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Energy - August, 2012

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• Kansas Supreme Court Absolves BP In Contamination Battle
• Contract Shields Well Operator From Breach Claim: Texas Court
• US Chamber Opposes New EPA Air Quality Standards
• Texas High Court Vacates $21M Award In Enbridge Land Fight
• BP Pays $159M For North Sea Oil Assets From Total
• NYSPSC Rebuffs Enviro Report On $2B Blackstone Power Line
• 4 Firms Feared Most By In-House Counsel
• Biotech Co. Says BP Unit Conducted Negligent Enzyme Work
• Canadian, Kuwaiti Energy Cos. In Talks Over $4B Oil Sands JV
• USDA Unit Says LNG Project Will Bisect Protected Wetlands
• High Court Grants Review Of CAFA Dispute
• Chevron Drops Objection To Dynegy Ch. 11 Plan After Changes
• Pa. Man Indicted In Oil Investment Scam
• NRC Finalizes Guidance On Post-Fukushima Safety Measures
• NRC Won't License French Co.'s Md. Reactor Project
• Energy Cos. Ask FERC To Deny $32M Gulf Gas Facilities Sale
• CBP Change: The Centers Of Excellence And Expertise
• Defining The Mission Of The Complex Case
• Case Study: Robinson Township V. Commonwealth Of Pa.
• Review Of $200M NJ Offshore Wind Farm Project Suspended
• SC City Appeals $26B Duke-Progress Merger Approval
• Russia Buys Foreign Expertise To Unlock Arctic, Shale Plays
• Evergreen Energy Gets OK For Sale Of Clean Coal Equipment
• Chevron Faces Indemnity Claim In Navy Subcontractor Suit
• Shell Gets Permit For Preliminary Drilling Off Alaska Coast
• Chinese Cos. Pledge $8.6B To Indonesian Smelting Projects
• Pa. Tightens Time Limits On Environmental Permit Reviews
• Obama Orders Agencies To Help Boost Energy Efficiency
• BP, Shell Say Pipeline Co. Tricked FERC In Gas Facilities Buy
• EPA Won't Be Fighting Interstate Pollution With CSAPR
• Probe Finds No Improprieties In DOE Law Firm Hires
• ND Regulators OK $360M In Energy Projects
• China, Germany To Initiate Talks To Resolve Solar Trade Row
• Energy Investment Co. Cites $300M Debt In Ch. 11 Petition
• FERC Halts Review On TransCanada Alaska Pipeline
• Brazil Supreme Court Lets $12.6B Hydro Project Go Forward
• Australian State Toughens Fracking Disclosure Standards
• High Costs Force Gazprom To Shelve Arctic Gas Project
• Kuwait Wins Aussie Offshore Gas Exploration Rights
• Enviros In Tough Spot As Calif. Bike Lanes Skip Reviews
• FERC Says Exelon Must Bring Own Claims Against Texas' PUC
• Smart Electric Meters Probed After Reports Of Overheating
• US Escapes $72M Suit Over Failed Oil Projects
• Papua New Guinea Drops Fight Against $6B LNG Project
• EU To Probe Dumping Of Argentine, Indonesian Biodiesel
• 2nd Circ. Lets Ship Certification Co. Sail Free After Spain Spill
• Solyndra's Ch. 11 Plan Lacks Info, US Trustee Says
• Patriot Coal Was Set Up To Fail, Union Leader Says
• NY High Court Won't Reboot KeySpan Price Inflation Suit
• Mitsubishi Heavy In Partnership Talks With Wind Turbine Co.
• 14 Window Marketers Get FTC Warnings On Energy Claims
• JBIC Backs Sumitomo's $445M Aussie Coal Buy-In
• Pa. Man Challenges Zoning Under Disputed Pro-Fracking Law
• Germany OKs Law To Cost-Split Offshore Wind Development
• As Hurricane Isaac Hits, EPA Approves Fuel Waiver For La.
• McDermott Snags Greenberg Traurig Energy Pro For DC Office
• Nostra Terra Buys Into Horizontal Drilling Play In Okla.
