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Energy - June, 2013

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• Obama Nomination Will Keep FERC On Steady Course
• Chevron's Dismissal Bid In 'Hot Fuel' MDL Falls Short
• EU Proposal Targets Carbon Emissions From Ships
• House Approves Plan To Expand Offshore Oil And Gas Leases
• Pa. Lawmaker Seeks To Curb Post-Production Drilling Fees
• Interior Approves 500-MW BP Wind Project in Ariz.
• Obama Climate Plan Deals A Blow To McCarthy Confirmation
• Earthquake May Cause 'Failure' At Los Alamos, DOE IG Finds
• Arch Coal Rakes In $435M As It Sends Utah Biz To Bowie
• Rockies Express Gouged Shell, BP On Pipeline, FERC Rules
• Obama's Picks For GSA, NRC Win Senate Approval
• Obama Picks Ex-Colo. Utility Regulator To Lead FERC
• Fracking — There's Coverage For That
• Chinese Wind-Turbine Maker Sinovel Charged With IP Theft
• 7th, 11th Circs. Rule ACA Covers Black Lung Claims
• House Passes Bill To Enact US-Mexico Drilling Deal
• Covanta, Harrisburg Reach Deal Over $22M Loan Default
• Gas Developer Can't Revive Enbridge Pipeline Access Suit
• Pa. House Plan Grows Transportation Funds By Over $2B
• Rosneft To Offer Lower Share Price Deal To TNK-BP Minority
• Edison Energy Wants JP Morgan To Explore Ch. 11 Sale
• EPA Hit With Subpoena Threat By GOP Lawmakers
• Senate Probes Rising Costs On DOE Nuke Cleanup Contracts
• Senate Bill Would Create Nuclear Waste Watchdog Agency
• Ill. AG Slams Petco Petroleum As State's Worst Oil Polluter
• GOP Vows To Use EPA Bill To Attack Obama's Climate Plan
• GOP Bill Would Cede Public Energy Development To States
• Midstream Energy Industry Headed For Merger Mania
• EU Lawmakers Advance $39B Infrastructure Upgrade Plan
• $3.3B PGE Coal Plant Project Revived By Mining Co.
• Ex-Texas Atty Gets Probation In Stock Manipulation Case
• Baker Hughes Hit With Wage-And-Hour Action
• Pa. Landowners Slam Fracking Post-Drilling Deductions
• $1.3B Renewable Energy Power Line Proposed For Germany
• Bonus Vs. Royalty: Oil And Gas Landowners' Dilemma
• Chevron Ruling Reflects Trend On Song-Beverly's Reach
• Anadarko Seeks To Stall ATP's Oil Field Abandonment
• Repsol Rejects Argentina's 'Unsatisfactory' $5B YPF Bid
• Canada Imposes CA$1B Cleanup Fund On Major Oil Lines
• BP Letters, Ads Commit To Contesting Deepwater Payouts
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Ex-Oil Exec's Pump-And-Dump Conviction
• SunCoke Will Spend Over $100M In Air Pollution Settlement
• EU Advances Plan To Cap Car Carbon Emissions
• Jones Day Adds PE Partner From Winston Strawn In NYC
• US Can Store 3.7 Trillion Tons Of CO2, Interior Says
• Judge To Increase Schlumberger Unit's $106M Patent Award
• NRC Says Indian Point Poses Little Threat To Aquatic Life
• House Moves Controversial Offshore Drilling Bills Forward
• Obama's Call For Plant Pollution Cap Will Put EPA In Hot Seat
• Luminant Asks High Court To Topple EPA's Emissions Limits
• BP, Total To Select Winner For Caspian Sea Pipeline Project
• Deals Rumor Mill: Verizon, Riverstone, Total
• Total Ups Stake In Novatek As LNG Project Moves Forward
• How To Deal With Shareholder Enviro Risk Scrutiny
• Calif. Appeals Court Backs Solargen's Power Plant Project
• Travelers Beats Bad Faith Claim In Ala. Pollution Suit
• Chevron Wins Access To Email Info In Ecuador Pollution Row
• 2nd Circ. Frees Indian Harbor From Contaminated-Oil Costs
• Obama Looks At Keystone Through Carbon Pollution Lens
• NRG's Pa. Power Plant To Stay Open, Convert To Gas
• GSA, OIRA Nominees Headed For Full Senate Vote
• TransCanada Keeps Marsh Docs Out Of $70M Coverage Row
• K Road Cancels 663-MW Solar Project In Calif.
