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Energy - February, 2013

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• BP Missed Macondo Warning Signs, Safety Chief Says
• Ace's $200M Plant Explosion Subrogation Suit Shut Down
• Former Massey Exec Cops To Compromising Mine Safety
• Texas Appeals Court Sends BP Gas Delivery Suit To Arbitration
• Sempra Finalizes $371M Sale Of Ariz. Power Plant Block
• Texas Atty Indicted Over Alleged $32M Laundering Scheme
• Pa. Bill Would Create Incentives For Car Charging Stations
• CountryMark Agrees To $18M Deal In Refinery Air Quality Suit
• A Few Thoughts On FERC's Civil Penalty Calculations
• DOI Accused Of Skipping Enviro Analysis Of Coal Mine Plans
• Columbia Gas Plans $210M Pipeline Expansion In Pa., NJ
• EU Launches Dumping Probe Into Chinese Solar Glass
• Lawmakers Aim To Curb NRC's Post-Fukushima Orders
• SoCal Wind Project Beats Tribal, Enviro Challenges
• Texas Bill Would Give Cities Power To Regulate LNG
• Locke Lord Guides Regency's $1.5B Permian Basin Assets Buy
• 6 Areas Often Underestimated In Law Firm Mergers
• Shell Halts Alaska Drilling Activity In 2013 Amid Safety Woes
• Del. High Court Denies Investor Appeal Over $9B Freeport Deal
• Chevron Can Subpoena Bank In $19B Ecuador Pollution Saga
• Deepwater Witness Rips BP's 'Egregious' Drilling Moves
• DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Natural Gas Bidding In Jeopardy
• EU Offshore Drilling Rules May Hamper Small Oil, Gas Cos.
• NJ Sen. Looks To Ease Access To Wind Energy Tax Breaks
• GOP Energy Bill Would Expand Drilling, Target EPA
• 5th Circ. Enforces Arbitration Deal Despite Rights Clause
• Chinese Duties Too Lax, Wind Tower Cos. Tell Commerce
• Insurers Want Refinery's $20M Lost Biz Suit In Arbitration
• Barclays Docs Blast FERC Subpoena In $470M Energy Probe
• Pa. Rep. Pushes Bills To Protect Against Fracking Mishaps
• US Chamber Report Disputes EPA Job Creation Claims
• CCG Pickup Marks Puma Energy's 2nd Aussie Fuel Buy
• $7B LIPA Debt Clouds Effort To Privatize Long Island Grid
• How FERC Is Fueling New Merchant Transmission Projects
• Deepwater Rig Safety Was Shared Duty, BP Exec Testifies
• Houston American Beats Investor Suit Over Exec Bonuses
• Shell Inks $6.2B Deal For Repsol LNG Assets
• Energy Cos. Won't Find Cybersecurity Maxims Just Voluntary
• Investor Barred From Taking Ex-Biz Partner's Oil Cos.
• Calif. Speeds CEQA Review For $1B NextEra Solar Project
• Sequester Will Delay Renewables Projects, Salazar Warns
• $1.65B In Exxon Leak Damages Slashed By Md. High Court
• BP Unit, Tanker Co. OSG Reach Truce Over Shipping Venture
• Jones Day Picks Up Blake Cassels Cross-Border Projects Pro
• DC Circ. Backs FCC's Power To Dictate Utility Pole Charges
• Union Pacific, BNSF Dodge Oxbow's Price-Fixing Suit
• RRJ, Blackstone Units Pour $372M Into Cheniere LNG Efforts
• Pa. Utility Accepts Higher Penalty For Deadly Gas Blast
• The Next Big Thing In Securities Litigation
• CNOOC Seals $15.1B Nexen Buyout
• Peabody Says SEC Investigating Prairie State Coal Plant
• Reed Smith Says Howdy To Houston With 12-Partner Office
• EPA Will Face A Flood Of Water Issues In 2013
• Shine Might Be Off Alt Fee Arrangements, GC Survey Shows
• GCs Brace For More Whistleblower Suits
• Chevron Inks $349M Deal For Australian Gas Rights
• In-House Teams Expand To Keep Pace With More Suits, Probes
• GCs Rate Fixed Fees Best Bang For Their Buck