• Black Diamond Creditors Head To Trial Over Failed Turnaround
• The Importance Of Keystone To NWP 12
• Petronas' $6B Takeover Of Progress Gets Shareholders' OK
• Shale Gas Group Proposes New Water Sampling Practices
• FERC OKs Gas-To-NGL Pipeline Conversion Over Utility Protest
• Nicor Execs Avoid Penalties, Injunction In SEC Fraud Suit
• Shareholder Slams PE Firms' $850M TPC Take-Private Bid
• Wind Project Condemnation Case Reaches Texas High Court
• Exelon Abandons Texas Nuclear Plant Over Market Concerns
• US Clears Path For Fracking In Ohio National Forest
• ND Regulator Intervenes In Enviros' Coal Mining Regulation Suit
• Feinstein Asks FTC To Investigate Calif. Gas Price Spikes
• Chile High Court Stalls $5B Thermoelectric Project
• Chevron, Transocean Lose Bid To Modify Brazil Operating Ban
• Statoil To Drill 9 New Arctic Wells In 2013
• Patriot Coal Bucks Bids By Union, Trustee To Move Ch. 11 Case
• US Finalizes Rule To Double Auto Fuel Efficiency By 2025
• ITC To Examine Trends In Renewable Energy Market
• ConocoPhillips, Burlington Dodge NM's $24M Royalty Suit
• Danisco Targets Novozymes Ethanol-Producing Enzyme Patent
• NM High Court Reverses Allstate Win In Enviro Coverage Suit
• US Trustee Fights Confirmation Of Dynegy Ch. 11 Plan
• Parsing FERC's Latest Policy Push
• FERC Can Reset Rates To Get Utility Refunds, 9th Circ. Says
• Cameco Puts Up $430M For BHP Uranium Mine
• 10th Circ. Axes Suit To Block $4B DOE Nuclear Facility In NM
• Texas' Latest Water Woes May Push Lawmakers To Action
• Greenberg Traurig Corporate Finance Pro Heads To Dykema
• OPIC Puts Up $310M For Kenyan Geothermal Plant Expansion
• Defective BP Gas Damaged Vehicles, Motorists Say
• NRC Amends Reporting Rule On Plant Construction Alterations
• PE Firms Strike $850M Deal To Take TPC Group Private
• Energy Firm Sues Paper For Libel Over CWA Guilty Plea Story
• CFTC Floats CEA Exemptions For Utility Deals
• 8th Circ. Brings Back Ameren's $32M Dispute With Insurer
• Milbank To Add Linklaters Project Finance Vet In London
• Patriot Shareholders Ask For Ch. 11 Equity Committee
• DOE Calls For More Disclosure On Solyndra Tax Breaks
• EPA Won't Revisit GHG Emissions Rule For Heavy Vehicles
• Dynegy Creditors OK Ch. 11 Plan As Potential Class Objects
• Recap: The 5th Circ.'s MXEnergy Ruling
• New Incentives For Southwestern Solar Projects
• Patton Boggs Can't Duck Subpoena In Chevron's RICO Suit
• Texas Landowners Take Hit In Suit Against Range Resources
• Duke To Cover Costs Incurred By Customers In Progress Deal
• Romney's Energy Plan Unfairly Favors Oil, House Dems Say
• Keystone Win Belies Looming Land Use Showdown In Texas
• Bloomberg's Fracking Stance May Undercut Climate Reputation
• Texas Gov. Seeks EPA Waiver For Renewable Fuel Standard
• Energy Co. Seeks $465M From Shaw Group In Contract Suit
• Chevron To Drill 120 Wells In Argentina In Next 3 Years
• EPA Forces Emissions Cuts At NM Power Plant
• Insurer Sues To Dodge $2M Bill Over Faulty Gulf Rig Repairs
• Cycle Capital To Close On $100M For 3rd Cleantech Fund
• Jackson Walker Nets Energy, Finance Pro From Vinson
• EU To Require US Ethanol Producers To Register Imports
• Dynegy Ch. 11 Judge Won't Appoint Equity Committee
• Mining Magnate Shelves $5.5B Buyout Bid For Aussie Coal Co.
• ConocoPhillips Loses $2.3M Trans-Alaska Pipeline Tax Refund
• Group Challenges 2nd FAA Approval For Cape Wind Project
• Getty Petroleum Ch. 11 Liquidation Plan Confirmed
• What's Making Attorneys Flee Their Firms?