• Texas Appeals Court Revives Shell FCPA Defamation Suit
• Vinson Reps BreitBurn In $860M Okla. Oil Fields Buy
• Deals Rumor Mill: Total, Thai Life, Sumitomo
• Chevron, Cimarex Team Up To Develop Texas Oil Wells
• Indian Oil Giants Revive $2.5B Mozambique LNG Stake Bid
• New Opportunities In The Burgeoning Mass. Solar Market
• What To Know About The Common Interest Privilege
• Obama Climate Plan Cuts Power Plants' Carbon Emissions
• ENRC Balks At $4.7B Bid, But Big Shareholder On Board
• More BigLaw Layoffs Expected After Massive Weil Cuts
• NJ Pols Won't Fight Christie's Veto Of Fracking Waste Ban
• Sinopec Pays $1.5B For Marathon Angola Oil Field Stake
• Enviros Ask Feds To Take Over W.Va. Mining Enforcement
• Stoel Rives Adds Energy, Project Finance Partner In DC
• Gas Lease Can't Force Driller To Drill: Pa. Appeals Court
• UK Export Finance Pledges $700M For Saudi Chem Complex
• Shell, Others Fight To Keep Oil Futures Probe Docs Private
• Crowell & Moring Lands Antitrust Atty From DLA Piper
• Obama Plan To Cover Emissions, Efficiency, Renewables
• An Audacious Provision In New Indian Land Lease Rules
• High Court Rebuffs Nev.'s Energy Crisis Antitrust Appeal
• Supreme Court Won't Hear E15 Ethanol Fuel Challenge
• High Court To Weigh EPA's Cross-State Emissions Rule
• High Court Isn't Keen On Class Actions, Latest Term Shows
• BP Wants Outside Probe Of Deepwater Horizon Payouts
• Plaintiffs Lawyers Still Hopeful After AmEx Ruling
• Judge Won't Revisit Dropping Ex-BP Exec's Obstruction Claim
• Climate Change Makes Poor Weapon In Oil, Gas Lease Fights
• AIG Unit Fights Against Covering $19M Mine Collapse Deal
• Evergreen Oil Names Clean Harbors As Stalking Horse
• Costa Rica Halts Chinese-Backed $1.5B Refinery Project
• US Settles Enviro Suit Over Gulf Seismic Survey Policy
• Texas High Court Axes Rancher's Suit Over Oil Well
• Carbon Tax Wins Support From Research Council
• CNPC Grabs Minority Stake In $20B Novatek LNG Project
• Enron's Skilling Gets Sentence Slashed To 14 Years
• Calif. Appeals Court Says Chevron ZIP Code Collection OK
• New Class Cert. Hearing Ordered In Phillips Gas Royalty Suit
• Wyo. Residents Blast EPA For Vacating Fracking Report
• Chevron Used Latham Ties To Turn $19B Suit Funder: Patton
• GE, Symbion To Build 400-MW Gas-Fired Plant In Tanzania
• FERC Commissioner Seeks Congress' Help On Cybersecurity
• Pa. Regulatory Board OKs New Water Standards
• Rosneft To Double China Exports In $270B Supply Deal
• 5th Circ. Remands Total, Statoil Royalty Contract Row
• NY Lawmakers Pass LIPA Reforms, Solar Development Bill
• Deals Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Local TV, Leonard Green
• FERC Won't Rehear Ruling On Wind Power Contract
• EU Again Pushes Solar Panel Trade Deal With China
• Enbridge Denies Poaching Customers In $3B Pipeline Row
• Reclaimed W.Va. Mine Owners Face Water Pollution Suits
• Coming Climate Regs Signal Bleak Future For Coal Industry
• Texas Court Revives Suit Seeking Half Of Plains' $83M Award
• Solar Panel Co. Can't Shed Customer's False Ad Action
• Credit Suisse Feels The Heat Over Solar Energy Co.'s Ch. 11
• More Lawmakers Criticize EPA's Renewable Fuels Program
• Jones Day Lands Energy Pro In Pittsburgh
• FERC Wants Changes To Fla. Transmission Planning Proposal
• 21 States Warn EPA Over 'Sue To Settle' Tactics
• Riverstone Steamrolls Target With $7.7B Close For Latest Fund
• FERC Greenlights ITC, Entergy $1.8B Transmission Deal
• Solyndra Lien Fight Must Stay in Delaware, Judge Says
• Patton Boggs Slams Chevron Over Fraud Claims In $19B Fight
• States Can't Direct Gas Storage, Gas Co. Tells High Court
• Mich. Developer Says Enbridge Tar Sands Spill Fouled Project
• Why The Tesoro-BP Deal Withstood Antitrust Scrutiny
• Appeals Court Asked To Toss $11M Award In Oil Rig Collapse
• EPA's Preemptive Alaska Study Spells Trouble For Mining Cos.
