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Energy - November, 2012

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• TCW Advances Toward Carlyle Sale As Injunction Threat Fades
• Texas Bill Would Lower Rights Threshold In Energy Projects
• SEC Says Chinese Oil Co. Execs Skimmed Millions For Families
• Solar Energy Co. Hits DLA Piper With Malpractice Suit
• Energy MVP: Latham's Michael P. Darden
• GOP Bill Would Boost Funding For Oil, Gas R&D
• McGuireWoods Adds Energy Transactions Ace To NC Office
• Canada Nixes Cenovus Plan For New Gas Wells In Alberta
• Nalco Skirts Lawsuits Over Corexit Use After BP Oil Spill
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Top Guns From 52 Firms
• JPMorgan Emails Sought By FERC Are Privileged, Judge Says
• Con Ed Wins $1.7M In Eminent Domain Case
• $2B Wind Farm Proposed For Tasmanian Island
• Chevron Disputes Canadian Jurisdiction In $19B Oil Spill Row
• Senate Greenlights Tighter Iran Sanctions
• NY Quietly Publishes New Fracking Proposal
• Pa. DEP Regs Would Ease Emergency Access At Fracking Sites
• Navigating Latin American Natural Resources Deal Flow
• EPA Settles With Energy Co. Over W.Va. Wetlands Violations
• Kinder Morgan Gets Tentative OK To Exit Fuel Spill Suit
• Power Plant Developer Says Ex-Employees Hid Side Project
• Devon Energy Fights Investor's $200M Verdict At Texas Court
• Barclays Vows To Take FERC To Court If Fined $435M
• Solar Co. Satcon Spars With Lenders Over Ch. 11 Deal
• Fla. OKs Energy Cos.' $540M Rate Hike For Nuke Project
• Dems Urge Obama To Act On Gasoline Emission Standards
• Duke CEO To Step Down Next Year Under NC Regulator Deal
• GOP Pick For Energy Oversight Panel Puts Focus On Fracking
• TransCanada's Power To Seize Land For Keystone XL Upheld
• Senate Drops Biofuel Refinery Restriction From Defense Bill
• India Probes Alleged Solar Cell Dumping By China, US, Others
• IRS Says Solar Trust's Ch. 11 Plan Denies Its Setoff Rights
• Post-Election: What's Next For DOD Energy Programs
• BP Reaps $1B In Sale Of North Sea Oil Fields To Abu Dhabi
• State Officials Seek More Influence In CAA Implementation
• Mitsubishi Heavy, Hitachi Partner In Competitive Power Biz
• O&G Says Everest Shirking Share Of $37M Blast Settlement
• How Healthy Is Your Law Firm? Time For A Stress Test
• BP Suspension Shows No Contractor Is Too Big To Debar
• Energy Co. Can't Revive Suit Over Failed Lease Sale
• Bag Co. Can't Dodge Irish Utility's Cartel Claims
• 9th Circ. Won't Rehear Alaskans' Climate Change Suit
• Texas Court Sides With Family In Oil Royalties Dispute
• New Midstream Co. Gets $300M From Kayne Anderson
• BP Workers Plead Not Guilty To Manslaughter In Gulf Spill
• Senate Trims Anti-Biofuel Language From Defense Bill
• Burleson Taps Energy Pro To Lead New Texas Office
• REIT Spends $120M On Energy Co. Encana's US Base
• 2nd Circ. Cans Dooney & Bourke Founder's Bribery Appeal
• DOI Speeds Permit Process For Green Energy On Indian Land
• CNOOC, Nexen Reapply For Approval Of $15B Takeover
• Lawmakers Urge Congress To Pass Wind Tax Credit Extension
• Military Officials OK 100-Turbine South Texas Wind Farm
• SEC Adds Ex-Delta Petroleum Head To Insider Trading Suit
• Oneok Nixes Potential Keystone XL Rival Over Weak Demand
• Obama Administration Lands $134M In Gulf Lease Sale
• Enviros Ask Pa. DEP For Tougher Evaluation Of Gas Facility
• DOJ Defends Obama's Block On Chinese Wind Farm Buy
• Davis Graham Tax Partner Rejoins From Baker & McKenzie
• Imperial Goes Dutch With Exxon On $3.1B Celtic Purchase
• ITC To Weigh Lifting Duties On French Uranium
• BP Suspended From US Contracts After $4.5B Deepwater Deal
• Ex-Massey Exec Admits To Masking Mine Safety Violations
• BP Settlement: Lessons About Congressional Investigations
• Don't Bet On Force Majeure In NY Oil And Gas Leases
• DOI Wasn't Barred From New Ban On Gulf Drilling: 5th Circ.
