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Energy - October, 2012

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• Occidental Skirts $10.5M Award In Texas Royalties Row
• Barclays Could Face $435M FERC Fine, Along With FCPA Probe
• Developer Scales Back Contested Maine Wind Farm Plan
• Energy Cos. Pay $12M To End Suit Over Mineral Purchase Pact
• W.Va. Democrats Blast EPA Over Mining Permit Delay
• FERC Agrees To Reconsider Kinder Request For Rate Hike
• Enviros Lose Bid To Block Coal Mine Near Bryce Canyon
• FERC To Revisit Ruling In Exelon, Xcel Tariff Row
• Neb. Unveils TransCanada XL Pipeline Reroute Assessment
• Illinois AG Sues ExxonMobil Over Oil Burst At Refinery
• Texas Utility Dodges Suit Over Water Sold To Nuclear Plant
• Chevron Rips Ecuadorean Bid To Seek $19B Award In Argentina
• Mintz Levin Hires Ex-Haynes And Boone, DOE Clean Tech Pro
• Chemical Cos. Deny Responsibility For Benzene Exposure
• Barnes & Thornburg Nabs Ex-Stoel Rives Financing Partner
• Nuke Plants Good To Go After Hurricane, NRC Says
• Texas Grid Operator OKs Luminant Plants' Shutdown
• Raising The Bar On Operator Enforcement Action Dismissals
• Jury Can Set Punitive Damages In PG&E Pipeline Blast: Judge
• TransCanada Defends Seizure Of Private Land For XL Pipeline
• US, EU To Stand Firm On Iranian Sanctions
• Indian Tribe Says Cape Wind Project Flouts Conservation Law
• Woodside, JBIC Sign Deal To Explore New Gas Projects
• Suit Says $200M Iberdrola Wind Farm Hurts Home Prices, Health
• Regulators Work To Reboot Nuke Plants Shuttered During Storm
• Aussie State To Restart Uranium Mining After 30-Year Ban
• BP Doubts It Will Reach Deepwater Deal Ahead Of Trial
• Hitachi Takes Over UK Nuclear Projects In $1B Deal
• Gazprom Pledges $38B For Gas Field, Asia-Pacific Pipeline
• Trends In Fracking Groundwater Contamination Litigation
• Obama Has Authority To Halt Chinese Co. Wind Farm Buy: DOJ
• CAFA Provides Wide Removal Power, NAM Tells High Court
• BP Balks At La.'s Bid For Separate Deepwater Trial
• Cliffs Improves Landfill Site That Triggered Enviro Fine
• House Bill Aims To Bar BP From Deepwater Tax Benefit
• FERC Approves Calif. Operator's Power Market Proposal
• US Beats Constitutional Challenge To Coal Mine Fees
• Army Corps OKs Construction For $65B Alaska LNG Project
• Tanker Co. Hit With Investor Class Action Over Debt Issues
• CFIUS Shows New Aggressiveness In Ordering Divestiture
• Weinberg Can't Shift Doc Burden In $19B Chevron Verdict Row
• NRC Steps Up Oversight Of Nuke Plants During Hurricane
• Supreme Court Takes On PPL $39M Foreign Tax Credit Appeal
• TransCanada, Phoenix Launch $3B Alberta Pipeline Venture
• Texas Driller Wins $36M Arbitration Award In BP Contract Row
• PTT Shareholders OK $3B Share Sale To Cover $2B Cove Buy
• $3.4B Tribal Land Settlement Won't Get Supreme Court Review
• Davis Malm Guides Clean Harbors In $1.25B Safety-Kleen Buy
• Cos. Seek To Skirt Iraq's $10B Suit Over Oil-For-Food Scheme
• MidAmerican, TransAlta Ink 50-50 Power Development Deal
• Bankrupt Solar Co. That Got DOE Loan Faces Criminal Probe
• El Paso Can't Kick Derivative Suit Over $810M Natural Gas Deal
• NJ Senator Wants Sunoco, Town Probed Over Tax Refund
• Conoco's Complaint Over $500M Pipeline Premature, FERC Says
• Ex-Sen., DLA Piper Pull Out Of PG&E Explosion Mediation
• NJ Court Sees Bias In Exxon Employee Alcohol Testing
• Pa. Regulator Ordered To Stop Reviewing Local Fracking Laws
• Super Bowl, Mardi Gras Will Delay BP Deepwater Trial
