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Energy - December, 2013

312 articles

• Patton Boggs' Chevron Problem Scuttled Merger Deal
• Drill Texas Drill!: Surface Rights And Subsurface Effluent
• Pa. High Court Bombshell Could Reach Beyond Fracking
• Bankruptcy Court Allows ATP To Sell UK Subsidiary
• Kinder Morgan Teams With Targa On Texas NGL Facilities
• Biodiesel Industry Urges Congress To Extend Tax Credit
• FERC Won't Shrink Amid Partisan Scrutiny, Ex-Chair Says
• Pipeline Co. Takes Gas Delivery Fight To Texas High Court
• Kinder Morgan, Imperial To Build $170M Oil Rail Terminal
• La.'s Attys To Cut Fees In Multibillion-Dollar Oil Industry Row
• Cuomo 'Green Bank' Set To Open With $210M In 2014
• EPA Exempts Some CO2 Storage From Hazardous Waste Regs
• Whitehaven's $685M Mine Wins Australian Court's Nod
• Vinson Reps Summit In Deal For Gas Infrastructure Co. Stake
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McCarter & English's Pam Moore
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Vorys Sater's Benita Kahn
• Locke Lord Counsel Appointed Texas Secretary Of State
• Chicago Orders Cleanup Of Petroleum Coke Heaps
• Waste Shipment Fracas Threatens Fracking Expansion
• Calif. Energy Storage Juiced By New Federal Guidelines
• China Denies EU Wine Probe Was Payback For Solar Row
• Renewables Win Big In Proposed Energy Tax Overhaul
• Chesapeake Pays $3.2M To Settle Feds' W.Va. Drilling Claims
• 26 Sens. Float Iran Sanctions Bill Opposed By White House
• Hawaii Sells $168M In Bonds For Airport Energy Project
• Chevron, BP, Others Dumped La. Pipeline Waste, Parish Says
• Argentina Lodges WTO Dispute Over EU Biodiesel Duties
• Disgraced Gulf Spill Claims Atty Wants Freeh Report Tossed
• Chief Oil & Gas Pays $500M for Pa. Gas Holding Co.
• Pa. High Court Strikes Down Pro-Fracking Zoning Law
• GOP Blocks Quick Passage Of Tax Credit Extender Bill
• Con Ed, Insurers Urge 2nd Circ. Rehearing In 9/11 Suit
• Top EU Court Upholds Siemens' $542M Fine In Cartel Case
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Novak Druce's Pat Rogowski
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: White And Williams' Joan Rosoff
• Rolls-Royce To Help Turkey Develop Nuclear Supply Chains
• Baucus Energy Tax Proposal Draws Manufacturers' Concern
• 11th Circ. Hands Win To Ecuador In Chevron Discovery Fight
• Longview Power Gets Nod For Ch. 11 Disclosure Statement
• Texas Wind Projects Die Down With End Of Tax Credit
• The Misguided State Of America's Energy Policy
• A Clear Message To DOE And Congress
• Wachtell Lipton Sues CVR, Icahn Over Malpractice Claims
• Energy Co. Rips Ex-Partner's $35M Claim In Power Plant Row
• Chevron Sued For Contamination From NJ Pesticide Plant
• Baucus Wants Energy Tax Credits Consolidated
• Jury Convicts Ex-BP Engineer Of Obstructing BP Spill Probe
• BP Defends 11th-Hour Renege On $2.7M Deepwater Deal
• EPA Targets Chevron Over Calif. Refinery Fire
• Pa. Legislators Float 4.9% Tax On Natural Gas Drilling
• EU Watchdog Weighing Gazprom, Google Antitrust Proposals
• Indicted Biofuel Co. Sold Phony Biofuel Credits, EPA Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Al Jazeera, Warburg Pincus, Sony