• Orrick China Partner To Join Asian Development Bank As GC
• API's Suit Over Biofuel Rule Sharpens Policy Battle Lines
• Bipartisan Group Proposes Panel To Handle Energy Policy
• Patriot Coal Ch. 11 Case Moved From NY To Mo.
• Western Senators Ask DOJ To Probe Gas Price Spikes
• Katten Adds Baker Botts Enviro Partner To Austin Office
• NY Official Says Don't Cap Utility Shutoffs In Fortis Deal
• Petrobras Nets $270M In Sale Of Offshore Stake To OGX
• Gas Co.'s Bid For Market-Based Rates Rejected By DC Circ.
• Renewable Energy Incentives In Light Of Election Results
• Simpson Thacher Reps Carlyle On $1.4B Energy Fund Closing
• Brazil Approves Record $10.8B In Debt For Hydro Project
• First Reserve Picks Up Energy Equipment Co. Ameriforge
• Alaska High Court Denies Pipeline Owner's Land Rent Claims
• BP Sells Turkish Propane Business To Oteko
• Land-Buying Scheme Ushered In $925M Bakken Buy, Suit Says
• Energy Co. Execs Blocked From Foreclosing On Oil Interests
• US Looks To Ax Electric Co.'s Appeal In Coal Plant Suit
• Top Dems Seek Answers On Black Elk Oil Rig Explosion
• EU Court Stands Tough Against Tampering In Antitrust Raids
• China's Ming Yang To Build 2,500 MW Of Wind Power In India
• Tronox, Kerr-McGee Tie Off Monthslong Trial Over Spinoff
• Judge To Review Weinberg Docs In Chevron Enviro Case
• China To Weigh Retroactive Duties On Solar Material Imports
• Valero, Sunoco Sued Over Worker's Benzene Exposure
• Fuel Group Urges EPA To Put Biodiesel Hike On Hold
• Oil Firm Claims It'll Lose $6.2B From Calif. Project Denial
• ConocoPhillips Gets $5B In Sale Of Kazakh Oil Field Stake
• Thompson & Knight Blasts Scant Evidence In Malpractice Ruling
• Energy Department Approves New Carbon Capture Testing
• Pa. Mining Co. Says Feds Illegally Holding Enviro Funds
• Spector Gadon Taps Ex-EPA Honcho To Launch Energy Practice
• Oil Tanker Co. Investor Launches Class Suit Over Statements
• As Planet Heats Up, So Does National Security Risk
• Capitalizing On The Global Rise Of District Energy
• National Grid Had Right To Slash Retiree Benefits: 2nd Circ.
