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Energy - January, 2012

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• SEC Must Decide If Nasdaq Delisting Was Racist: Judge
• Judge Blocks Kan. Coal Plant Expansion Pending Enviro Study
• Energy Group Of The Year: Weil Gotshal
• The Enduring Promise Of Energy Policy Progress
• US Defends Gulf Drilling Shutdown To 5th Circ.
• Lawmakers Want Iran Ties Of US Cos. Disclosed To SEC
• Texas Court Should Toss BPZ Tanker Explosion Suit: Panel
• Project Developers Battle Africa's Tough Energy Terrain
• Iberdrola Unit Floats New Gas Pipeline In Maine
• CORRECTED: Airlines Reject Kinder Morgan Pipeline Settlement
• DOE Sued Over 15-Year-Old Uranium Site Cleanup Bill
• BP Must Pay Some Halliburton Oil Spill Damages
• EPA Unveils Tougher Discharge Permits For Arctic Drilling
• Hydroelectric Co. Catalyst Settles Barge Damage Claims
• AZ Solar Plant Builder Locks Up Financing, Contractor
• Ensco Inks $480M Anadarko Deepwater Drilling Deal
• Hydro Plant In Indonesia Gets $330M Refinancing
• Blowout Preventer Co. Sues Insurer For $50M To Fund BP Deal
• How To Lead A Practice Group
• BP Wants Expert Testimony Sidelined In Deepwater Trial
• US Slams Enviros' Criticisms Of $2B Calif. Power Project
• Colo. Sues ConocoPhillips Over $70M In Cleanup Funds
• NRG Unit Wins Coverage For Coal Plant Modification Suit
• Adelphia $150M Stock Fight To Stay In Bankruptcy Court
• Contentious Coal Mining Proposal Makes Comeback In Texas
• Energy Group Of The Year: Vinson & Elkins
• K-Sea Duped Investors On Obsolete Oil Tankers: Suit
• Chevron Caused $20M Of Damage To Gas Pipeline: Suit
• EPA's Suit Over Ameren Power Plant Upgrades Trimmed
• APUC Pulls $83M Pledge To Invest In Wind Project
• Centrica Pays ConocoPhillips $223M For Statfjord Field Stake
• Monadelphous Lands $190M Pipeline Contracts
• FERC Nod Brings Kinder Morgan Closer To $38B El Paso Deal
• Utility, Comverge Drop Suit Over $301M Grid Work
• Funds' $100M Enron Suit Short On Facts: Deutsche Bank
• GOP Sens. Aim To Override Obama In Upcoming Keystone Bill
• German Co. Opens €200M Russian Cleantech Project Fund
• Cheniere Notches 20-Year KoGas Export Deal
• Energy Co. Hit With Class Action Over Hidden Fees
• FirstEnergy Strikes Deal With US In Nuclear Fuel Suit
• EPA Regulatory Developments In Electricity Generation
• GE Wins $1B Contracts For Australian Liquefied Gas Plant
• Exxon Mobil Sells Japan Unit For $3.9B To Refiner
• PG&E Fined $17M For Neglecting Pipeline Leak Surveys
• Dynegy Examiner Can Subpoena White & Case, Others
• Husch Blackwell Accused Of Bungling Oil Co. Stock Offering
• Army Must Tackle Energy Costs In $259B Cuts: Chief Of Staff
• AIG Avoids $7M Claims Over Utah Mine Coverage
• Chesapeake Prevails Against Recorder Of Deeds In Pa. Suit