• Korean Shipbuilder's $4.7M Contract Deal Nixes Prior Verdict
• Texas Agency Sinks Bid For Solar, Geothermal Energy Rules
• How They Won It: Labaton's Hustle Shakes Up $21B El Paso Buy
• Van Gilder Insurance's Ex-CEO Indicted For Insider Trading
• Maine LNG Project Not Needed, Enviro Group Tells FERC
• Texas High Court Again Snubs Shell, Amoco Arbitration Appeal
• Pa. Officials Admit Fracking Impact Fee Miscalculation
• Entergy's Challenge To $13M Vt. Nuke Plant Tax Tossed
• Texas High Court Reboots Exxon Oil Royalty Dispute
• Stock Price Gain — Not Necessarily Plaintiff's Loss
• Benefits Of Conn.'s Ambitious Energy Strategy
• US Moves To Boot Relator From Time Card Fraud FCA Suit
• BrightSource Solar Wins Approval For Some Power Contracts
• GOP Sens. Seek Hearing On Spike In Calif. Gas Prices
• NY Appeals Court Revives Suit Over $900M Superior Buyout
• Northeast Utilities' Faulty Power Tubing Claims Survive
• Chevron, BG Greenlight New Trinidad Offshore Gas Project
• Texas PUC Votes To Double Wholesale Electricity Price Cap
• Sunoco Settles With EPA Over Pa. Hazardous Waste Claims
• Louisiana Wants Separate Trial On $1B In Deepwater Claims
• Utah Approves Fracking Chemical Disclosure Rule
• DOI Prepares For Sale Of 20M-Acre Offshore Oil Lease
• GenOn Settles Investor Suits Over $1.7B NRG Merger
• Solid Contracts Could Give LNG Export Hopefuls A Leg Up
• Struggling Whitehaven Notches Go-Ahead For $675M Coal Mine
• Delta Petroleum Trust Sues To Escape $10M In Banker Fees
• Pa. Town Asks For Its Cut Of $200M In Fracking Impact Fees
• Buchanan Ingersoll Adds State Lobbyist In Harrisburg
• Lewis Brisbois Lands Former Calif. Enviro Watchdog Chief
• Chevron's Subpoenas Stand In $19B Ecuador Judgment Row
• Ore. County Can Block LNG Pipeline, Court Says
• High Court Asked To Revive $1B Shell Credit Card Receipt Suit
• Shell Pays $525M For Hess' Stake In 12 North Sea Fields
• Shell Asks Texas High Court To Revive Late Oil Delivery Suit
• 5th Circ. Denies EPA Bid To Nix Texas Air Quality Provision
• What An International Services Agreement Would Mean
• Chesapeake Seeks Arbitration In $130M Botched Venture Suit
• Shackelford Adds Ex-Patton Boggs Aviation Pro In Dallas
• EPA Punts On NM Air Pollution Plan For Second Time
• Cordoaria Ordered To Cough Up Docs In $50M Drilling Rig Suit
• DOE Takes Up Another LNG Export Review For Cheniere
• Chevron, BP, Others Accused Of Price-Fixing In S. Africa
• Retired Coal Miners Sue Peabody, Arch Over Patriot Spinoff
• DLA Piper Urged To Quit Mediator Role In PG&E Pipeline Case
• Insurer Asks Supreme Court To Stop 'End Run' Around CAFA
• Talisman's $2.6B North Sea Project Gets UK Approval
• Oilsands Investors Go After Execs In $136M Overvaluation Suit
• Oil, Gas Cos. Should Submit EPA Emission Reports, Enviros Say
• Energy Game Changer: Electric Storage Systems
• Pa. Utility Regulators Set Gas And Electric Marketing Rules
• NRC To Study Cancer Risks Tied To Nuclear Sites
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rehear Axed KeySpan Price Gouge Claims
• Pa. Enviros Warn Dems Of Potential State-Park Fracking
• NRG Gets Lease For 450-MW Del. Offshore Wind Project
• NRC Tightens Uranium, Thorium Usage Rules
• KBR Gets Nod To Arbitrate $257M Halliburton Tax Fight
• Duke Energy Must Unveil Emails Tied To Progress CEO Firing
• Sen. Asks DOE To Detail Criteria For Approving LNG Exports
• Sempra To Build $1B Ariz.-Mexico Gas Pipe Network
• Pa. Court To Eye State's Oversight Of Local Fracking Rules
• Power Co. Sues Insurers For Wis. Cleanup Coverage
