitrate: 5th Circ.
• Ex-Alaska Pol Says Feds Aided 'Pedophile' For Testimony
• Engineering Co. Seeks Liability Win In DOE Contract Row
• Enviros Sue For Review Of Del. River Basin Gas Drilling
• DOE Panel Backs Fracking But Seeks More Transparency
• A Full Account Of FERC Order 1000
• Exxon Seeks Rehearing In Indonesian Human Rights Case
• Oil Excavation Co. Settles Suit Over Pipeline Rupture
• Ethanol Developer Ends $72M Antitrust Suit
• Army Task Force To Invest $7.1B In Green Energy Projects
• Havoco Loses Bid To Revive ICG Coal Contract Fight
• BLM Prevails In Suit Over Mont. Drilling Leases
• DOE Fails To Shake $7.8M URS Claim Over Bond
• La. Must Share Tax Proceeds On $496M BP Refinery Sale
• Noninsider Debt Claims Can Be Equity, 5th Circ. Says
• Exxon Says US Can't Claim $92M Over 1989 Oil Spill
• McGowan Seeks Reconsideration In Contamination Dispute
• Innospec Says Afton 'Stonewalling' Antitrust Suit
• Insurers Sue Shaw Over $107M Dispute With Solar Co.
• Judge Nixes Enviros' Suit Over Rockies Gas Drill Project
• Russian Mining Co. Gets Securities Fraud Suit Nixed
• DOJ Says It Won't Intervene In Vermont Yankee Suit
• Brokerage Can Be Sued Over Securities Deal: Texas Court
• IKEC Can't Relitigate Enviros' Standing: Ind. Court
• BP Slams Partner Over Failed Russian Oil Deal
• Obama Unveils New Fuel, GHG Rules For Heavy Vehicles
• Solar Cos. Agree To Protect Wildlife Near Power Plants
• Weatherford Fails To Merge Suits Over $500M Tax Error
• Mired In The MISO Market
• Chevron Dodges Patton Boggs' Interference Suit
• Transocean Asks Judge To Reinstate $15M IP Verdict
• Attys In Lufkin Bias Suit May Get Higher Fees: 5th Circ.
• Aera, Noble Seek High Court Review Of Oil Lease Denials
• Feds Fight Ex-Optionable CEO's Bid To Trim Charges
• Taxes Saved Are Not An FCA Suit Earned, Judge Says
• Akeena Strikes Deal In Stock Inflation Action
• Boeing, Siemens Team To Modernize Military Power Use
• Dutch Court Halts Europe's Largest Gas Storage Project
• Shaw Awarded $32.5M In Power Plant Contract Fight
• NM Coal Plant Owner Vows To Appeal EPA Retrofit Order
• McDermott Snags Kirkland Energy Transaction Pro
• In EPA Crosshairs: Fracking
• Constellation Investor Sues Over $8B Exelon Merger
• ConocoPhillips Sued Over Unpaid Oil Lease Revenues
• Ex-Westar CEO Strikes Deal For $39M In Pay, Fees
• Wiseman Oil Seeks Coverage From TIG In CERCLA Suit
• Korean Transformers Hurt US Industry, Rivals Tell ITC
• Federal Courts Can't Hear Indian Land Row, 9th Circ. Says
• Newmont, Travelers Settle Mine Cleanup Coverage Suit
• Father-Son Duo Cop To Insider Trading On Apache Deal
• Air Force Beats FOIA Suit Over Coal Liquefaction Contract
• Applying Pro Rata Allocation To Defense Costs
• Mine Co. Hits Carbo With Fracking Antitrust Suit
• Enviros Fight Proposed Del. River Basin Fracking Regs
• Cameron Reps Hunting In $775M TSI Drilling Deal
• Shell Gets Tentative OK For 2012 Arctic Drilling
• Conoco Hit With Investor Suit Over Exec Payment Plan
• EPA Aims To Exempt Captured CO2 From Waste Rules
• Spain Hits Gas Natural With €3.3M Antitrust Fine
• EPA Urged To Require Disclosure Of Fracking Chemicals
• PSEG Units Can't Appeal Dynegy Restructuring Ruling
• Energy Startup, CEO Ordered To Pay SEC $3.5M
• SEC Clears Ex-Enron Atty's Return To Securities Law
• Greens Can't Sue DOD For Oil Sands Purchases: Judge
• Sen. Threatens To Block DOI Nominee Over Gulf Oil Leases
• Judge Says Salmon Protection Plan Still Needs Work
• Ex-World Fuel Exec Settles $1M Insider Trading Case
• Duncan Investors Decry $2.5B Buyout By Enterprise
• Baker Hughes Sues Deutsche Bank, BNY Mellon Over ARS
• Manatt Adds 2 Enviro Attorneys In DC
• Agencies 'Up In The Air' On Air Regulations
• Property Owner Gets 2nd Shot At Chevron Cleanup Suit
• Locke Lord Snares Mayer Brown Energy Transaction Pro
• BNY Mellon Escapes Baker's $41.2M Bid Over ARS Fraud
• TVA Has Claims Trimmed From Coal Ash Suits
• Green Activist Fights Sentence For Energy Lease Antics
• US Seeks To Dismiss NY's Suit Over Gas Drilling
• Obama Taps Ex-Debevoise Atty, Others To Key Posts
• Schlumberger Seeks End To Oil Well Proppant Duties
• SAP Sues To Block Wellogix From Asserting New Patent
• ATS Corporate Liability After Kiobel
• NRC Mulls When To Act On Safety Recommendations
• ADP, Exxon Unit, Others Sued Over Transaction Patent
• Manatt Adds Miller Starr Enviro, Real Estate Pro
• US Can Cite Delays To Avoid Damages In Waste Suit: Judge
• Skadden Reps Archer In $742M Great White Tie-Up
• Upgrades Hurt Coast Guard's Deepwater Response: GAO
• Curtis Adds Project Finance Attorney In Dubai
• FTC, DOJ Clear Key Energy's $300M Fracking Cos. Buy
• Chevron Agrees To Test Uranium Mine On Navajo Land
• Raser Gets OK For Creditors To Vote On Ch. 11 Plan
• EQT Lied To Potential Gas Royalty Class Members: Judge
• ICG Agrees To $1.4M Deal In Investors' Mine Safety Suit
• PSEG Units Fight Dynegy's $2B Restructuring Deal
• Byproducts Of Restricting EPA Authority