• Calif.'s Second Cap-And-Trade Auction Sees Higher Prices
• BP Deserves Lion's Share Of Deepwater Blame, DOJ Argues
• Chinese-Owned Co. Can't Nix Obama Bar To Wind Farm Deal
• Travelers Escapes $1.8M KBR Pollution Defense Claim
• K&L Gates Sued Over Failed Chesapeake Investment
• Bankrupt OSG Sues BP Unit For Trying to Ditch Joint Venture
• 1st Circ. Scraps Mass. Challenge To Nuke Plant License
• Areva Can't Shake Ban From $10B Czech Nuke Project
• AZZ Plunks Down $250M For Energy-Sector Repair Unit
• FERC Nixes Buckeye Jet Fuel Price Hikes, Rate Program
• Noble Execs Say SEC's Nigerian Bribery Claims Are Too Late
• AEP Will Refuel Or Retire 3 Coal-Fired Power Plants
• Sinopec To Pay $1B For Half Of Chesapeake Okla. Gas Play
• High Court Snubs Miners In National Forest Road-Closure Row
• New MSHA Rule Puts Mine Owners On Thin Ice
• Torys Aids Brookfield In Hostile Takeover Of Western Wind
• Honeywell, Others Roped Back Into $42M CERCLA Suit
• Encana, Chesapeake Accused Of Fixing Lease Bids
• LNG Import Facility Loses Approval Amid Fracking Boom
• Magellan Commits $190M For 800 Miles Of Pipeline
• Enviros Sue Dominion Energy Over Mass. Plant Pollution
• Biofuel Fraudster To Serve 12 Years, Pay $42M
• Texas High Court Lets Oil Royalty Class Cert. Bid Proceed
• Shell Arctic Drill Rig Plagued By Engine, Safety Problems
• Hogan Lovells Reps Lenders In $252M Oil Storage Financing
• EU Levels Duties On US Ethanol Despite Trade Groups' Protest
• Mid-Continent Win In Katrina Spill Fight Upheld By 5th Circ.
• IFC Injects $100M Into InterEnergy's Caribbean Projects
• DOE Puts Up $20M For Promising Cybersecurity Tools
• Watchdog Slams Gaps In EPA Oil, Gas Emissions Data
• JPMorgan Unit's Emails Not Privileged, FERC Tells DC Circ.
• Locke Lord Lures Calif. Energy Partner From Stoel Rives
• What To Expect From The 3rd Largest Oil Deal Ever
• NJ Regulator Struggles To Ease Offshore Wind Worries
• SEC Wants Pilot To Pay $2.4M For Insider Trading
• Court Resists Altering $106M Verdict In Energy Patent Row
• Kinder Morgan, Mercuria To Build Texas Crude-By-Rail Facility
• Shunning Settlement, BP Bets Trial Can Curb Deepwater Costs
• GOP Says Interior Watchdog Shielded Officials
• JCP&L To Pour $200M Into Infrastructure Upgrades
• Energy Cos. Face Hefty Fines Under EPA Emissions Proposal
• FERC Zaps Duke's Regional Transmission Planning Proposal
• Fla. Sens. Want Customers Repaid When Nuke Plants Stall
• DOI's Alaska Oil Reserve Plan Allows Pipeline Construction
• FERC Won't Rehear Conoco's $500M Pipeline Protest
• Kirkland Aids Energy Capital In $805M Mezzanine Fund
• Debevoise Adds PPP Vet To Project Finance Team
• FERC Updates Standards For Electricity Conservation Goods
• Ampal Plan Advances As Brown Rudnick Eases Contempt Bid
• Texas Lawmaker Aims To Expand Property Rights Protections
• Fla. Rep. Withdraws Bill Allowing Drilling In State Forest
• High Court Asked To Hear Ethanol-Gas Blend Challenge
• EU Eyes New Offshore Safety Regs In Deepwater Spill's Wake
• Indian Officials Greenlight $2.6B Power Plant Project
• Only A Matter Of Time — Prepare For Geomagnetic Storms
• Latham Reps Linn Energy In $4.3B Deal For Berry Petroleum
• Halliburton Faces $300M Arbitration Over Fracking Secrets
• Creditors Look To Force Trinity Coal Into Ch. 11
• Alaska Hydro Project Could Power Half Of State, Backers Say
• Obama Expected To Tap McCarthy For EPA, Moniz For DOE