• Idaho Utility Asks FERC To Rethink Wind Power Ruling
• Contractor Wants 2nd Shot At Texas Utility's Immunity Defense
• Updated Clean Air Standards May Mean Higher Costs
• Mass. Court Shows Little Patience For Exchange Act Claim
• Enviros Ask Pa. Gov. To End Delays On Fracking Water Notices
• Exxon Eyes New Gas Source To Expand $15.8B PNG Project
• NY Orders Utility To Triple Solar Power Purchases
• Oil Co. Apache Enters Fight Over Gulf Drilling Lease Sale
• Blasting Critics, BP Urges Approval Of $7.8B Deepwater Deal
• Petronas, Progress To Seek Canada's OK In Blocked $6B Merger
• Dominion Says New PJM Dispatch Practice Raised Costs
• $36B Glencore-Xstrata Deal Gets Initial OK From South Africa
• 9th Circ. Tells Interior To Rethink Ruby Pipeline Approval
• Group Presses Calif. Gov. To Delay Cap-And-Trade Auction
• UK Government Backs Shell-Exxon Venture In North Sea
• Cabot Ducks Landowners' Suit Over Unpaid Gas Lease Bonus
• $55B Deal Gives Rosneft Full Control Of BP Russian Oil JV
• TransCanada Appeals Keystone Land-Access Ruling In Texas
• 5th Circ. Says ACE Off The Hook In Energy Vessel Injury Suit
• Judge Urged To OK $22M Hot Fuel Deal With Shell, Others
• Blocking Ore. Wind Farms: Overstepping Authority?
• Legal Industry Trends: Lawyer Salaries And Job Growth
• Pa. Township Says Fracking Law Not Impeding Gas Development
• Solyndra Gets Green Light For Ch. 11 Plan Over US Objection
• Halcon Inks $1.45B Deal For Oil Assets In ND
• Indemnity For Work At Sea Void Under La. Law, 5th Circ. Says
• High Court Denies JPMorgan's Bid To Stall Oil Trust Suit
• Powerful House, Senate Panels Set For Election Year Shake-Up
• Duke Seeks High Court Review Of Energy Rebate Antitrust Suit
• Navy's Green Energy Resolve Brings Chances For Contractors
• Schlumberger Unit Sued Over Engineers' OT, Rest Breaks
• USDA Doors Still Open To Cleantech After DOE Loan Firestorm
• Sanctioned Counsel Pursued Chevron Properly, 6th Circ. Told
• Solyndra Investigator Returns To Patton Boggs
• Shaw Investor Challenges $2B Sale To Chicago Bridge
• Union Drilling Shareholder Sues To Block $242M Deal
• Exxon Adds Romanian Site To Growing Black Sea Portfolio
• Chevron, Conoco Ask FERC To Block Pipeline Co.'s Rates Plan
• CPUC Seeks Public Input On Wildfire Recovery Rate Hike
• Enviros Say Army Corps' W.Va. Mine Permit Violates CWA
• Antitrust Group Pushes 2nd Circ. To Rehear KeySpan Suit
• Patriot Coal Seeks 6 More Months To File Ch. 11 Plan
• Pa. Township To Lose Impact Fees For Violating Fracking Law
• Enviros Lose Bid To Block 15-MW Cogeneration Project
• Russia Arrests TNK-BP Official For Selling Government Jobs
• Don't Ignore Added EU Muscle To Iran And Syria Sanctions
• A View From Inside The Litigation Finance Market
• Calif. Air District To Ramp Up Oversight After Chevron Fire
• Satcon Gains Access To Cash Collateral In Ch. 11 Case
• Exxon, Shell Win Colombia Blocks, But Shy Away From Shale
• FERC Seeks New Rules To Avoid Grid Disturbances
• Kinder Morgan Unit Fined Over Oil Spill At NJ Facility
• Petro Group Rips EPA's Wyo. Fracking Pollution Report
• Pa. High Court's Gas Rights Ruling Could Alter Land Deals
• Pa. AG Candidate's Enviro Goals May Meet Partisan Roadblocks
• Enbridge Wins New Trial In Texas Pipeline Property Fight
• World Bank Pullout Won't Halt $877M Kenyan Wind Farm
• FERC Looks To Relax Regs On Natural Gas, Oil Pipelines
• Drill, Pa., Drill — On School Land
• FERC Denies Enviros' Bias Claims Over $1.2B NJ-NY Pipeline
• JPMorgan Energy Unit Says FERC Omission Was Honest Mistake