• Keystone's Private Status Nixes Land Seizure, Owners Say
• Mining Co. Asks 7th Circ. To Pass On EEOC Conciliation Case
• Mexico's Oil Reform Plans Will Attract Intrepid Investors
• Timber Co. Revives Debevoise Malpractice Claims
• US Renews Obstruction Bid Against Ex-BP Exec
• 10 Ways To Keep Construction On Time And Under Budget
• EPA To Ease Petroleum Refinery Monitoring Requirements
• White House Action On Climate Change Imminent, Aide Says
• Starr Can Deny SGS Chemical Spill Coverage, 5th Circ. Says
• House Panel Approves Bill Easing Coal Ash Regulation
• Cape Wind Gets $200M Investment From Danish Pension Fund
• Cyprus Inks Gas Processing Deal With Noble, Delek Units
• New Water Regs Toothless On Oil, Gas Discharges, Pa. Told
• TVA Fined Over Nuke Plant Construction Lapses
• Patriot Coal In Ch. 11 Plan Talks With Hedge Funds
• States, Cities, Enviros Postpone EPA Emissions Rule Suit
• China Lacks Desire To Enforce Costly New Clean Air Regs
• Coal Group's Brief Muddies Conservation Fund Suit, Feds Say
• Denham's $100M Buy-In Adds Fuel To PE Scramble For Africa
• Texas Appeals Court Revives Suit Over Gas Delivery Deal
• Judge Nixes Bid To Halt $400M Kinder Morgan Pipeline
• Tesoro To Shed Assets To Close $355M Chevron Pipeline Buy
• New DOE Chief's Plans Include Billions For Renewables R&D
• Whyte V. Barclays Follows The 546 Safe Harbor Trend
• Army Corps Won't Perform Sweeping Coal Export Review
• Par Petroleum To Shell Out $400M For Tesoro Hawaii
• Lenders Up Cash Bid By $10M For ATP Oil Assets
• K-Sea Escapes Investor Suit Over Obsolete Oil Tankers
• Pa. Justices Clarify Reimbursement Rule For Fuel-Tank Fees
• NY Lawmakers Set To Strip LIPA Of Grid Oversight
• Challenges Still Ahead After Ill.'s New Fracking Bill
• Ill. Gov. Signs Nation's Toughest Fracking Law
• UK Joint Ventures: Sanctions And Corruption Risks
• Texas Business Tax Cuts Target High Tech, Clean Energy
• Dow, Saudi Aramco JV Signs Loans For $19B Chem Complex
• Texas Gov. Approves $225M Fund For Eagle Ford Roads
• Texas Expands Pipeline, Greenhouse Gas Regulatory Powers
• $400M Kinder Morgan Pipeline Defiles Tribal Lands, Suit Says
• Petroleum Co.'s PE Ties Worried DOT In $340M Loan Dispute
• Feds Seek Tougher Sentence For Ex-Massey Exec
• Fla. Reforms Controversial Nuclear Cost Recovery Act
• Va. Regulator Upholds Decision Nixing Mountain Mine Permit
• V&E Reps Warburg In $600M African Oil Explorer Buy-In
• Hong Kong Billionaire Pays $1B For Waste-To-Energy Co.