• NJ Atty's Frivolous Suit Sanctions Upheld In PSE&G Bias Row
• Enviros Drop Suit Over EPA's Clean Air Act Oversight
• 5th Circ. Won't Rehear Downhole's Oil Project Coverage Suit
• Case Study: Summit Petroleum V. EPA
• Acticon's Impact On Post-Corrective Disclosure Damages
• Vinson & Elkins Reps QEP In $1.4B Buy Of Shale Assets
• Calif. Assembly OKs Bill To Hasten Pipeline Maintenance
• Legal Challenges Lie Ahead For Calif.'s Iran Insurance Bill
• FirstEnergy, Duke Can Exit Regional Operator For $3.6M
• Duke Investors Seek Stay Of Copycat Suit Over CEO's Ouster
• Romney Plan Puts States At Helm Of Oil, Gas Development
• Pa. Enviros Challenge Permit For WPX Energy Gas Well
• Keystone XL Can Use Eminent Domain, Texas Judge Says
• TVA Found Liable In 2008 Coal Ash Disaster
• Kinder Morgan To Build $90M Crude Pipeline Expansion
• Morgan Stanley Takes Control Of Pipeline Co. With GE Stake
• Pensioners Push To Revive Halliburton Benefit Suit
• UK Insurer Can't Arbitrate Ameren Reservoir Collapse Suit
• Suit Says PG&E Used Safety Fees To Pay Bonuses Before Blast
• Barclays Asks Judge To Toss $143M Bank Transfer Fee Suit
• 10th Circ. Keeps NM Oil-Drilling Row Out Of Federal Court
• Owners Of $14B Ga. Nuclear Project Say Vendors Owe $29M
• Ex-State Dept. Official Tauscher Joins Baker Donelson
• Texas Resources Co. Fined Over Iran Sanction Violations
• Renewable Energy Investment: REITs And MLPs
• Denham Invests $200M In Oil Co. To Grow Permian Assets
• High Court Asked To Weigh $3.4B Tribal Land Settlement
• SEC's Conflict Minerals Rules: Strict, Onerous, Vague
• Seagate Bids $90M For Solyndra Factory And Headquarters
• India's GVK Gets OK For $10B Aussie Mine, Rail Effort
• DOE Manager's Hiring Efforts Didn't Break Rules: Report
• Norfolk Settles Marcellus Pipeline Eminent Domain Row
• SEC Adopts Disclosure Rule For Extraction Cos.
• Icahn Yanks Offer To Acquire Last 18% Of CVR Energy
• TransCanada Must Upgrade Keystone Safety, Regulator Says
• Sen. Pushes For Greater Enviro Role After EPA Rule's Failure
• Chesapeake Mishandling Well Interests, Royalty Owner Says
• Southern Co. Cleared To Advance $14B Reactor Project
• Thailand Gives Chevron, Apico OK For Oil, Gas Production
• SEC's Toned-Down Conflict Mineral Rule Still Faces A Fight
• GOP Govs. Call For Keystone Approval, Fewer Energy Regs
• Industry Groups Tell Senate They Won't Back TSCA Bill
• OPEC Claims Immunity To Service In Bid To Nix Antitrust Suit
• Enviros Urge NJ Gov. To Sign Fracking Wastewater Bill
• Jones Day Adds Oil, Gas Dealmaker In Houston
• The Fed. Circ. Stance On ITC's 'No Position' Rule
• Statoil Invests $1.4B In North Sea To Lift Output
• Schneider Unit Pays $1M To Settle Wage Class Action
• Conoco Stands To Reap $400M In Sale Of Lukoil JV Stake
• Pushing Back Against OSHA's Improper Rulemaking
• DC Circ. Kills EPA Air Rule, Making Room For State Input
• Factory Mutual Must Cover Oil Leak-Related Plant Shutdown
• Wells, Prudential Caused Bankruptcy Over $150M Loan: Suit
• EIG Says Joint Venture Precludes TCW Sale To Carlyle Group
• 9th Circ. OKs Chukchi Sea Exploration Rule For Polar Bears
• Kinder Morgan Defends Gas Pipeline Rate Hike To FERC
• SNR Denton Atty Forms Boutique Energy Firm In Dallas
• US Cautions Oil Firms On Kurdish Investments
• Excellere Takes Majority Stake In Energy Services Co.