• Halliburton Says Deepwater Deal Taints Liability Fight
• Hunton & Williams Adds Ex-Constellation Counsel In DC
• Trans-Alaska Users Blast Carriers' Deal In $786M Pipeline Row
• Chevron Trial Over $19B Ecuador Verdict Set For October 2013
• Shell Starts Building Floating LNG Export Plant In Korea
• Walter Energy Sues National Union For Slurry Spill Coverage
• Distributor WESCO Pays $1B For Canadian Electrical Supplier
• Solyndra Battles IRS In Court Over Ch. 11 Plan
• GOP Rep. Presses White House For Offshore Drilling Ban Info
• Pa. Passes Bill To Create Mine Reclamation Fund
• Prudential's $27M Suit Over Ethanol Plants' Sale Headed To Trial
• EPA Particulate Rules Improperly Enforced, DC Circ. Told
• Ex-Owner Has No Mining Rights For Pa. 9/11 Site, Judge Says
• EU Seeks To Limit Food-Based Biofuels
• San Fran, Others Oppose DLA Piper Appointment In PG&E Case
• Solar Power Converter Satcon Technology Enters Ch. 11
• First Solar Wins 1st Phase Of Dubai's 1,000-MW Solar Debut
• Pa. Lawmaker Floats Plan For Drilling Safety Panel
• Blackstone Project Row Hinges On Possible NYC Power Crunch
• Texas Landowners Contest Keystone Pipeline Construction
• Russia Voices 'Deep Concern' Over EU's New Iran Sanctions
• US Steel Challenges Permit Requirements For Pa. Facility
• Dodger Pitcher Says Pipeline Threatens Ocelots On His Ranch
• Kinder Morgan Unit Joins List Of LNG Export Hopefuls
• EU Approves Creation Of UK's Green Investment Bank
• Pa. Senate OKs Use Of Mining Wastewater For Fracking
• Exxon Boosts Gas Holdings In $3.1B Celtic Exploration Buy
• Day Pitney Hires Energy Regulatory Pro For DC Office
• Exxon Says Privilege Protects Docs In Enviro Indemnity Suit
• Texas Court Dumps $12M Email 'Contract' Award In Oil Row
• InterOil Offers PNG Gas Stakes To Ease Gov't Impasse: Report
• 9th Circ. Upholds BPA, Alcoa Power Rate Contract
• Texas Oil Co. Sues Investment Cos. To Enforce Noncompete
• Town Trash Import Ban Exposes Limits Of NY Power-Siting Law
• US Demands Solyndra Tax Break Docs Before Key Hearing
• Drillers Face Harder Times If Pa. Pro-Fracking Law Falls
• AARP Assails Pa. Electric Co.'s Spot-Market Power Buys
• Patriot Coal OK'd To Seek Extension On Enviro Deadlines
• Sierra Club, Others Sue Calif. In Bid To Halt Fracking
• Texas Energy Co. Loses Bid To Condemn Land For Wind Project
• Altus Capital Picks Up Energy, Mining Servicer
• BP Upgrades Stretch North Sea Platform's Life By 10 Years
• Murphy Oil Shifts Toward Exploration In US Unit Spinoff
• NYPSC Defends Plans For $78M Constellation Settlement
• House Dems Press BP For Response To New Gulf Oil Sheen
• Cautionary Tales In Recent FCA Decisions
• George Mitchell, DLA Piper To Mediate PG&E Explosion Talks
• Hyundai Heavy Wins $3.2B Saudi Power Plant Bid
• Obama, Romney Throw Blows Over Energy, Health Care, Trade
• Calif.'s Cap-And-Trade Plan May Hinge On Fuel Standard Case
• Pa. Delegation Says EPA Rule Threatens Coal-Refuse Plants
• Texas High Court Mulls Wind Energy Credit Penalties
• Entergy Underestimates Indian Point Corrosion Risk, Judges Told
• Sinopec, ENN Eye China Gas Venture After Failed $2B Buy
• Prudential's Suit Over $200M Ethanol Plant Sales Pared
• Marathon Considers Selling Portions Of Eagle Ford Play
• US Must Balance Energy Needs, Water Demands, GAO Says
• Green Groups Target US Over $1.2B PPL, PSE&G Power Line
• Calif. Court Nixes Challenge To $120M Car-Charging Deal
• Fed. Circ. Kills La. Firms' Claim To Public Land Mineral Rights
• Fracking Fees Net $204M For Pa.