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Oil Tycoon's Eni Trade Secrets Row
• Regulators Hammer Black Elk Over Offshore Safety Violations
• European Parliament Calls for Shale Regulation, Rejects Ban
• FERC Says Customers Shouldn't Pay For Disconnecting Plants
• Costa Rican Utility Takes $18M FCPA Challenge To High Court
• DOE Floats Hydropower Reforms Amid Heat From Republicans
• NRG Unit Fined $14M In Air Pollution Case
• DOE To Fund Half Of B&W Small Nuclear Plant Project
• Texas Judge Denies Enviros Win In CAA Suit Against Exxon
• Texas Instruments To Pay $15M Over Radioactive Pollution
• Top Energy And Environment Issues In Wake Of The Election
• Judge Gives Tentative OK To 7 Deals In Hot Fuel MDL
• Pa. Landowners Attack Permit For Frack Water Impoundment
• Top House Democrat Urges Grid Security Bill Action
• Calif. Cap-And-Trade Sale Highlights Viable Carbon Market
• Sens. Seek To Remove Anti-Biofuel Measure From NDAA
• EIB Lends €300M To Morocco's 1st Solar Project
• Chevron Hit With $10B Suit Over Deal With Ex-Repsol Unit
• Consent Decree Clears Way For Alaska Clean Coal Plant
• Permits For First Pa. Natural Gas Power Plant Challenged
• Gas Royalty Suit Class Wrongly Certified, 10th Circ. Told
• Carl Icahn Tightens Grip On Chesapeake
• Enel To Pay $165M For Vestas Wind Project In Chile
• Chevron Says NY Pol Favored Ecuadoreans In $19B Enviro Row
• TVA Coal Ash Disaster Damages Row Sent To Mediation
• New FERC Guidance Signals More Developer Hurdles
• EnergySolutions Strikes $26M Deal To End Shareholder Suit
• Strategic Use Of Lone Pine Motions
• Fed Circ. OKs Boeing Defense Cost Recovery In FCA Case
• BP $4.5B Spill Deal Sets Stage For Expanded Enviro Work
• Power Generator Co. Hit With $9M Suit Over Plant Shutdown
• TCEQ Weighs Radioactive Fracking Waste Disposal Rule
• Republicans Press EPA To Revisit Particulate Matter Rule
• Norton Rose Fulbright Eyes Cross-Border Energy Dominance
• FERC Fines Entegra Unit $2.5M For Calif. Market Manipulation
• Calif. City Lands $54M Settlement With Power Plant Engineers
• KKR Invests $75.3M In Canadian Energy Co. Westbrick
• Total Sells Nigerian Oil Field Stake For $2.5B To Sinopec
• NRG Unit Says Contract Terms Quash Rate Hike Case
• Int'l Cos. Ask UN For Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions Price
• NY Fracking Study Team Biased Against Drilling, Group Says
• Anadarko Shareholders Urge Court Not To Toss Deepwater Suit
• Ampal-American Trustee Objects To Brown Rudnick's Terms
• NRC Ignored Post-Fukushima Tips In Reactor OK, DC Circ. Told
• Pacific Rubiales Grows In Colombia With $628M Stock Deal
• Woodside Wins Key Enviro Nod For $40B Aussie LNG Project
• Calif.'s Cap-And-Trade Program And Its Impact
• 546(E) Protects Contracts Beyond The Usual Safe Harbor
• UK Investment Trends In The North Sea
• Enterprise Seeks FERC's OK On Rates For $1.4B ATEX Pipeline
• National Grid Workers Sue For Overtime In Sandy Aftermath
• Texas Oil, Gas Regulator Seeks Authority For New Fees
• Papua New Guinea OKs $6B InterOil LNG Project
• Enviros Allowed To Add New Lease To Wyo. Coal Mining Suit
• EPA Won't Waive Renewable Fuel Regs Despite State Concerns
• Chevron Tells 6th Circ. To Uphold Opposing Counsel Sanctions
• AmeriGas Ends Trademark Suit Against Consumer Gripe Site
• Malay Co. Wins $272M Hess Contract For Offshore Vessel
• JPMorgan Accused Of Blocking Crucial Calif. Power Project
• 270-MW Gas-Fired Power Plant In Wash. Changes Hands
• EPA Urges FERC To Expand Review Of Dominion LNG Project
• Fracking Pollution Plaintiff Wants Property Access Denied
• Construction Co. Demands Sanctions In DOE Cleanup Cost Row
• PUC, PGW Seek Settlement Over Safety In Fatal Gas Explosion
• Post-Sandy Bill Would Require Generators At NY Fuel Pumps
• Haddington Closes Midstream PE Fund With $350M In Capital
• Chevron Releases Cos. From Landfill Cleanup Suit
• NY Targets 13 Gas Stations Over Post-Sandy Price-Gouging
• Drilling Co. Unveils Emails Linked To Pa. Pol's Campaign
• Senate Slows Down Controversial Cost-Benefit Analysis Bill
• Emissions Monitor Team Industrial Fined Over False Reports
• FERC Mulls More Stringent Natural Gas Sales Reporting
• A Possible Road Map For Regulating Oil And Gas Emissions
• Power Plant Sales Don't Shed CAA Liability, Feds Tell 3rd Circ.
• Mount Kellett Urges SandRidge Board Changes, CEO Ouster
• Fed. Circ. Restores $15M Patent Verdict Against Maersk
• FERC To Examine Rates Charged By 2 Gas Pipeline Cos.