• Texas Court Revives $125M Award In Power Plant Dispute
• Drilling Fluids Maker Says Rival Ran Smear Campaign
• Pa. Manufacturers Seek Energy Policy, Employee Development
• Exelon Sells 5 Calif. Power Plants To Japanese Co. IHI
• FERC Grants License For First Wave-Power Project In US
• SC Utility Settles Suit Over Arsenic-Polluted River
• Heritage Raises $450M In Iraq Energy Deal With Genel
• Securities Litigation And The Energy Sector
• Exxon, CBS, Vertellus Shell Out $30M For Superfund Cleanup
• Shell Arctic Drilling Risks Run Too High, NRDC Says
• Gas Buyers Certified In Calif. Propane Fee Suit
• Gardere Wynne Adds Ex-DOE Adviser To Gov't Affairs Team
• Insurers Settle With LSP Energy For $7M Over Turbine Failure
• Oil, Gas Co. Accuses Partner Of Dodging Field Startup Costs
• EPA Beats Energy Broker's Suit Over Phony Fuel Credits
• Cuomo Signs Bill Package To Ease Solar Development Costs
• Ncondezi's 1,800-MW Mozambique Plant Moves Forward
• Federal Can Deny Coverage In Gas Station Buyers' $2M Accord
• Sinclair Oil To Pay $14M For Alleged Breach Of CAA Deal
• Manko Gold Opens Shale-Focused Satellite Office In Pa. Town
• Kinder Morgan Plans $2B Asset Sale To Quell Antitrust Worries
• Power Co. Sues City, Railroads In $40M Superfund Cleanup
• Total Snubs Iraqi Ultimatum With $48M Kurdish Oil Deal
• Turkey Targets Linde, Other Gas Cos. In Antitrust Probe
• Chevron, Shell Swap Aussie Gas Stakes, $450M Cash
• Argentina Takes EU To WTO Over Spanish Biodiesel Ban
• China Says US Is Illegally Subsidizing Clean Energy Projects
• PE-Backed Co. Won't Match $1.5B Bid For Aussie Pipeline Biz
• Be As Green As You Can Be: Army Corps' RFP For Renewables
• Solar Could Win Big In Army's $7B Energy Buy
• Oil & Gas Developer ATP Heads To Ch. 11
• Vinson & Elkins Guides Boardwalk In $625M Pipeline Co. Buy
• Oil Field Co. Says Apache Contractor Sought Kickbacks
• NRG Can't Stop Public Release Of NJ Energy Bid Prices
• Upstream Cos. Petroceltic, Melrose Ink £165M Merger Deal
• Industry, Enviro Groups Back Calif. Carbon Offset Plan
• Insurers Sue Oil And Gas Co. Over $50M Hurricane Ike Claims
• Offshore Regulators Assert Power To Punish Contractors
• Miners' Widows Press For MSHA Liability In Death Suit
• EPA Rules' Effect On Grid, Costs Will Be Limited, GAO Says
• DOE Blasts FERC For Allowing Fine Against Federal Gov't
• Exxon Pays $54M To Settle Kansas Gas Royalties Dispute
• Dow's $20B Saudi Petrochem Plant Seeks $100M Ex-Im Loan
• $1.5B Bid Intensifies Battle For Aussie Pipeline Co.
• Dynegy Asks To Start Sale Of Power Plants In Ch. 11 Case
• Calif. AG Asks 9th Circ. To Revive Energy Antitrust Suit
• DC Circ. Blocks Trade Group Challenge To Ethanol-Gas Blend
• CFTC Proposes Dodd-Frank Exemption For Utility Co-Ops
• NJ Court Says State Can Yank Electricity Metering Program
• FTC Urged To Prevent Gas Price Gouging After Refinery Fire
• Solar Trade War Rages As Chinese Cos. Call For EU Probe
• WesternGeco Awarded $106M In Oil Exploration Patent Row
• Energizing Mass.'s Renewables Market With New Law
• Enviros Fail To Sink Shell's Suit Over Alaskan Drilling
• NJ Pipeline Supply Co. Co-Owner Cops To Con Ed Bribes
• Liberty Can't Kill $50M Coverage Suit Over Deepwater Deal
• Getty Petroleum Gets Go-Ahead To Abandon Storage Tanks
• Interior Completes Post-Deepwater Offshore Safety Regs
• Oil Field Servicer Says Ex-Workers Stole Data, Client Lists
• EPA Takes Regulatory Reins At Shale Hotspot On Indian Land
• Trader Says MF Global Misused $42M Collateral Account
• Ford, Exxon Win Puts A Lid On Asbestos Bystander Claims
• Alpha's $7.1B Massey Merger Draws Securities Class Claim
• Chevron Faces Suit Over Aug. 6 Refinery Fire In Calif.