• SEC Seeks Docs From Basic Energy In Possible Securities Probe
• Spectra's $500M Pipeline Plan Rips Off Shippers, Conoco Says
• The Treasury's Harder Look At Developer Fees
• Solyndra Fires Back At IRS Over Ch. 11 Plan Tax Breaks
• Ex-Oxbow Exec Alleges Billionaire Koch Held Him Captive
• Tullow Oil Buys Into Arctic With Maersk Greenland Block
• Clean Air Act Blocks Damage Claims In Pa. Power Plant Suit
• African States Flex Muscles In Natural Resource Dealings
• Shell Seeks Commerce Department OK For Export Of US Oil
• Solyndra Lobs Cartel Allegations At Chinese Solar Cos.
• Feds, Transocean Challenge BP Spill Witnesses' Silence
• Chinese Solar Panel Duties Will Hurt Energy Trade, China Says
• CFTC Grants Delay For CME-Traded Energy Swaps
• Amended Chevron Forum Bylaw Still Invalid, Investors Say
• Oil Cos. Reach Deal On Trans-Alaska Pipeline's Life Span
• NY Agency Urges FERC To Rethink 'Harmful' Astoria Order
• $1B Wind Farm Package Blends Commercial, Development Debt
• Texas Atty Says Energy Co. Fired Him For Reporting Fraud
• DOI Approves Solar Development Fast-Track Plan
• NRC To Increase Oversight At Duke Energy's SC Nuclear Plant
• Latham, Bennett Rep Gibson In $445M Energy Services Co. Buy
• PG&E Customers Should Pay $277M For Pipeline Work: CPUC
• Origin Raises $500M To Fund Aussie LNG Export Project
• GOP Reps. Want More Info On FERC Cybersecurity Office
• Ecolab Swallows Up Chemical Co. In $2B Cash-And-Stock Deal
• Iran Threat Reduction Act: Liability For US Parent Cos.
• An Activist Framework For Cybersecurity Oversight
• High Gas Prices Spur Calif. Panel To Examine Oil Refineries
• Seismic Data Co.'s $16M Federal Claim Shaky, EP Energy Says
• GE Closes Arguments At Mitsubishi Turbine Patent Trial
• Deepwater Judge Won't Bump Settlement Opt-Out Deadline
• Exxon Again Loses Bid To Toss Texas Well Sabotage Suit
• McGuireWoods Adds Energy Pros To Houston Office
• New EPA Report Again Ties Wyo. Water Pollution To Fracking
• Azeri Prez Slams BP For 'False Promises' On Caspian Sea Oil
• Stakes Are High For Nuclear Power In Indian Point Trial
• EEOC Wants Pilot Age-Bias Suit Against Exxon Revived
• House Panel Head Demands Docs From DOE On PMA Reforms
• BP, Transocean Could Be Liable For Recent Gulf Oil Sheen
• Enviros Continue Bid To Nix Cape Wind Project Approvals
• Chesapeake Settles Fracking Row With Pa. Landowners
• Extra-Heavy Oil: Potential For More Int'l Disputes
• Biden, Ryan Spar Over Health Care, Green Jobs In VP Slugfest
• CVR Investors Add Derivative Claims To Ongoing Icahn Battle
• Toro's $280M Aussie Uranium Project Gets Green Light
• Apache's $1B Egypt Gas Plans Get Political Security Boost
• Aussie Official OKs Coal Terminal In GVK's $10B Project
• 1st US Fuel Refinery In 30 Years OK'd For Bakken Tribal Lands
• SEC Sued Over Dodd-Frank Disclosure Rule
• Commerce Affirms Duties On Chinese Solar Panels
• IRS Says Solyndra's Ch. 11 Plan Is Ploy To Skirt Taxes
• FERC Disclosure Rule Will Cover Nonpublic Electric Utilities
• GenOn Settles Conemaugh Plant Infractions With Pa.