• EPA Says Palm Oil Falls Short Of Renewable Fuels Standard
• Pa. Lawmakers Object To Gas Drilling Bill Provisions
• Commerce Delays Ruling On Chinese Solar Subsidies
• Chevron Defends Brazil Cleanup As Spill Charges Loom
• Developer, Native Tribe Team Up For $100M Wind Farm
• EU Shale Gas Rules Effective For Now, Study Shows
• Woodside Mulls Australia Gas Project Equity Sale
• IFC, UK Pour $153M Into PE Fund For Green Projects
• Canada Fines 7 More In Quebec Gas Cartel Probe
• Venoco's Shareholders Sue To Block CEO Buyout Bid
• Foes Of $5.5B Oil Sands Deal Brace For Scrutiny
• Halliburton Fraud Class Wins Cert After SCOTUS Ruling
• Linklaters, SNR Denton Join Petroplus Bankruptcy
• Energy Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher
• DOE Shouldn't Manage Nuclear Waste, Panel Says
• Biorefiner ZeaChem Scores $233M USDA Loan Guarantee
• Aftershock Of Earth-Shaking Fracking Concerns
• BLM Sets Wyo. Coal Mining Auction As Market Booms
• Gardere Wynne Adds Public Utility Attys To Energy Group
• Obama Pushes Natural Gas For US' Energy Future
• BP Amoco Hit With Sex Bias Class Action
• Mass. Zoning Board Axes Permits For $150M Biomass Plant
• MidAmerican Energy Regains Bid For Iowa Nuclear Plant
• BP On Hook For Some Deepwater Claims Against Transocean
• FirstEnergy To Shutter 6 Plants Over New EPA Rules
• Wells Fargo, Enfinity Kick Off $100 Million Solar Fund
• Reed Smith Lands Natural Gas, Shale Expert
• National Solar Gets County OK For $350M Fla. Farm
• Energy Group Of The Year: Morgan Lewis
• Petroplus Disputes Bankruptcy Fraud Allegations
• Drilling Out The Weak Spots In Auditor Requirements
• Last Gulf Lease Sale Under DOI Program Set For June
• Judge Taps Trustee For Clean Burn Ch. 11
• Scientists Pressed To Lowball Deepwater Spill Rate: Enviros
• 2nd Circ. Won't Take Chevron Off Ecuador's $18B Hook
• Tamar Group Signs $750M Gas Supply Contract
• House GOP Threatens To Subpoena DOI Drilling Ban Docs
• Chinese Cos. Wade Into US Power Generation Market
• Aera To Face Punitive Damages Trial In Pollution Case
• ADB Chips In $400M For Uzbek Petrochemical Plant
• Energy Group Of The Year: Bracewell & Giuliani
• BP Loses Bid To Quash Gas Lease Stakeholder Claims
• AEP Unit Buys 360 MW Of Wind Power To Meet Court Order
• China Doubled Solar Cell Imports Into US, Group Says
• Weir Spends $176M For Fracking Equipment Co.
• Ga. Utility Backs Out Of $2B Coal Plant, Citing EPA Regs
• The Nonoccurrence Of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Crescent Point Nabs Rival Oil Co. Wild Stream For $603M
• State Dept. Challenges Bill To Revive Keystone Pipeline
• UK Seeks To Punish Airlines That Flout EU Emissions Plan
• Obama Urges Sweeping Economic Efforts For Trade, Energy
• ConocoPhillips Washes Away China Oil Spill Claims For $160M
• Buffett's MidAmerican Starts Up Renewable Energy Business