• EC To Probe UK Aid For £16B Hinkley Point Nuclear Plant
• EIB Backs Egyptian Infrastructure Projects With €392M Loan
• AfDB OKs $184M Program To Boost Nigerian Power Sector
• French Watchdog Hits EDF With $18.6M Market Abuse Fine
• Energy Co. Trustee Sues NY Over Fracking Moratorium
• Sens. Join Cry For Wind Production Tax Credit Expiration
• Jones Day Reps Refiner In $242M Mitsui Oil Buy
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ober Kaler's Barbara Werther
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Dechert's Cathy Botticelli
• Deutsche Bahn's Rail Electricity Pricing Fixes Get OK'd
• Blackstone Puts Up $685M For 3 Texas Gas Plants
• A Blueprint For Production And Investment Credits
• 4 Big Stories In Calif. Environmental, Energy Law In 2013
• Texas AG Says Austin Can Transfer Utility Oversight
• High Court Snub Of Drilling Freeze Appeal Will Fortify Feds
• Hedge Funds Set Sights On Energy Co. Williams' Board Seats
• Ecuadoreans Can Target Chevron's Canadian Assets
• Clear-Cut Petronas Ruling Good News For Registrars
• Australian Energy Co. APA To Pay $1.3B For Envestra
• Patriot Coal Gets Judge's Nod To Exit Bankruptcy
• Statoil Trims Stake In $28B Caspian Gas Project For $1.4B
• E.ON Unloads Stake In Regional Unit For €610M
• Solar Co. Gets $390M In Financing For Canadian Projects
• $2.3B Gulf Spill Fund Tainted By Atty Fraud, BP Says
• Equal Energy On Defensive As Investors Blast Sale Plans
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Locke Lord's Denise Hanna
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Morrison & Foerster's Anna White
• US Unveils Auction For Md. Offshore Wind Leases
• Canadian Regulator Approves 4 LNG Export Licenses
• Kinder Morgan Asks Canada To OK $5B Pipeline Expansion
• Colombia's Ecopetrol Says It Will Invest $10.6B In 2014
• Locke Lord Adds Energy Litigation Pro From Harrison Bettis
• GE, Mitsubishi Bury Hatchet Over Wind Turbine Patents
• Home Rule Allows Fracking Ban, NY Town Tells High Court
• Gevo Can't Ditch Butamax Counterclaims Over Biofuel Tech
• 15 States Offer Best Practices For EPA Power Plant Regs
• UK Court Allows Gulf Keystone To Sue Litigation Funders
• Refinery Must Arbitrate $21M Lost Biz Coverage Suit
• NRG, Nat'l Grid Ink $150M Deal To Switch NY Coal Plant To Gas
• Business Groups Trash EPA Carbon Plan In High Court Brief
• Australia's Senex Kills $673M Bid After AWE Snubs Offer
• Centrica-Led Group's $1.5B Bid For Irish Utility Approved
• IFM Invests $1.3B In Freeport LNG Export Facility
• Oman Greenlights BP's $16B Khazzan Gas Project
• Investment, Energy On Agenda For Latest US-EU Trade Talks
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Arnold & Porter's Maureen Jeffreys
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fish's Ann Cathcart Chaplin
• Pa. House Dems Wade Into Climate Change Debate
• Lawmakers Call For Energy, Commuter Tax Credit Extensions
• Penn Virginia Lands $100M For Eagle Ford Gas Assets
• Supreme Court Won't Review Gulf Drilling Ban
• Countries Continue To Struggle With Green-Tech Trade
• The Murky Waters Of Pa.'s Conservation Law
• Carlyle Pledges $200M To Energy Outfit Run By Ex-Cove Execs
• What's So Special About Treaty Arbitration?