• Siemens Targets National Grid Over UK Market Dominance
• GOP Presses White House To Release Ocean Policy Funding Info
• India Feeds New Refinery With $1.2B In Colombian Crude
• Cabot Settles Fracking Pollution Claims From Pa. Residents
• 7-Eleven, Other Gas Retailers Can't Escape Hot Fuel MDL
• Pa. Regulators Approve Noncoal Mining Fee Hike
• CORRECTED: Drill-Friendly Zoning Law On Hold Pending Pa. High Court Input
• Daelim Wins $285M Contract For Vietnamese Coal Plant
• Shell, Anadarko Protest Kinder's Gas Pipeline Rate Hike
• Oxfam Demands SEC Enact Dodd-Frank Resource Payment Rule
• Thai Power Co. Pays $197M For Indonesian Mine Stake
• Syngenta Hit With Patent Suit Over Ethanol Corn
• Safety First: Minn. Reviews Changes To Excavation Laws
• LSP Energy Takes In $286M From Auction Of Miss. Plant
• Delta Petroleum Gets Ch. 11 Plan OK'd, New Suitors
• DOD Could Improve Energy Focus In Acquisitions, Report Says
• FAA Again Says Cape Wind Poses No Threat To Air Traffic
• Int'l Investment In DOE Grant Winner Provokes Ire From Sens.
• ATP Breached $33M Oil, Gas Royalty Contracts, Suit Claims
• PE-Backed Group Ups Offer To $1.3B For Aussie Pipeline Co.
• GOP Accuses DOE Of Deception On Renewable Energy
• Dow Unit Seeks Insurer Docs In $35M Miner Coverage Suit
• Pa. Suspends Vapor Recovery Rule For New Gas Stations
• Enviros' Challenge To Pa. Gas Facility Emissions Advances
• Mass. AG Vet Joins Brown Rudnick's Energy, Enviro Group
• EPA Will Propose Rules To Fight Biofuel Credit Fraud
• Exxon, Shell Win Rights To Potential $10B Black Sea Block
• Calif. Agency Must Improve Oil Spill Fund Control: Auditor
• Manatt Hires Retiring Calif. Congressman For DC Office
• Provident Royalties, Creditor End $37M In Bankruptcy Disputes
• DC Circ. Says Entergy Can Leave Power Deal Without Fees
• A Coal Industry Victory Over The EPA
• How HR 1905 Further Hobbles Business With Iran
• Littler Brings On Former In-House Labor Lawyer
• Wind Installations Could Drop Despite Gains, DOE Says
• BP Tells 5th Circ. Contract Doesn't Bar Transocean Coverage
• NRC Steps Up Safety Oversight Of Ala. Nuke Plant
• Cos. Warn Cap-And-Trade Will Drive Industry Out Of Calif.
• Break-In Forces DOE To Rethink Security For Nuke Labs
• Faster Pa. Enviro Permit Process Could Haunt Projects Later
• Danish Energy Co. Plunks Down €157M For German Wind Farms
• Federal Circuit Tosses Shell Oil's Drawback Bid
• Interior's Oil Reserve Plan Draws Heat From Alaska Sens.