• ATP Rebuffs Creditors' Liquidation, Trustee Demands
• Supreme Court Mulls PPL's Bid For $39M Credit Over UK Tax
• ConocoPhillips, PetroChina Strike Energy Development Pacts
• Dem Grills BP On Misstatements About Macondo Oil Flow
• PSE&G Eyes $4B System Upgrade In Hurricane Sandy's Wake
• Texas Agency Loosens Proposed Fracking Rules
• Chevron, Transocean Workers Shake Charges Over Brazil Spill
• BP, Others Resolve Calif. City's MTBE Case For $3.5M
• Iraq Signs Off On $15B In Pipeline Deals
• Obama Calls For $50B In Transport, Energy Project Funds
• Pa. Utility Will Pay $105M In Power Line Death Settlement
• How EPA Will Clean Things Up In 2013
• Consol's $1B Pittsburgh Airport Fracking Deal Clears Panel
• Top Dem Says Sequester Will Impede Oil, Gas Production
• GOP Bill Would Pin EPA Biofuel Quota To Production Growth
• B. Grimm, Bangkadi Secure $326M For Thai Energy Projects
• BP, Reliance Plan $5B Investment In India Gas Field
• NJ Can't Oversee Nuclear Materials, DC Circ. Again Rules
• Transocean's $1B Deepwater Civil Deal Wins Approval
• Judge Blocks Quick Win In NC Superfund Test Case
• Exxon, Conoco, Others Detail $65B Alaska Pipeline Plan
• Ch. 7 Trustee Sues Ex-Conex Execs Over $246M Buyout
• EU Proposes Carbon Permit Auction Delay To Raise Prices
• Dynegy Judge Says Ch. 11 Releases Don't Bar Investor Claims
• CAA Key To New EPA Climate Change Regs, Think Tank Says
• BP Wins $3.5B Cut Of US Claims Ahead Of Deepwater Trial
• EPA's Former GC Joins Beveridge & Diamond's Enviro Team
• Pa. Bill Would Boost Renewable Energy Targets
• CARB Enjoys Victory But Can't Rest Assured
• Freeport Investors' Records Appeal OK'd In Suit Over $9B Deal
• Calif. Cap-And-Trade Auction To Draw Crowd Despite Suits
• Investor's $3M Racketeering Suit Against Atty Booted
• Coal Plants Can't Compete With Natural Gas, Experts Say
• EPA May Target Greenhouse Gases Through Clean Air Act
• Enviros Look To Rebound In Power Line Battle
• DC Circ. Backs FERC's Energy Auction Rate Move
• Ampal Execs Blast Brown Rudnick's Contempt Bid In Fee Fight
• Dodd-Frank Rules May Force Banks To Shed Energy Units
• Senate Dems Unveil Bills To Elevate Geothermal Projects
• Tar Sands Oil Imports Should Be Taxed Like Crude, Dems Say
• Enviros Urge DRBC To Review $400M Kinder Morgan Pipeline
• Parker Drilling Faces $16M Charge To Resolve FCPA Probe
• Post-Sandy Power Pole Shortage Prompts NY Utility Study
• Govs. Ask DOI Nominee To Ease Offshore Drilling Policy
• GCs Name 43 Best-Of-The-Best Attys
• Feds Must Disclose Firms Making Oil, Gas Lease Requests
• UK Approves Statoil's $7.1B North Sea Oil Project
• House Dems Call For Federal Fracking Disclosure Rules
• KKR Buys Ontario Solar Portfolio From Starwood Energy
• GCs Name Cream Of The Crop Litigators
• Treating The Troubled US Energy Infrastructure
• What Obama's Cybersecurity Plan Means For Your Company
• BP, Transocean Sued Over Deepwater Insurance Claims
• Pipeline Co. Says Surveyor Gave Rival Secret Route Info
• Calif. Bill Aims To Raise $2B A Year By Taxing Oil Producers
• Pipeline Appeals In Limbo After Pa. Permit Ruling
• Pa. PUC Aims To Boost Competition In Retail Electricity Market
• Cybersecurity Bill's Author Says Privacy Fears 'Unfounded'
• 5th Circ. OKs Ecuador's Discovery Bid In $19B Chevron Row
• Key Pa. Panel OKs Bill Promoting Mine Water Use In Fracking
• Calif. Regulator Won't Review Nuke Plant Overbilling Claims