• Denbury Sues Lloyd's To Recoup $52M In Oil Well Losses
• Thompson Hine Lands Energy Ace From Morris Manning
• Gastar Wants Out Of $130M Chesapeake Joint Venture Dispute
• Exelon Settles Contempt Claims Over Deal In DOJ Antitrust Suit
• $90M Sale Of Solyndra Factory, HQ To Seagate Gets Clearance
• V&E Reps Targa Resources On $950M Bakken Shale Asset Buy
• FERC Suspends JPMorgan's Market-Based Rate Authorization
• Patriot Coal Gets 6-Month Extension To File Ch. 11 Plan
• BP To Pay $4.5B, Cop To Worker Deaths In Deepwater Spill
• DOJ Clears Entergy Power Plant Buy As 2nd Probe Proceeds
• SEC Oil, Mining Disclosure Rules Could Upset Foreign Deals
• Cuomo Faces Deep Skepticism After Vow To Gut, Rebuild LIPA
• Legal Brawl Clouds Debut Of Calif. Cap-And-Trade Auction
• Pa. DEP Proposes Massive Hike For Dam Permit Fees
• Patton Boggs Claims Clients Flubbed Pipeline Transaction
• NYISO Hits Back In $900M Power Line Project Tariff Dispute
• Enviros Ask FERC To Rethink $400M NJ-Pa. Pipeline
• Enviros Demand Pa. Gov. Release Full Fracking Water Tests
• Kinder Morgan Plans For Tie-In To $1B Mexico Gas Pipeline
• House Clears Way For $265M NYC Gas Pipeline
• Sapphire Power Trying To Skimp On $256M Deal, Suit Says
• Obama's 2nd Term: A Victory For Climate Change Advocates
• Qatar Extends Total's Offshore Oil Field Rights By 25 Years
• Ex-BP Engineer Wants Gov't Emails In Deepwater Texting Case
• Oil Shipper Overseas Shipholding Enters Bankruptcy
• Calif. Chamber Of Commerce Fights Cap-And-Trade Auction
• Delta Petroleum Trustee Slams Akin Gump's $1M Fee Request
• Ex-Refinery Worker Reaped $20M In Kickback Scam, Suit Says
• Texas Dems Seek To End State's Fracking Tax Breaks
• NRC To Conduct Post-Sandy Inspection At Exelon Plant
• BP, Russian Partners Settle Score To Ease $55B JV Buyout
• Exxon Brings US Shale Experience To Colombia
• Lawmaker Aims To Speed Permits For Alaskan Gas Transport
• Dissecting The SEC's Problematic Conflict Mineral Rules
• Cuomo Forms Panel To Probe 'Dysfunctional Utility System'
• Long Island Utility Faces Class Action Over Sandy Response
• Blackstone, Oil Co. LLOG Ink $1.2B Gulf Of Mexico Deal
• Weil Guides Leucadia On $2.6B Deal For Fellow Investor
• AES Solar Gets $752M Financing, Grows Portfolio To 500 MW
• Oil Tycoon Takes $500M Freshfields RICO Suit To High Court
• Conduit, CAF Grab Majority Stake In Peruvian Solar Farms
• Thousands Of Jobs Rely On Wind Credit, Govs. Tell Congress
• Tips For Quality Control In Technology-Assisted Review
• Chevron Calls On Argentine Judge To Undo Asset Freeze
• Solar Trust Creditors Challenge German Parent's $211M Claim
• NJ Accuses 8 Businesses of Post-Sandy Price Gouging
• DOE Finds Conflicts Of Interest In Small-Business Grants
• Election May Save Wind Tax Credit, But Industry Woes Remain
• Republicans Question Math Behind NRG Wind Farm Lease
• Pa. DEP Head Fires New Salvo In Fracking Water Test Row
• Interior Fences Off Western Lands To Oil Shale Exploration
• Insurer Can't Avoid Covering $8M Pipeline Defect Settlement
• $1.7B NRG, GenOn Merger OK'd By Shareholders
• SEC Won't Stay Dodd-Frank's Energy Disclosure Rule Amid Suits
• BakerHostetler Hires 2 Enviro, Energy Pros From McKenna
• EPA Permits 2 Fracking Wastewater Disposal Wells In NW Pa.