• Ford, Severstal Secure $4M From US In Superfund Settlement
• Oil Field Developer Accused Of Stealing Employee's Invention
• 1st All-Gas Power Plant In Pa. Wins DEP Approval
• 8th Circ. Says Altering Work Schedules To Limit Costs OK
• Pa. Wants More Details On PPL's $705M Infrastructure Plan
• Treasury IG Probes Solar Firms Over $14B Grant Program
• Enbridge Says Post-Spill Pipeline Rebuild Suit Lacks Proof
• Exxon Knew Of Pipeline Trouble Before Oil Spill, Suit Says
• What You Should Know About Prepaid Power Contracts
• Toshiba To Spend $1.6B For Shaw's 20% Stake In Westinghouse
• US Seeks More Info On NOV's $2.5B Robbins & Myers Offer
• Tycoon Again Sues Total Over $9B Stake In Kazakh Oil Field
• Union Says Private Creditors Hog Solyndra Ch. 11 Dollars
• EU Panel Votes To Raise Bar For Oil, Gas Drilling Permits
• FirstEnergy Rate Hike Appeal Won't Get High Court Review
• Russian Oil Consortium Follows BP In Selling TNK-BP Stakes
• Chevron Unit Must Face $100M Claims In Marcellus Dispute
• Regulators Handcuffed In Fracking Oversight, GAO Says
• Interior Advances Anschutz Unit's Wyo. Wind Energy Project
• El Paso Escapes Partners' Suit Over $21B Kinder Morgan Deal
• BP Sells Texas Refinery, But $598M Price Disappoints
• Justices Won't Hear Chevron's $19B Ecuador Judgment Appeal
• Martin Midstream Parent Sues Insurers For D&O Coverage
• NY Town's Trash Import Ban Could Halt Waste-To-Energy Plant
• LNG Exporters Queue Up
• Japanese Bank Leads $1.1B Backing For Sumitomo Shale Buys
• Mitsubishi, GE Face Potential Delay In Turbine Trial
• Mitsubishi Accuses GE Exec Of Hiding Details From USPTO
• Sen. Wants NRC Probe Done Before Calif. Nuke Plant Restarts
• OMB Advises Fed. Agencies On Energy Savings Contracts
• In Canada's Far North, Roads First, Then Projects
• How To Determine Where 'Offer To Sell' Is Made
• Utica Shale Has 38 Trillion Cubic Feet Of Gas, US Says
• Shell Gets FERC Green Light For $1B La.-Texas Pipeline
• Pa. Utility Regulation Would Cap Collection For Lost Gas
• Dealmakers Squeezed As CFIUS Emphasizes Geography
• EPA Seeks En Banc Rehearing Of Vacated Clean Air Rule
• ConocoPhillips Calls Off Exploration In 2 Peruvian Blocks
• Pa. DEP Finalizes New Oil, Gas Air Quality Source Rules
• Caterpillar Fights Bid To Move Patriot Ch. 11 Case
• Conoco's $205M MF Global Row Moved From Bankruptcy Court
• Alaska Village Urges 9th Circ. To Rehear Climate Change Suit
• Texas Oil Co. Sues Ex-Worker Over Botched Lease Renewals
• Apache Says Satellite TV On Rigs Didn't Violate Copyrights
• Case Study: Kivalina V. ExxonMobil
• Transocean Can't Duck Merger Suit Over Safety Record
• DOE Approves LNG Exports For Qatar, Exxon Venture
• How NY Navigation Law Leaves Fracking Insurers Liable
• Occidental Wins $2B Award Against Ecuador In Contract Row
• Calif. Cap-And-Trade Laws Still Hazy On Project Funding
• Mitsubishi Expert Draws Mistrial Threat In GE Patent Row
• NOV Says Employee Took Rival's Bribe To Steal Design
• Texas Landowners Seek To Block Keystone's Eminent Domain
• Sunoco Shareholders Approve $5.3B ETP Merger
• Ill. Vote Will Delay $2.6B Smart Grid Upgrade, ComEd Says
• Enviro Groups Hit Midwest Generation Over Coal Ash Dumping
• BG Group Sells Stake In Indian Gas Co. For $470M
• Gulf States Fight For Share Of Potential Deepwater Deal
• $1B Ancestral Mineral Rights Claim Blocked By Texas Court
• Pa. PUC, Utility Reach Settlement Over Deadly Gas Explosion
• Exxon, BP, Others Estimate $65B Cost For Alaska LNG Project
• EPA Has Right To Revoke Coal Co.'s Permit, DC Circ. Hears
• Sabine Pass LNG Plans $420M Debt Raise
• ATC Wants Half Of Xcel's Span Of $900M Midwest Power Line
• NM Court Sides With Shell In Polluted Neighborhood's Appeal
• Conn. Judge Backs State's 1st $12M Wind Farm
• Renewables Obligation — Is UK Solar On The ROCs?