• Vinson & Elkins Lands Norton Rose Project Finance Pro
• Emboldened Reps. Introduce Keystone Pipeline Bill
• Bolivia Bumps Argentine Co. From $1.6B Gas Project
• BP Fired Ex-Cleanup Worker For Not Falsifying Data: Suit
• Australia To Add Pressure On Iran With Oil Import Ban
• Mont. Regulator Wants To Intervene In Power Co-Op Ch. 11
• SEC Must Redo Payment Disclosure Rule: Petroleum Group
• Obama Taps ND Utility Regulation Honcho For FERC Spot
• Alstom, Drax Tap UK Gas Co. For Carbon-Capture Project
• AES Thames To Liquidate After Asset Sale Collapses
• Oil Refiner Petroplus Announces Insolvency
• Financing LNG Liquefaction Projects
• Sutherland Adds Energy, Derivatives Partners From Hunton
• Evergreen Energy Files Ch. 7 In Wake Of Failed $30M Deal
• FERC Issues License For NY River Tidal Power Project
• Chevron Knocks DOE's Math In Oil Property Suit
• House Panel Expands Probe Into DOE, EPA Fracking Regs
• Magellan Explores Interest In Expanding $275M Pipeline
• Edison Mission Debuts 23-Turbine Wind Farm
• Eyeing Tax Rewards, Big Cos. And PE Firms Back Solar
• Energy Dept. Slashes US Shale Gas Estimate By 40%
• Paul Hastings Grabs Bingham Climate Change Co-Chair
• Dutch Utility Shelves $6.5B Plan To Build 2nd Nuke Plant
• Gibson Dunn Steers Gulf Capital On Energy Co. Buy
• Noble Energy Inks Lease For New Houston Headquarters
• EU Shuts Out Iranian Oil Imports Amid Nuclear Concerns
• Interior Wants Species Studies For Utah Dam Project
• Congress Can Force Decision On Keystone Pipeline: Report
• Winds Of Change In South Africa
• Italy Asks Oil Cos. For Sicily Gas Price Info
• Widening The Net Under Iran Sanctions Act
• UK Power Regulator Speeds Up £7.7B Grid Upgrade Plans
• Apache Grabs Oil, Gas Acreage For $2.85B
• Halliburton Must Give BP Cement Test Results: Judge
• Poet Shelves $3.5B Ethanol Pipeline Due To Lack Of Funds
• House GOP To Push Oil Sands Pipeline Again In Tax Fight
• Boat Co. Denies Responsibility For $25M Oil Spill Costs
• Chevron Appeals 'Unconstitutional' $18B Ecuador Judgment
• Blue Castle Gets Utah Water Rights For $18B Nuke Plant
• US To Fund Up To $452M For Small Nuclear Reactor Designs
• Firm Fights Subpoenas In Row Over Costner's $52M BP Deal
• Wind Capital Nets $376M In Financing For Kan. Project
• GOPs Badger Obama On Solyndra Bonuses
• Anadarko Loses Damages Cap Fight In $15B Tronox Suit
• Latham Lures 2 Debevoise M&A Attys To Paris Office
• Canada Calls For Review Of Teck's $23B Oil Sands Project
• Challenging Local Bans On Shale Gas Drilling
• St. Paul Can't Dodge Oil Driller's Coverage Claims
• Energy Giants Lose Bid To Decertify In Hot Fuel MDL
• Mabey Unit Inks Wind Tower Deal With Nordex
• Gibson Leads Berkshire Unit In 81-MW Wind Farm Buy
• 2nd Circ. Won't Stop $18B Chevron Judgment
• Santander Brasil Spawns $2B PE Management Co.