• Pitcher Can't Block Pipeline With Phantom Ocelots, Cos. Say
• Enviros Lose NRC Hearing Bid On San Onofre Plant Restarts
• Energy Firm CEO Cops To $485M Investment Scheme
• Barclays Wins Dismissal Of $143M Unfair Transfer Fee Suit
• NY Town Residents Sue Con Ed Over Sandy Power Outage
• FERC Won't Toss Seattle's Claims In Power Refund Row
• Arbitrators Award Alaska $255M For 2006 BP Oil Spill
• Judge Won't Let Ex-BP Engineer Off Hook In Deepwater Case
• Brooklyn Prosecutors Crack Down On Post-Sandy Price-Gouging
• Baker & McKenzie Leads South Africa's Rush Into Clean Power
• CPUC OKs Utility Efficiency, Renewable Energy Programs
• Duke, FPL Could Get $293M From Customers For New Nukes
• Cuomo Decries LIPA Monopoly Amid Post-Sandy Power Outages
• Brazilian Congress Approves Oil Royalty Redistribution Bill
• Marathon Wants To Boot Fulbright In $792M Oil Contract Row
• Judge Pares Investor Claims Over $500M Weatherford Tax Flub
• EPA Calls For More Public Input On Fracking Study
• NJ Lawmaker Wants Utilities To File Emergency Plans
• Vietnam Gets World Bank Backing For $800M Electricity Project
• Lingering Questions On CFTC And SEC Swap Product Rule
• Exxon Enviro Settlement Docs Privileged, Texas Court Says
• Williams Lands FERC Approval For NE Gas Pipeline Project
• Total Expands In Kazakhstan With Onshore Stake Buys
• Deutsche Threatens Suit If FERC Doesn't Drop $1.5M Fine
• Pa. PUC Issues Revised Figures For Fracking Impact Fees
• Shell, Sunoco Settle With NH In $772M MTBE Pollution Suit
• EU Expands Chinese Solar Probe To Target Subsidies
• Obama Unlikely To Boost Federal-Land Drilling In 2nd Term
• Exxon Wants Out Of $50B Qurna Project, Iraqi Official Says
• Interior Dept. Seeks Tough Review Of Ore. LNG Project
• Tsakos Paid Kickbacks For $100M In Shipping Work, Suit Says
• BP, Statoil, Total Invited To Buy Into $8B Azerbaijan Pipe
• Litigation Hold Doesn't Bar Pa. Fracking Site Cleanup: Judge
• Argentine Judge Freezes Chevron Assets In $19B Judgment Row
• Pa. DEP Head Slams Enviros In Pollution Aggregation Row
• BP, Exxon Contest Enbridge's Tariff-Change Bid At FERC
• Lukoil Expands In West Africa With Talisman Project Stake
• ITC Clears Way For Chinese Solar Panel Import Duties
• Forest Oil Wants $20M Award Chucked For Arbitrator Bias
• Calif. Voters Pass Business Tax For $550M Energy Funding
• EPA's Additional Fracking Rules May Bring Confusion
• Rep. Misunderstood Fracking Public Health Data, Pa. DEP Says
• Michigan Voters Reject Tougher Clean Energy Goals
• India's Gulf Oil Puts Up $1B For US Auto Chemicals Co.