• Chevron, Exxon Urge Pricing Overhaul On Kinder Gas Pipeline
• €8B Nabucco Gas Pipeline Plan Wins Hungary's Approval
• Pa. Court Orders Recalculation Of Coal Co.'s $90M Award
• Ethanol Maker's Trustee Wants Case Converted To Ch. 7
• ESCO Pays $325M To Pick Up Drill Bit Maker From Intervale
• FERC Told Pa.-NY Gas Pipeline Enviro Analysis Is Lacking
• Energy Group Urges FERC To Rethink Utility Regulations
• Warburg Teams Up With Teachers' To Launch Energy Venture
• Tullow Gets Stake In Statoil's Mozambique Exploration
• Lawmakers Rip US Plans For Arctic Oil, Gas Leases
• Texas Oil Recycler Safety-Kleen Plans $400M IPO
• Cabot, Williams Defend Pa.-To-NY Pipeline Against LNG Fears
• EPA Wrongly Rejected Texas Permit Program, 5th Circ. Says
• Inpex Picks Up 7% Stake In Anadarko-Led Gulf Energy Project
• Ex-Im Aims To Put $5B Into Aussie Mining, Energy Projects
• Streamlining Offshore Hydrokinetic Energy Development
• Metal Co. Chalco To Spend $318M On Ningxia Electric Stake
• Delta Petroleum Lobbies For Ch. 11 Plan Despite Opposition
• Ex-Judge Helped Pry Assets From Developer, Suit Says
• FERC Begins Cameron LNG Project's Enviro Review
• Insurer, Ex-Enron Chairman's Widow Settle Annuity Dispute
• Romney's VP Choice Defines Clean Energy Battle Lines
• Ruling Expected On TransCanada's Right To Private Property
• Riverstone Backs Oil Co.'s Operations In Permian Basin
• JBIC Puts Up $650M For Mitsubishi Canadian Shale Venture
• NJ Proposes Rule Changes For Alternative Energy Developers
• Eagle Rock To Fund $228M BP Plant Buy With Share Sale
• KBR Says Halliburton Skipping Step In $257M Tax Pact Row
• Calif. Senate Panel Delays Vote On Fracking Ban Bill
• Chevron Refinery Fire Sparks Chemical Safety Board Probe
• Kazakh Refinery Lands $298M In Financing From JBIC Group
• Pillsbury Steers Tesoro In $2.5B Purchase Of BP SoCal Units
• Iraq Gives Ultimatum To Total After Kurdish Oil Investment
• DOE Can't Get Judge To Revisit $4M Entergy Settlement
• Exxon Mobil Permitting Delays Must End, Alaska Gov. Says
• PE-Backed Energy Co. Drops $650M On Midwest Shale Tracts
• Solyndra To Pay $3.5M To Settle WARN Act Claims
• $2B Mojave Solar Plant Ducks Enviro Challenge In 9th Circ.
• A Step Back For Plaintiffs In Climate Change Litigation
• Calif. Refinery Fire Sparks Legal Onslaught Against Chevron
• Deutsche Bank Says Icahn's CVR Owes $18.5M In Fees
• Army Corps Beats Challenge To Mountaintop Removal Permit
• NY Gov. Pledges $107M Boost For Small Solar Installations
• 9th Circ. Says Utilities Must Comply With DEA Subpoenas
• CORRECTED: Laurel Ducks Claims In $8M Pipeline Contract Dispute
• Feds Question Need For New Pa.-To-NY Gas Pipeline
• Edwards Wildman Adds Regulatory Atty From Robinson & Cole
• Entergy Texas Moves Closer To Joining MISO
• Continental Shareholders OK $340M Oil Asset Purchase
• Employees Say Refinery Contractors Forced Off-Clock Work
• NJ Court Halts $7M Wind Turbine Project
• US Sanctions Syrian State Oil Co. For Selling To Iran
• Review Begins For AES Corp.'s $500M Calif. Energy Project
• Rio Tinto Curbs Licensing Controls To End Antitrust Probe
• Cheniere Greenlights Work On $5.6B LNG Export Project
• The Benefit Corporation: A Silent Trend
• Exelon Sells PE Firm 3 Md. Plants For $400M To Fund Merger
• FHFA Axed Clean Energy Program Without Due Notice: Judge
• Houston Beats $17M Judgment In Drilling Ordinance Case
• Biodiesel Co. Indicted Over $42M Renewable Credits Scheme
• Expanded Oil, Gas Leasing Would Make $7B For US, CBO Says
• DOJ Antitrust Probe Eyes Chesapeake Over Oil, Gas Rights
• GOP Claims Obama Pushed Solyndra, Other Loan Guarantees
• SEC Says Ex-Standard Oil Chief Masked Convictions
• BP Owes $12M For Lease, Oil Spill Cleanup Co. Says
• Tronox Healthy At Time Of IPO, Kerr-McGee Witness Says
• Low-Cost Korean Transformers Hurt US Industry, ITC Says
• Washington Presses NRC, DOE Not To Curb Yucca Review
• Petroceltic Gives Go-Ahead To $1.5B Algeria Gas Project
• Sierra Club Loses Bid To Halt Keystone Work During Appeal
• Fulbright Aids National Oilwell In $2.5B Buy Of Drill Parts Co.