• YPF, PDVSA Strike Partnership With Eye On Chevron Project
• House Bill Slashes $911M From DOE Renewable Spending
• Pa. Rep Aims To Mandate Closed Storage For Fracking Water
• BLM's Gas Lease Sales Didn't Flout Enviro Law, Judge Says
• A Template For Designing Mass Tort Settlement Structures
• Digging Into SEC Mineral Disclosure Policies
• 6 Ways The US Can Nudge Transmission Projects Forward
• Great Wall Gets Nod To Buy Satcon Assets In $6M Deal
• Bankrupt Exide Sues Calif. Regulator Over Plant Shutdown
• Statoil Defends Priority Status At Cove Point LNG Terminal
• Chesapeake Shareholders Reject More Power For Themselves
• Enviro Group Blasts Pa. GOP's Lawsuit Intervention Bid
• Pa. Gov. Defends Fracking Policies At Philly Energy Summit
• Ecuador Congress OKs Law To Ease Mining Project Taxes
• State Regulators Seek FERC's Help In Grid Transfer Fight
• DC Circ. Axes NRG Challenge To FERC Power Settlement
• DOJ Pressed To Probe JPMorgan Market Manipulation Claims
• PetroChina Forms $6.5B Pipeline Venture With Asset Managers
• Extra Layer Of Rules On Fracking On Federal, Tribal Lands
• Bankrupt ATP Gets OK To Abandon Oil Lease, Access Cash
• Maryland Slaps NRG Power Plants With Water Pollution Suit
• Texas High Court Stays Gas Theft Suit To Weigh Arbitration
• More LNG Export Decisions Imminent, DOE Chief Moniz Says
• NY Regulators Greenlight $1.5B Fortis Utility Deal
• NJ Sees Wind In Post-Sandy Energy Future
• Bill To Boost Natural Gas Access Clears Pa. Senate
• Pa. Republicans Say Enviro Suit Would Steal Their Authority
• US, Ark. Sue Exxon Over Major Oil Spill From Pipeline
• Centrica Drops $157M To Dive Into Budding UK Shale Industry
• Is TAR Right For Your Discovery Project?
• EU High Court Backs €182M Cartel Fine Against Eni
• Shell, Guanghui Sign JV For China LNG Import Facility
• Canada Looks To Make Energy Cos. Reveal Foreign Payments
• Pa. Natural Resources Chief Forced Out By Governor
• Deals Rumor Mill: Springer, TPG, Sinopec
• EU Proposes Reviews Of Nuclear Plants Every 6 Years
• Top DOI Issues To Watch This Month
• Solyndra Trustee Says Lien Fight Should Stay In Delaware
• Judge OKs $96.4M Chevron Award In Ecuador Oil Dispute
• House Committee OKs Bills To Expand Oil Drilling
• 7th Circ. Ruling Fortifies FERC's Transmission Rule
• Atlantic Richfield To Pay $21M To Settle Superfund Suit
• Fla. Appeals Court Revives Tribe's Power Plant Rezoning Suit
• EPA Dragging Its Feet On Clean Air Data, Republicans Say
• Landowners' Keystone XL Law Challenge Survives Neb. Attack
• Miners Union Says Patriot Coal Ditched Labor Talks
• Curtis Leaves Kuwait As Dentons Votes On Departure
• First Reserve Pours $500M Into New Midstream Energy Venture
• Shipper Can't Escape $25M Oil Spill Cleanup Costs
• FirstEnergy, BNY Mellon Freed From Coal Plant Suit
• Undervalued Coal Leases Cost Taxpayers Millions: Watchdog
• Oregon LNG Asks FERC To Approve Terminal Project
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carlyle, Marubeni, Vale
• Class Arbitration Is Back In Arbitrators' Hands
• Texas High Court Asked To Send Gas Theft Suit To Arbitration
• Senators Push Shelanski To Curb Oversight Costs And Delays
• Oilfield Co. Says Fee Award Excessive In Contract Fight
• Fortress Strikes $25M Deal For Failed Electric Car Co. Coda
• Pilot Flying J Hit With Another Fuel Discount Class Action
• DOE Flags Unverified Payments To Former GOP Rep.