• Exxon To Fork Over $1.6M For Mont. Oil Pipeline Spill
• Suit Over Outdated Coal Ash Regulation Looms For EPA
• AEA Preempts Vt.'s Power To Shut Nuclear Plant: Judge
• Maine Regulators Greenlight $363M Wind Farm Project
• Union Pacific, Anschutz Dodge Mine Cleanup Suit For Now
• House Democrats Want Tax On 'Excess' Oil, Gas Profits
• $1.3B Loss Leads To Hess Refinery Shutdown
• Fed. Circ. Awards Energy Cos. $10M In Waste Removal Row
• Coal Co. Settles W.Va. Mine Waste Suit For $7.5M
• Commerce To Probe Asian Wind Tower Dumping Claims
• Foley Hoag Adds M&A, Securities Vet in Boston
• Shell Takes Reins Of Nexus' Offshore Project
• Duke Energy Scraps Plans For 200-MW Mich. Wind Farm
• Monetizing Utility Infrastructure Assets
• Deepwater MDL Judge Revamps Atty Fees Order
• Colo. Energy Co. Wants $22M Award Scrapped
• Newmont Gets Go-Ahead For $193M Superfund Settlement
• Kayne Anderson Boosts Newton Energy With $75M Infusion
• Methanex Inks 10-Year Gas Deal For Restarted Plant
• Pitfalls Still Lurk For Project Developers Seeking Grants
• Munich Re To Insure Against Solar Panel Co. Bankruptcies
• French Renewable Energy Co. Nabs 161-MW US Wind Farm
• Keystone Pipeline Alive Despite Permit Denial
• DC Circuit Won't Undo FERC's Cap On Rates
• Solyndra Looks Ahead To Auction As Bid Deadline Passes
• Anglo-Aussie Co. To Study Mozambique Coal Infrastructure
• Duke Settles Enviros' Challenge To NC Plant Permit
• Akin Gump Nabs Project Vet From Bingham
• Blowing Up The Rockets And Feathers 'Conspiracy'
• Navigating Calif.'s New 33% RPS Law
• Petra, Enviromena Team Up On Middle East Solar Projects
• Duke Unit Sells Indiana Gas Plant For $82M
• Argentina Dodges Gas Co.'s $185M Arbitration Award
• DOI Pushes For More Agencies' Input On RI Dam Project
• Sinopec Forges Oil Deals With UAE, Saudi Aramco
• ConEd Supplier Faces 5 Years For Bribery
• Nuclear Power Finds Tough Competitor In Natural Gas
• Starwood Energy Unit Nabs 40% Stake In Fla. Power Plant
• Ex-Solyndra Workers Try To Knock Down Bonus Plan
• Shell To Pay US $25M To End Royalty Underpayment Claims
• Astra Eyes $750M Financing Push For Steelmaking Tech
• High Court Won't Hear Okla. City's Electricity Tying Case
• Dynegy Examiner Demands Broad Subpoena Powers
• High Court Won't Touch Tribal Lands Jurisdiction Ruling
• Ex-ABB Exec Dodges FCPA Charges
• Biofuel Co. Raises $70M To Boost Plant-To-Fuel Production
• Alstom, SSE Launch World's Largest Wave Energy Project
• Converging On Federal Reviews Of Electricity Mergers
• Bird's-Eye View: Wind And Solar Projects On BLM Land
• Shell Shuts Down Refinery Patent Suit Against Tesoro
• American Superconductor Execs Hit With Investor Suit
• DOE Moves To Adapt To Time Limits On Contract Funds
• DOJ Knocks Order Allotting BP Claim Cash For Attys Fees
• EPA Seeks Outside Scientists To Review Fracking Report
• Warrantless Va. Mine Safety Searches Were Legal: 4th Circ.
• Tips for Handling The Tricky Parts Of Solar Projects
• Lawmakers Ask MoFo, Wilson Sonsini For Solyndra Docs
• SJ Berwin Snags UK Energy Atty From Greenberg Traurig
• IDB Launches $30M Green Energy Fund For Latin America
• DC Circ. Asked To Bar Entergy Units' Exit From Power Deal
• SC Utility Dirtied River With Arsenic: Enviro Group
• Leonard Recruits Energy Pro From Miller Balis
• CPFL Energias To Buy 4 Brazilian Wind Farms
• Santos Moves Forward With $504M Offshore Oil Project
• Total, Inpex Commit To $34B Aussie Gas Project
• Energy Issues At Play In End-Of-Year Brinkmanship
• EPA Board Axes Challenge To Shell Arctic Air Permits
• Cambridge Says Lukoil Is Wrong About $49M Debt
• Calif. Regulator Favors Stricter View On Energy Policy
• Calif. Utilities Board Probes PG&E Over San Bruno Blast
• Ex-Chevron Exec Loses Stock Option Appeal In 4th Circ.