• Rosneft's New Exxon Deal Could Make It A Player In Alaska
• Sens. Float New Fossil Fuel Carbon Tax
• Transocean Fined $400M As It Admits Deepwater Guilt
• Enviro Cos., Beware Of More EPA Criminal Enforcement
• BP Spars With Gov't Over Potential $21B Deepwater Fines
• Miners Protest Patriot Coal Benefit Cuts
• Private Sector To Push For Leeway In Cybersecurity Standards
• Fla. Bill Would Put Most Municipal Utilities Under State Eye
• NY Fracking 'Home Rule' Appeal Looms Amid Regulatory Delay
• Franken Takes Key Energy Subcommittee Post In Senate
• Insurer Sues Deepwater Cleanup Cos. Over Worker Coverage
• Obama's Climate Ultimatum Paves Way For Agency Actions
• Green Groups Target TVA Over Alleged CWA Violations
• Provident Execs Plead Guilty In $485M Oil Investment Ponzi
• Obama Pushes To Use $2B In Oil Cash For Renewable Energy
• Statoil Eyes Artic Oil Terminal As Norway Crude Biz Grows
• Overseas Shipholding Hit For $463M In Taxes As CEO Resigns
• Greece, Italy, Albania Leaders OK $2B Trans-Adriatic Pipeline
• Pipeline Group Calls FERC's Gas Sale Reporting Rule 'Unwise'
• US Wrongly Created Solar Energy Zones, Enviros Claim
• Gulf Capital Swings Deal For Dubai Oilfield Services Co.
• Rosneft Secures $14.2B Loan For TNK-BP Acquisition
• Obama Order Tackles Mounting Cybersecurity Threats
• Pemex's Suit Over $300M Cartel Gas Theft Trimmed
• Texas Bill Would Allow Privacy Suits Over 'Smart' Utility Meters
• CNOOC Deal Wins US Approval, But Nexen Mum On Mitigation
• ATP Owes $55M In Fines Over Covert Oil Discharge, US Says
• UK Lift Of Fracking Moratorium Brings Positive Reaction
• Sens. Push For More Renewable Projects On Public Lands
• Fracking In NY Would Harm NJ Too, Lawmakers Tell Cuomo
• $1.8B In Gas Supplier Taxes Will Spur Partnerships: PennDOT
• Dow Chemical, API Spar Over LNG Exports In Hearing
• Holland & Knight Continues NY Expansion With 3 Attys
• Ban On Fracking Talk In NY Town Curbs Free Speech: Enviros
• Tetra Unit Settles $60M Hurricane Damage Insurance Row
• DOI Asks Judge To Rethink Axing Alaska Polar Bear Habitat
• Ex-EPA Civil Enforcement Chief Joins McGuireWoods
• BP, Freeport Strike 20-Year LNG Export Deal
• Anadarko Tells 5th Circ. Williams Owes $9M In Oil Deal
• Halliburton Pays $219M Over KBR's Shoddy Oil Pipeline Work
• NJ Assembly Panel Advances Permanent Fracking Ban
• ATP Creditors Demand Trustee Or Liquidation
• Pa. Bill Would Fund Fracking Pollution Test For Well Water
• Australia OKs $675M Whitehaven Coal Project Days After Delay
• Hogan Lovells Adds 2 Energy Pros To Denver Office
• Lawmakers Eye Renewable Energy Leases On Public Land
• TIAA, Norwegian Fund Form $1.2B US RE Venture
• Enviros Lose Challenge To NJ Stretch of $1.2B Power Line
• EQT Unit's Proposed Pipeline Buy Too Risky, PUC Judge Says
• Gulfport Snags More Utica Acres In $220M Windsor Buy
• Cabot Can't Nix Appeal Of Fracking Pollution Settlement
• Nicor Says FCA Billing Claims Belong Before State Agency
• Vinson & Elkins Reps CapStreet In Energy Servicer MBO
• K&L Gates Launches In Houston With Fulbright Securities Pro
• US Lost $30B Through Flawed Coal Leases, NRDC Claims
• Law360 Energy Editorial Advisory Board
• TCEQ Wants To Streamline Oil, Gas Emissions Approval
• Takeaways From FERC's Recent Due Diligence Order
• No Space For Partner Egos In Law Firm Of The Future
• DC Circ. Douses DOE's Decorative Fireplace Efficiency Regs