• No Uniform Statewide Rules For Pa.'s Oil, Gas Industry
• TAP Pipeline Will Land €1.5B If Picked As Supply Route
• Baker Hughes Says Scientist Took Data To Halliburton Unit
• Rockefeller Renews Push For Clean Coal Technology
• Plan For RI Offshore Wind Line Advances Without Competitors
• Ecuador, Peru Ink Crude Oil Transportation Partnership
• FERC Wants Calif.'s Cap-And-Trade Rules Clarified
• Entergy Loses Bid For $2.7M Under Texas Efficiency Rule
• Enviros Ask 9th Circ. To Halt $2B Calif. Solar Plant
• California State Agency Sues City To Block Oil Lease
• Mass. AG Wants $10M From NSTAR For Poor Storm Response
• Nuke Waste Becomes Part Of Entergy Relicensing Debate
• $410M Deal For Titan Hinges On Liquidation Suit
• Greece, Italy Back €1.5B Trans-Adriatic Pipeline
• EnCap Flatrock Funnels $100M Into Texas Midstream Startup
• Bakken Boom: A North Dakota Mineral Rights Primer
• SEC Drops FCPA Probe Of Offshore Driller Hercules
• NRC Halts Reactor License Rulings To Revisit Waste Storage
• UTC Sells Wind Power Unit To Finance $18.4B Goodrich Buy
• Army Seeks Proposals For $7B In Renewable Energy Projects
• Study Links Texas Earthquakes To Fracking Disposal Wells
• Oil Co. Sues Over Faulty Saltwater Disposal Lines, Wells
• Maersk Verdict Should Stand, Transocean Tells Fed. Circ.
• White House To Speed Permits For 7 Green-Energy Projects
• Pa. Towns Ask High Court For Quick Review Of Fracking Law
• UAE Seeks At Least $100M From Ex-Im Bank For Reactor Parts
• Genel's $240M Stake Buy Doubles Down On Kurdistan Oil
• Vague $5M Settlement Orders Not Appealable, 11th Circ. Says
• NJ BPU Issues Changes To Renewable Energy Regs
• 6th Circ. Overturns EPA Single Stationary Source Finding
• NY Solar Cos. Feel The Burn As Subsidy Expansion Is Delayed
• Kerr-McGee Expert Says Tronox Was Solvent At Spinoff
• Chesapeake To Unload $7B Of Assets In 3rd Quarter
• Reps. Urge DOE To Speed Up LNG Export Plant Approvals
• Reid Says Wind Tax Credit Will Be Extended In 2012
• Butamax Continues Biofuel Patent Crossfire With New Suit
• Patrick Signs Law To Refund Utility Co. Penalties To Customers
• Morgan Stanley's $5M Antitrust Settlement Gets Green Light
• Brits Expect To Rake In £1.5B In Oil & Gas Investments
• SNR Denton Nabs Project Finance Vet From DLA Piper In NY
• Noble Energy Buys Minority Stake In Falkland Oil Licenses
• Buyer, Aware: Disclosure Of Energy Use By Calif. Properties
• Baker & McKenzie Nabs Jones Day M&A, Energy Pro In Sydney
• ConocoPhillips Fights $205M MF Global Clawback Bid
• BG Group Asks Justices To Review $185M Award Reversal
• Kinder Morgan Unit Pays Parent $6.2B For Pipeline Assets
• EPA Rule On Emissions Threatens National Parks: Suit
• Truck Agency Extends Review Of Oil Field Work Hours Rule
• New Texas Rules May Jump-Start Biodiesel Market
• Texas Judge Seeks Citizenship Docs In Marathon Contract Suit
• Enel, GE Unit Team Up For $305M Minn. Wind Farm
• Valero Sues KBR Over $5M Sulfur Tank Explosion
• UK Allots £100M For Clean Energy Projects
• DLA Piper Adds SJ Berwin Energy Partner In Australia
• DOE Urges Fed. Circ. To Reinstate Unavoidable Delay Defense
• DOT Says Enbridge Can Restart Pipeline Closed By Oil Spill
• Ex-Im Bank Plans $2B Financing For S. African Renewables
• Review Of $3B Southwest Wind-Generated Power Line On Hold