• NJ Proposes $130M Settlement In Passaic Pollution Suit
• Bloomberg Proposes $20B Storm-Protection Plan For NYC
• Petronas Ready To Pump $20B Into Canada Gas Project
• India Energy Cos. Close In On $2.5B Gas Field Stake Buy
• Diamond Offshore Pulled Back Into Asbestos Liability Fight
• Pa. House OKs Natural Gas Lease Deduction Disclosure Bill
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sprint, Springer, Glencore Xstrata
• 4th Circ. Revives Negligence Suit Over W.Va. Miners' Deaths
• State Dept. Hiding Keystone Enviro Docs, Sierra Club Says
• Petrobras, GE Energy To Explore $20B Refinery JV
• Justices May Shift US Courts' Role In Global Arbitration
• Class Action Attys React To High Court's Arbitration Ruling
• High Court Ruling Pushes Cos. To Tighten Arbitration Deals
• Budget Impasse Puts ATP Bankruptcy Financing At Risk
• Appeals Court Won't Force Arbitration In Pipeline Theft Suit
• DOL Tip-Pooling Loss May Spur More Agency Rule Challenges
• House Panel Wants Details On Hazy EPA Rule For Ariz. Plant
• Atlas Shells Out $800M For EP Energy Natural Gas Assets
• Bankrupt Arcapita Gets Initial OK For $175M Goldman Loan
• Judge Recommends Keeping Pa. Coal Mine Suit Alive
• 6th Circ. Erases Peabody Coal Worker's Black Lung Award
• K&L Gates Adds Foley Energy Partner In Los Angeles
• YPF Agrees To Pay $65M In NJ River Pollution Case
• Top Court Will Review $185M Arbitration Award Reversal
• Investors Drove Out Fracking Sand Co.'s CEO, Suit Says
• AES Liquidating Trustee Launches $20M In Avoidance Suits
• Marubeni To Cut Gavilon Energy Arm From $3.6B Buyout
• High Court Won't Revive $17.5M Exxon Asbestos Verdict
• Kinder Morgan Moves Beyond Pipelines With New Coal Venture
• Solar Cos. Must Face DuPont Patent Claims, Judge Rules
• The Other Pivot: Russian Energy Policy Toward China
• Justices Defer To Arbitrator On Oxford Class Arbitration
• FCPA Powerhouse: WilmerHale
• How To Fight For Coverage In Solar Panel Defect Claims
• EnerSys Seeks Payday From Exide Trademark Row
• Ex-SinoTech CFO Escapes Claims He Lied About $120M IPO
• New Carbon Costs Signal Obama's Stiffer Stance On Pollution
• 7th Circ. Says RTO Can Charge Providers For Wind Project
• China Natural Gas Settles SEC Suit Over $14M Family Loans
• BP, Statoil Triumph Over Tycoon's $175M RICO Claims
• Crestwood Shareholder Sues To Block $7B Inergy Merger
• Ind. High Court Takes Up State Gas Contract Dispute
• DC Circ. Backs Pa. Mine Safety Violation Ruling
• Ex-BP Engineer Loses Bid For Grand Jury Docs In Spill Case
• Ameren Can't Transfer Ill. Pollution Waiver To Dynegy
• Entergy Urges 5th Circ. To Reject NLRB Recess Appointments
• Jordan Cove Pipeline Co. Asks FERC To OK $1.7B Project
• Kinder Morgan Fined Over Waste, Oil Leakage At 4 Well Sites
• Tata Power Wins $1.8B Vietnam Power Project
• SoCal Edison Will Close Troubled Calif. Nuke Plant
• Exxon Wants Ark. Pipeline Rupture Class Action Tossed
• Emerging Trends In International Arbitration
• Deals Rumor Mill: Fiat, Icahn, HSBC
• Actis, Mainstream Team Up On $1.4B Chile Renewables Project
• FCPA Powerhouse: Willkie Farr
• Canada High Court To Weigh Cartel Wiretap Disclosures
• NJ Assembly Panel Clears Offshore Wind Tax Credit Bill
• 4th Circ. Revives Preemption Case Against NC Ethanol Law
• PG&E, Contractors To Pay $51M To End Calif. Wildfire Suits
• Entergy Can't Pass On Costs From $1.8B Repowering Project
• NY Fracking Ban DOA In Senate Despite Majority Support
• Ousted Allegro CEO Sues To Get Post Back After 'Ambush'
• Donziger Must Reveal Bribery Evidence In $19B Chevron Fight
• Nautilus' Effort To Avoid Strongwell Defense Nixed By Judge
• Former DOI Secretary Salazar Joins WilmerHale
• FCPA Powerhouse: Venable LLP
• China Natural Gas Director Fires Back At Bid To Ax Ch. 11
• SoHo Hotel Owner Sues Insurer, Con Ed For Sandy Losses
• FERC Nixes JPMorgan Challenge To Grid Operator Clawback
• SEC Sues Energy Co. Over Unregistered Stock Offering
• NRC Tightens Venting System Safety Rules For Reactors
• Dechert Snaps Up Akin Gump Energy Pro
• Heckmann Investors Win Round In $400M Merger Challenge
• DOI Extends Fracking Rule Feedback By 60 Days
• Class Action Status Backed In Fight Over Va. Gas Royalties
• China Pumps Another $4B Into Venezuelan State-Run Oil Co.