• DOI To Probe Coal Export Royalty Payments
• EPA's Biofuel Mandate Hinges On Untested Plants
• Transocean, Feds Push For $400M Deepwater Plea Approval
• Consol To Pay Up To $1B For Pittsburgh Airport Drilling Rights
• Judges Want Details On Post-Merger Central Hudson Board
• US Coal Owes Pryor Cashman $2.5M In Fees, Judge Finds
• Schlumberger Stops Ex-Engineer From Taking Halliburton Job
• Allstate, Others Blame Texas Electric Co-Op For Wildfire
• Enviros Throw Support Behind Pa. Fuel-Switching Plan
• JBIC Loans $3B To Buoy UAE-Owned Oil Co. Upstream Growth
• Texas High Court Won't Pick Up Chesapeake Lease Appeal
• Climate Change Forces EPA, DOI To Fine-Tune Missions
• Fuel Co. Blames Design Flaw For Jet Fuel Fire At Miami Airport
• Marguerite, Siemens Grab Stakes In $1.7B German Wind Farm
• Energy, Tech Firms Buy Time On EU Derivative Rules
• What To Know When Investing In Energy Efficiency
• SandRidge Says No To Board Shake-Up, Citing Debt Docs
• The Time Is Now To Invest In Natural Gas Vehicles
• Ecuador Must Block $19B Chevron Judgment, Tribunal Says
• Arab Spring Instability Driving Away US Investors
• DOE To Offer $150M In Clean Tech Tax Credits
• NY, 8 Other States Tighten Regional Carbon Pollution Caps
• Babcock Liable For Nuclear Pollution Injuries, Suit Says
• Pa. Electricity Cos. Slam Gas Co.'s Fuel-Switch Plan
• Vale Sketches Out $7B Plan For Africa Expansion
• House Bill Would Tie EPA Biofuel Quota To Production
• DC Circ. Questions FERC Authority In $30M Gas Trader Case
• EU Plan Forces More Cos. To Reveal Data Breaches
• US Pays Maine Yankee $82M In Nuclear Fuel Storage Row
• Iranian Bank Beats EU Nuke Sanctions In Court
• India Greenlights JV For $7.6B Trans-Afghan Pipeline
• Alaska's Take On Habitat Designation: Next Steps For DOI
• Kazakhmys Considers $1.6B Power Station Stake Sale
• High-Cost Debt Refinance — Is Everybody Going Dutch?
• EU Rule Would Require Cos. To Report Data Breaches
• Ex-Puda Coal Directors Can't Dodge Suit Over Asset Sale
• China Pledges To Cap Sulfur In Fuel By 2017
• Oil, Gas Systems Rank 2nd In GHGs From Facilities, EPA Says
• $13M Vt. Power Plant Levy Illegal, Entergy Tells 2nd Circ.
• Fla. County Can't Halt Homeowners' Electricity Plan In Court
• YPF Accused Of Keeping Quiet On Nationalization Risk
• Obama's DOI Pick May Open Doors For Drilling Projects
• FERC Denies ATC's Bid For Half Of Xcel's $445M Minn. Line
• Total Weighs $3.2B Gas Co. Deal, Fertilizer Biz Sales
• French Appeals Court Nixes Power Co.'s $2M Hacking Fine
• Iraq's $10B Suit Over Oil-For-Food Scheme Nixed
• EPA's Human Testing Should Delay Fine Particle Rule: GOP
• Quebec Fund Puts Up $500M For Stake In Wind Farms
• Chevron Launches $5.6B African Offshore Oil Project
• Pa. Bills Would Fuel Transition To Natural Gas Vehicles
• Copano Investor Targets $5B Kinder Morgan Merger
• W.Va. High Court Says Negligent Mine Inspectors Can Be Sued
• Kinder Morgan Unit's $400M Pipeline Survives Enviro Suits
• Former Sen. Hutchison Joins Bracewell As Senior Counsel
• US Tells WTO India Unfairly Blocks Solar Equipment
• Obama Picks REI Chief To Head Interior
• The Debate On State-Sponsored Power Plants Continues
• Investors Seek Del. High Court's Input On Records Requests
• Overseas Shipholding Gets $25M DIP To Keep Tankers Afloat
• Satcon Heads To Ch. 7 After Failing To Generate Buyer
• Commerce's Solar Cell Duties Challenged By Chinese Co.