• Fracking Rows Possible After Dems Flip Pa. AG's Office
• Calif.'s $120M NRG Car Charging Pact Gets Federal Approval
• Former Valerus Worker Sues Over Stock Redemption
• Dooney & Bourke Co-Founder Seeks New Bribery Trial
• Pa. Landowners Say Halcon Broke Oil, Gas Rights Agreements
• Duke Appeals To Block Release Of Progress Merger Docs
• Phillips 66 Skirted PCB Cleanup Duties At Ill. Site, EPA Says
• EPA Approves Post-Sandy Fuel Delivery Workaround For NJ
• Latham Nabs Ex-Linklaters Enviro Pro For NY Office
• Oil, Gas Cos. Want More Endangered Species Info From FWS
• Pa. Power Plant Funding Entity Hits Ch. 11 With Debt Plan
• Azeri Oil Fund To Help Finance $8B Pipeline Project
• TCW Looks To Skirt Carlyle Merger Injunction
• Nucor Inks $3.6B Deal To Lock Down Encana Gas Output
• Enterprise Targets Ind. County Over Pipeline Zoning Rule
• Texas Agency Considers Exclusive Well-Cleanup Contracts
• Landowners Press Texas High Court For Oil Royalties Class
• Suit Over Alpha's $7B Massey Buy Returns To State Court
• Enviros Challenge Approval Of Shell's Spill Response Plan
• Russia's Novatek Puts Up $1.4B For Major Nortgas Stake
• Natural Gas, Renewables Set To Dominate Obama's 2nd Term
• Climate Change To Seize Spotlight In Obama's 2nd Term
• Texas Judicial Hopeful Skirts $1.3B Malpractice Trial Until May
• Rio Tinto Seals Power Deal For $13B Mongolian Mine
• El Paso Unit Can't Sink Investor Suit Over $667M Gas Co. Buy
• EIG Injunction Jeopardizes Carlyle Merger, TCW Tells Judge
• Vinson & Elkins Aids Antero's $325M Sale Of Colo. Gas Assets
• US Beats Enviro Suit Over $2.2B Mojave Solar Plant
• Seadrill's Malaysian Partner Pays $2.9B For Rig Unit
• Georgia Power Sues Contractors Over $900M In Disputed Claims
• Shell Drops Italian LNG Plan After 7 Years Of Paperwork
• Enviros Blast Utilities' Challenge To Pa. Efficiency Targets
• US Defends Enviro Impact Review Of Ore. Wind Project
• Bingham Adds Herbert Smith M&A Vet As Tokyo Partner
• Crisis Management From The Board's Perspective
• High Court Wants US To Weigh In On Arbitrators' Authority
• Harbinger, EXCO Form $725M Energy Exploration JV
• China Hits EU With WTO Case Over Green Energy Subsidies
• SEC Wants $2M In Idaho Nuclear Developer's Assets Frozen
• Group Slams Wackenhut Over Nuke Lab Break-In, Testing Row
• Utilities Face Scrutiny Over Hurricane Sandy Response
• Texas Court Reopens Atty's Suit Over Dynegy Legal Fees
• Hurricane Sandy Causes Diesel Tank Damage, Oil Spill In NJ
• NJ Lawmakers Call For Backup Power At Gas Stations
• Oyster Fisheries Opt Out Of $8B BP Oil Spill Settlement
• Thompson & Knight Hit With $960K Malpractice Judgment
• Gulf Landowners Sue BP As Opt-Out Cases Trickle In
• NRC Questions Exelon Nuke Plant's Flood Plan Post-Fukushima
• Pa. Lawmaker Blasts DEP's Handling Of Fracking Water Safety
• US Asks Court To Revisit $200M Electricity Billing Dispute
• Cheap Natural Gas, EPA Regs Claim Another Coal Mine
• Indonesia OKs BP's Plans For $12B LNG Project Expansion
• Could CT's Approach To Clean Energy Be A National Model?
• IRS Appeals Solyndra Ch. 11 Plan Over PE Tax Breaks
• Crescent Point Pays $861M To Get Into Utah Oil Play
• Akin Gump Adds 3 Energy Pros From Patton Boggs In DC
• House Dems Sound Alarm On Climate Change In Sandy's Wake
• Insurers Avoid Defending Enviro Firm In Chevron's RICO Suit
• Ecuadoreans Open New Fronts In Chase Of $19B Chevron Award
• Pa. Consumer Advocate Asks For Review Of New PECO Charge
• China Adds EU Cos. To Expanded Probe Of Solar Suppliers
• Energy, Enviro Agency Heads Set For Election-Year Exits
• TransCanada Faces Canadian Safety Audit
• Locke Lord Snags London M&A Partner From Fox Williams
• Chesapeake Seeks $2B To Retire Pricey Loans
• Pa. AG Says Doc Can't Challenge Fracking Medical Gag Rule
• TransCanada Wins $1B Pipeline Contract From Mexico
• Ex-Obama Atty Perrelli Rejoins Jenner & Block In Washington
• Mapping The Pre-Election Landscape