• US Sanctions 3 Energy Cos. For Iran Dealings
• CNOOC Begins Its First On-Shore Shale Drilling in China
• Suzlon Unit Scores 150-MW Okla. Wind Farm Deal
• Pakistan Wind Power Project Gets $142M Boost From IDB
• Judge Keeps Insurance Fight Over Faulty Pipeline Flowing
• Sembcorp Eyes Vietnamese Coal Plant Project
• Forging Ahead With New Power Plant Emission Rules
• Con Ed Sues Ex-Manager For $7M Over Kickback Scheme
• Power Plants, Texas Topped GHG Sources In 2010: EPA
• EU Wants Ontario Energy Bill Under WTO Review
• Bechtel Gets URS Worker's Whistleblower Suit Booted
• Project Finance Attys Eye Europe As Fracking Spreads
• Quinn Emanuel's Kirpalani Tapped To Probe Dynegy
• Ecuador Denies Violating Order In Chevron Pollution Fight
• Texas Utility Taps Korean Co. For Largest Solar Farm
• OCSLA Covers Onshore Injuries, Supreme Court Says
• Siemens Gets $638M Ex-Im Bank Loan For Energy Project
• Ivanhoe Could Raise $160M In Sale Of China Gas Stake
• Oil Industry Push To Loosen NM Drilling Rule Goes Forward
• TransCanada, Lobbyists Ramp Up Bid For Keystone Pipeline
• CORRECTED: Pipeline Co.'s Insurer Drops Fuel Cleanup Suit Against Navy
• AmeriGas Told To Cut Propane Unit From $3B ETP Buy
• Shape Up Energy Efficiency, Or Don't Ship Out
• US PE Firms Join Forces To Tap Caribbean Gas Industry
• Export Controls In Action: US V. Wang
• Lessons From Southern Peru's Special Committee Saga
• 4th Circ. Upholds W.Va. Surface Mining Rules
• Alpha Settles With Families of Massey Blast Victims
• Enviro Deal May Be Near For $2B Blackstone Power Line
• Sempra, BP Build Out Wind Farm Portfolio For $1B
• Canadian Chiefs Blast $5.5B Keystone Alternative
• Hogan Lovells Snags Eversheds' Russia Practice Chief
• NaturEner Bags $320M Morgan Stanley Loan For Wind Farm
• Vt. Utilities Hit Entergy Over Costs From Nuke Plant Failure
• IMA Fights $4.6M Insurance Tab Over Ethanol Plant Blowup
• Disclosure Question Ripples Both Sides Of The Pond
• Congressman Says Daley Resigned Due To Solyndra Probe
• Noble-Led Tamar Group, Israeli Cos. Ink $1B Gas Contract
• Japanese, Euro Banks Commit $263M To Kan. Wind Farm
• Romanian Antitrust Watchdog Fines Oil Cos. $258M
• Clarifying The 5% Safe Harbor For Renewable Energy
• Marguerite Fund Snaps Up Stake In EDF Solar Farm
• PE Firm Takes Control Of Top Jamaican Fuel Distributor
• NY Bill Bans Contracts With Iran Energy-Investing Cos.
• Native Group Drops Some Claims Over Calif. Solar Project
• House Eyes Bill To Fund Infrastructure With Oil Leases
• Tribes' Oil, Gas Royalties Suit Not Time-Barred: Fed. Circ.