• Morgan Lewis Lands Vinson & Elkins Environmental Vet
• Duke Lands $835M Insurance Payout For Damaged Nuke Plant
• BP Faces $34B In Deepwater Claims From State, Local Gov'ts
• JBIC, Others Put Up $1B To Fund Inpex's Shell Project Buy-In
• DC Circ. Backs FERC In Nixing Congestion Fee Suit
• Ohio Gov. Seeks Severance Tax Hike On Oil, Gas Wells
• Alston Hires DOJ Vet To Defend Securities, FCPA Cases
• Revamped Pension System Key To Pa. Gov.'s Fiscal Vision
• Republicans Press NRC To Slow Post-Fukushima Rulemaking
• Century Must Pay For Electric Co.'s Defense In Cleanup Row
• How To Offset The Risk Of Gov't Nonpayment
• GOP Sen. Looks To Redefine Clean Energy In New Blueprint
• Fla. Bills Would Create Incentives For Natural Gas Vehicles
• BP Flouted State Gas Tank Safety Regs, Calif. AG Suit Says
• Puma Energy Pays Archer Capital $677M For Fuel Retailer
• BP To Foot $10M Bill For New Gulf Restoration Projects
• NJ Sen. Pulls Fracking-Stay Bill To Pursue Permanent Ban
• Houston Atty Sued Over Role In $60M Reverse Merger
• Metro Fuel Shouldn't Liquidate, Unsecured Creditors Say
• Ariz. AG Challenges EPA's Haze Plan In 9th Circ.
• Exelon Misstated Nuke Plant Decommission Funds, NRC Says
• Denison Can Revive Mine Without New Enviro Report: 9th Circ.
• Chevron Says Ecuadoreans Dodged Depositions In $19B Suit
• Enviros Lose Bid To Nix Kinder Morgan Pipeline Permits
• Centrica Flees 4 UK Nuclear Projects Over Costs
• Fracking A Slice Of Pa. Industrial Air Pollution, DEP Says
• Justices Told Filed-Rate Doctrine Killed KeySpan Antitrust Suit
• Pa. Utility Fights $61M Award Over Power Line Death
• Increasing Federal Regulation: NY Shale Development Part 2
• Enviros Lose Challenge To $1.2B NY-NJ Pipeline
• Wexford Capital Skirts Fraud Claims Over $674M Archer Deal
• Chevron, FedEx Investors Want Full Trial On Forum Bylaws
• Lubbock Advances Texland Petroleum's Fracking Plan
• Mining Cos. Ask High Court To Decide NEPA Standing Fight
• Georgia Power Escapes Liability In Superfund Test Case
• Chevron Says BP, Exxon Seized $13M In Oil Over Pipeline Fee
• No Green Light Yet, But €1.5B Pipeline Looking For Steel
• Calif. Panel Set To Take Up Clean Tech Bill For Vehicles
• Pakistan To Go Forward With $1.5B Pipeline To Iran: Report
• GE Eyes $1B Investment In Nigerian Manufacturing Plant
• Thompson & Knight Aids EnCap On $5B Fund Closing
• US On Hook For $35M In Sacramento Nuclear Waste Cleanup
• US Steel Opens New Coke Battery In Western Pa.
• Haynes & Boone Snags Project Deals Vet In Mexico City
• Del. River Agency Changes Course, Will Review Gas Pipelines
• DOE's Steven Chu To Step Down After 4 Years
• Pa. DEP Tightens Emissions For Gas Compressor Stations
• Hot Investment Areas For REITs