• EPA Orders Enbridge To Intensify Mich. Oil Spill Cleanup
• Calpine Shells Out $432M For 800-MW Power Plant In Texas
• Obama, Romney Clash Over Tax Plans, Deficit In 1st Debate
• Rocklands Seeks To Start Coal Mine In Australian Basin
• Winstead Nabs Ex-Beirne Attys, Opens In New Orleans
• Mitsubishi Attacks GE Patent In Bid To Upset $170M Award
• Dominion Withholding Pipeline Info From FERC, Enviros Say
• Pa. County Challenges Approval Of Exide Smelter Upgrades
• NY Judge Cans Binghamton's Ban On Gas Drilling, Fracking
• Anadarko Asks Pa. Regulators To Clarify Fracking Fee Rules
• EPA Rips FERC Analysis Of 224-MW Calif. Hydro Project
• Exxon, Lilly, Others Sued Over $21M In Superfund Costs
• Chevron Sues Calif. County Over Refinery's Property Taxes
• NY Enviro Regulators OK $1.4B Upstate Natural Gas Plant
• GIP Closes On $8.25B Largest-Ever Infrastructure Fund
• Omega Creditors Get Nod To Solicit New Bidders For Assets
• Pa. Enviros Challenge Permit Over Fracking Water Byproduct
• Gas Cos. Ask Pa. Regulators To Limit Rate-Setting Inquiry
• Another Wave Of Silicosis Claims May Be On The Horizon
• Bid For Quick Discovery Denied In Taylor Energy Oil Leak Suit
• Texas Court Unlikely To Back Sweeping Liability Exclusions
• Calif. Gov. Signs Bills Divvying Up Cap-And-Trade Funds
• Congressman Hammers NRC Over Work Environment Claims
• Lucas Joins Forces With Milestone To Develop Texas Wells
• Judge Tosses Enviro Suit Over Historic W.Va. Battlefield
• Energy Plus Hit With Class Action Over Alleged Rate Scheme
• Park Service Gives $1.2B Power Line Final Approval
• Claims From Areas Unsoiled By Oil Axed From Deepwater MDL
• Kirkland Helps Sumitomo Gain Stake In $2B Solar Park
• Texas Pipeline Group Rips New Barnett Shale Setback Regs
• Exxon Swings Shallow Water Gulf Assets To Energy XXI
• Duke Energy Unit Overcharged For Power Sales, FERC Says
• Wells Fargo, Others Say Forced Bankruptcy Suit Lacks Facts
• Petrobras Venezuela Ex-GC Joins Hogan Lovells In Caracas
• Chinese-Owned Co. Adds Obama To Blocked Wind Farm Suit
• FERC Approves $141M Alliance Gas Pipeline To Cut Flaring
• Biomass Suffers A Setback
• Ex-Navy Contractors To Pay $14M To End CERCLA Suit
• Senate Energy Panel Shake-Up May Put Gas On Front Burner
• Chesapeake Launches $130M Suit Over Failed Oil, Gas Venture
• Shell's $8B Transocean Deal Reveals Growing Rig Squeeze
• Triangle To Launch $180M Pipeline JV With First Reserve
• Gardere Picks Up Tax Specialist From Locke Lord
• Texas To Encourage Fracking Fluid Recycling With New Rules
• Brazil Court Eases Drilling Ban On Transocean, Not Chevron
• Justices Likely Split On Alien Tort Law's Application Abroad
• Under Pressure, Cuomo Administration Punts On Fracking Rules
• Anschutz Can't Dodge Asarco Suit Over $80M Mine Cleanup
• ConocoPhillips Shakes Cleanup Suit Over Contractor Work
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Mining Industry's Forest Rule Appeal
• Enviros, Union Lose Bid To Halt Work On Calif. Wind Project
• Berkshire Hathaway Unit Snags 2 Wind Farms Totaling 300 MW
• US Right Forum For Peru Oil Pollution Suit, High Court Hears
• KKR Acquires Majority Stake In Oil Services Co. Acteon
• What You Should Know About Investing In Public Utilities
• Integrys Energy Shells Out $440M For Wis. Power Generator