• Nicor Ordered To Refund $72M In Fuel Incentive Scandal
• Deals Rumor Mill: PepsiCo, CVC Capital, Credit Suisse
• A New World Of Competitive Transmission Development
• Mediators, Expand Your Tool Kit In Complex Litigation
• Wal-Mart Says It Honored Gas Discounts In Fla. Class Action
• SK Group Cleared To Take Stake In $3B Chinese Petro Project
• Belt-Tightening Slips On GCs' Priority List
• Army Corps Faces Suit Over Conoco's Alaska Drilling Plans
• Dems Urge OMB To Speed Review Of Key Regulations
• China Starts Probe Of EU Wine In Escalating Trade Row
• V&E Reps Summit Midstream In $460M Pipeline Assets Buy
• Sierra Club Sues BNSF Over Coal Spillage From Railcars
• Ex-BP Engineer Blasts DOJ's Bid To Quash Subpoena
• EPA Watchdog To Probe Methane Leak Reduction Policy
• Rakoff Grants Partial Win To Wexford In Suit Over $674M Deal
• Chevron's Argentina Assets Unfrozen In $19B Amazon Fight
• EPA Says Coal Mine Designation Suit Doesn't Stick
• Idemitsu-Led Group Closes $5B In Funds For Vietnam Refinery
• FCPA Powerhouse: Reed Smith
• 4 Lessons From Total's FCPA Settlement
• Trustee Slams $25M Bid For Bankrupt Electric Car Co. Unit
• US Offshore Wind Leases Only Half The Battle For Industry
• US Owes Drilling Cos. $684M In Lease Row, Fed. Circ. Told
• Dynegy Ch. 11 Plan Gets Nod Over Investor's Objections
• Vorys Picks Up Bankruptcy Expert From Andrews Kurth
• EU Imposes Anti-Dumping Tariffs On Chinese Solar Panels
• McGuireWoods Lures Former Top Senate Official To DC Office
• GOP Rep. Revives Bill To Cut EPA Out Of Coal Ash Regulation
• FCPA Powerhouse: Kirkland & Ellis
• From Sabine Pass To Freeport: Implications Of DOE Orders
• Kinder Morgan To Spend $107M On Texas Pipeline Extension
• Texas BigLaw Locks Up Talent, Clients Amid Energy Rush
• Milbank Scores Allen & Overy Asia-Pacific Projects Leader
• Haynes And Boone Can't Ax Ex-Client's $10M Legal Fee Claim
• DOI Approves 520 MW In Solar, Geothermal Projects
• Egypt, Saudi Arabia Ink $1.6B Electricity Grid Project
• Brazilian Power Cos. Bid $1.5B For Bankrupt Utility's Units
• Mining Firm's Coal Ash Permits Proper, Pa. Regulators Say
• Enviros Say EPA Ignoring Pa.'s Lax Emissions Standards
• High Court Won't Take Up Mining Cos.' NEPA Standing Fight
• BP Announces $1B Alaska Expansion, Citing New Tax Break
• FCPA Powerhouse: Gibson Dunn
• Transocean Says BP Is On Its Own In $7.8B Deepwater Deal