• Delek, Dalia Strike $5B Natural Gas Deal
• Diamond To Pay Keppel $150M To Build Deepwater Rig
• US Bans Uranium Mining Near Grand Canyon
• Google's Wind Power Purchase Deal Wins FERC Nod
• Shell Unit, Others Allowed To Enter Oil Project Permit Fight
• Citadel Capital Parts With NPC Egypt For $147.5M
• An Option For Middle East Project Finance
• Macfarlanes Guides SEP In £95M Cleantech Fund Buy
• Indian Solar Co. Gets Funding For 5MW Energy Farm
• Dubai Launches $3.27B Solar Energy Park
• Carlyle, SAIC Team With Enova On $225M Biomass Plant
• NJ Tidal Energy Project Could Harm Wildlife: DOI
• Fight Over Airline Emissions Tests EU Trading Scheme
• First Wind Nets $96M In Financing For Hawaii Wind Plants
• Fund Owes $9M Over Power Plant Relocation Work: Suit
• ComEd To Pour $2.6B Into Ill. Electric Grid Upgrade
• Chinese Co. Commits $477M To Ecuadorean Hydro Plant
• Green Mountain To Aid Bayside In Texas Well Venture
• Chevron Loses Bid To Freeze $18B Ecuador Judgment
• Overpowering Discrimination In Alternative Energy
• Marubeni Unit Buys Minority Stake In Oil Field From Hunt
• BP Gets Franchisees' Claims Pared In $200M Contract Suit
• 9th Circ. Seeks Calif. High Court's Take On $20M Dam Suit
• Kerr-McGee Settles Suit Over MMS Royalty Payments
• HSBC's Water Utility Sale Under UK Antitrust Review
• EPA To Ease Air Rules For Emergency Combustion Engines
• Ferrellgas Gobbles Up Rio Grande Valley Gas
• Ex-ABB Exec Can't Escape FCPA Charges
• Conn. Regulator Aims To Review Utility Merger
• 3Power To Take 75% Stake In $180M Albania Hydro Project
• Bangladesh Cinches $300M Loan To Improve Power Supply
• Day Pitney Snags Energy Law Specialist From Pillsbury
• BP Safety Violations Linked To Norway Fire: Watchdog
• China Development Bank Lends $64M For US Solar Projects
• Protecting Green Patents: District Court Vs. ITC
• AES To Sell Power Plants To Bondholders For $300M
• Enviros Win Green Light For FirstEnergy Pollution Suit
• SEC Accuses Alternative Fuel Co. JBI Of Stock Fraud
• 5 Hogan Lovells Energy Partners Hop To DLA Piper
• Exergy Begins Wind Park Installations In Idaho, Minn.
• Steptoe Snags Ex-FERC Commissioner
• Ex-Lyondell Manager Gets 7 Years For Kickbacks Scheme
• CFTC Rejects Wall Street's Bid To Delay Position Limit Rule
• Commerce Delays Ruling On Chinese Solar Subsidies
• DuPont Invests In NexSteppe To Develop Biofuels
• PHI Group To Build 2,000-MW Coal Plant In Vietnam
• BP Spill Fund Freezes Payments After Atty Fees Order
• Kinder Boosts Stake In $430M Texas Oil Terminal To 98%
• For Now, Durban Platform Is Just A Stepping Stone
• Overhauling The Federal Jurisdictional Statutes
• Ecuador Court Backs $18B Pollution Ruling Against Chevron
• Former Fluor Employee Settles Kickback Claims
• SPI Solar Lands NJ Utility Contract
• Fulbright Helps Pioneer Nab Coil Tubing Co. For $110M
• Deepwater Horizon Claims Adjusters Bury Wage Action
• Vero To Sell Alberta Gas Assets For $207M
• Sempra Energy Unit To Pick Up Miss. Natural Gas Co.
• Baker Botts Sues SEC Over Denied FOIA Request
• PE Firm Intervale Brings In $63M For 2nd Energy Fund
• Calif. Court Affirms Lease Renewal For Chevron Terminal
• US Wind Cos. Seek Duties On Chinese, Vietnamese Imports
• Mich. Group's Wind Farm Fight Heads For Oral Arguments
• FirstEnergy Hit With CERCLA Suit Over 2 Fla. Sites
• Sinopec Puts Up $2.2B For Stake In US Shale Projects
• Shale Gas In Today's Context
• Total Pays $2.3B For Stake In Ohio Shale Play
• Foster Wheeler Unit Wins Vietnam Power Plant Contract
• India's Reliance To Gain Access To TV18 Content
• Energy Cases To Watch In 2012
• Energy Legislation And Regulation To Watch In 2012