• Ex-ReoStar Execs Can't Shake Suit Over $11M Debt Sale
• CNOOC, China United Ink $1.56B Methane Exploration Deal
• Ore. Landowners Move To Block LNG Export Project
• EPA's Mercury Rule Sets Impossible Goals, DC Circ. Told
• Sierra Club Loses Bid To Stop Keystone Pipeline Construction
• US Opens Up Military Land For Green Energy Projects
• US Sues PG&E, Quanta Services Over 2004 Forest Fire
• Emerging State Fracking Regulations
• Kerr-McGee, E&Y Paying $37M To End Tronox Securities MDL
• Total Saves $391M For Possible Settlement Over Iran Deals
• Class Wants Chesapeake Excluded From $19M BP Settlement
• LSP Energy Auction Reopened After Stalking Horse Scuttled
• EPA Delays Key Part Of Sulfur Dioxide Rule
• Sens. Want $1.2B In Mine Reclamation Funding Restored
• Oil Execs Aim To Wrongly Profit Off $640M Affiliate Sale: Suit
• Reach Of US Enviro Laws Key To Fight Over Ex-Im Gas Loans
• 11th Circ. Won't Hear Appeal Over $92M Alcatel-Lucent Deal
• Electricity Agreement A 'Forward Contract,' 5th Circ. Rules
• DC Circ. Says Order Forcing NRC Yucca Review Likely
• Little V. Shell — Bad News For Gov't Contractors
• Suntech Accused Of Misleading Investors In 2 Suits
• Greener Buildings Would Slash NYC's Energy Use, Report Says
• Enbridge Oil Spill Prompts Demand For Far-Reaching Review
• Interpreting Section 1782 Post-Intel: Part 2
• Petrobras Drill Vessel Builder Gets $1B Construction Loan
• Texas Court Tosses Oil Co.'s Royalty Suit Against Ex-Worker
• Miss. High Court Denies Rate Hike For $3B Plant Amid Appeal
• Bill Would Halt Removal Of Offshore Rigs To Save Habitat
• Patriot Coal To Get Final Access To $802M Loan
• Blackout Puts Spotlight On India's Risky Infrastructure Sector
• House Dem Proposes New Carbon Emissions Tax
• Wind Tax Credit Extension Blows Through Senate Panel
• Fried Frank Adds Hogan Lovells Energy Partner In DC
• Wilkinson Barker Hires 2 Squire Sanders Energy Experts
• 2nd Circ. Lets GE, Nat'l Grid Off Hook For PCBs At NY Site
• Bingaman Proposes Overhaul Of Nuclear Waste Disposal
• $605B Defense Appropriations Bill Leaves Senate Committee
• GOP Members Say Interior IG Was Biased On Drilling Ban
• GOP Report Slams White House Over $535M Solyndra Loan
• Sens. Want Detailed Cost-Benefit Studies For New Regs
• US Denies PE-Backed Shipping Co. $340M Loan Amid Suit
• Sunoco, Others Face Toxic Tort Suit Over Benzene Exposure
• Duke Energy In Settlement Talks With NC Regulators
• A Shift To Sand: Spotlight On Silica Use In Fracking
• CARB To Study Whether Cap-And-Trade Could Make Cos. Flee
• 'No More Solyndras' Bill Clears GOP-Led House Panel
• BP Urged To Be Fair To Fla. On Deepwater Claim Payments
• Transocean Insurers Launch New Suit Over BP Spill Claims
• Grid Emergency Bill Could Temper Utilities' EPA Woes
• Texas Court Says CPS Pollution Control Contract Is Valid
• Repsol Seeks $50M From BNY Mellon Over YPF Nationalization
• Dallas Comes Closer To Writing Urban Fracking Rules
• Post-Fraud Stock Surge Doesn't Bar Suit, 2nd Circ. Says
• Murray Energy Blames Ohio Mine Closure On Coal Regs
• EPA Asked To Set Aside Corn Ethanol Rule In Wake Of Drought
• TransCanada To Build $660M Oil Sands Pipeline In Alberta
• $4B Debt May Drive Calif. Edison Unit Into Bankruptcy
• Aker Covered For Chevron Faulty Repair Costs, 5th Circ. Says
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