• Sierra Club Sues EPA To Block New Ky. Selenium Standard
• Landmark Mexico Oil Reforms Pose No Simple Task
• No Rehearing Of Malpractice Suit Over BP Blast Settlement
• NJ Bill Seeks To Ease Offshore Wind Approval Process
• Brand Battles: ExxonMobil, Jack Daniels, Ray-Ban
• US Sanctions Enforcement Will Stay Strong Despite Iran Deal
• Oil Driller's Trespass Case To Get Texas High Court Review
• $350M ADB Loan Will Back Indian Power Upgrades
• Fed. Circ. Endorses Lower Mining Fees On 'Blended' Coal
• ScottishPower Ditches 1,800-MW Offshore Wind Farm Plans
• Gazprom Offers EU Watchdog Antitrust Fixes
• MOL Group Shells Out $375M For North Sea Energy Assets
• Slovenian Power Co. Loses Bid To Toss $13M Cartel Fine
• Entergy, ITC Holdings Pull Plug On $1.8B Transmission Deal
• PJM Greenlights $4.6B In Mid-Atlantic Power Grid Upgrades
• Riverstone To Invest Up To $300M In Eagle Energy Exploration
• BreitBurn Inks $282M Deal For Permian Oil, Gas Properties
• Scotland Signs Off On SSE's $1.3B Pumped Storage Plant
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Paul Hastings' Elizabeth Noe
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bartlit's Rebecca Weinstein Bacon
• Why Key Deepwater Horizon Criminal Charges Were Dismissed
• 5 Steps To A Successful Cross-Examination
• Reed Smith Lures Tech Deals Pro From Wilson Sonsini
• Longview Sues To Cut Down Mechanic's Liens In Ch. 11
• Tronox Trust Wins Up To $14B In Kerr-McGee Spinoff Row
• Koch Unit Cuts Deal With Enviros To Curb Refinery Emissions
• Texas Court Axes Energy Exec's Indemnity For $5M Verdict
• Democrats Urge Obama To Delay Keystone XL Enviro Review
• NJ Panel OKs Bill To Give Voters Say On Cap-and-Trade Pact
• 3rd Circ. Cans $3M Racketeering Suit Against Israeli Atty
• Spain Rolls Out Red Carpet For Fracking Developers
• Frac Sand Fever, Flocculents And Public Health Fears
• Chevron, Poland Partner For Shale Gas Exploration
• Mexico Lawmakers Greenlight Landmark Oil Reforms
• BP Given Pass For Some Accidental Marine Mammal Deaths
• Laos, Vietnam To Draw Up $50B In Energy, Tourism Projects
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: White And Williams' Patti Santelle
• Exxon Says Judge Unfairly Denied Files In $367M CERCLA Suit
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Mayer Brown's Debora De Hoyos
• DOE Hands Out $150M In Clean Energy Tax Credits
• Fortum Gets $3.5B For Finnish Electricity Grid Co.
• Cost Climbs To $54B For Chevron's Australia LNG Project
• Deals Rumor Mill: CVC Capital, Dish, European Commission
• 2nd Circ. Removes Barrier To Flood Of Federal TCPA Suits
• PSE&G To Build $1.2B Power Line To Bolster NJ Cities
• Fortis To Pay $4.3B To Snap Up Ariz. Utility Co.
• Energy Co. Aims To Knock Out $595M Eagle Ford Judgment
• ITC Keeps French Uranium Anti-Dumping Duties In Place
• 2013 Energy Finance Saw Rise Of Yieldcos, Term B Loans
• Green Support For Wind Farms Stops At Killing Eagles
• Exxon, Others Scuttle Pollution Claim In La. Appeals Court
• Dallas Adopts Strict Urban Gas-Drilling Ordinance
• DC Circ. Stokes Nuclear Energy Insurance Issues
• OPIC Doles Out $140M For Chile Solar Project
• The Pa. Public Utility Commission Can't Keep Secrets
• Russian, Chinese Cos. Form $900M Coal JV Near Border
• Chile's AES Gener Scores $1.2B Loan For Hydro Project
• DOE Pumps $13M Into Solar Power Technology Projects
• Deals Rumor Mill: Men's Wearhouse, Scripps, Morgan Stanley
• Marathon Plans To Unload European Oil, Gas Assets
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Morrison Cohen's Danielle Lesser
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Liner Grode's Angela Agrusa
• Takeaways From The First MBTA Criminal Prosecution
• Keeping Trade Secrets In The Texas Oil Patch
• Electric Group Urges DC Circ. To Block EPA Opacity Rule
• Pa. Senate Confirms Controversial DEP Pick Abruzzo
• OSG Creditors Move To Curb Ch. 11 Exclusivity Extension
• Seminoles Ask 11th Circ. To Revive Fla. Gas Tax Row
• 9 States Strengthen Power Plant Emissions Requirements
• Fisker Gets Nod To Keep Ch. 11 Plan On Fast Track
• Justices Signal Sympathy For EPA In Air Pollution Row
• Bracewell Lands Former V&E Energy Transactions Pro
• Kerry Defends Iran Nuclear Pact, Urges No New Sanctions
• Covington Hires Leading White House Enviro Attorney
• EU Lawmakers Back Carbon Permit Freeze To Boost Prices
• 2nd Circ. Sinks Challenge To $13M Vt. Nuclear Tax
• Kazakh Fund Drops $1.3B On Power Plant Stake, Hydro Co.
• Coal India Fined $290M By Antitrust Watchdog
• China Issues 1st National Climate Change Adaptation Plan
• Duke Submits $1B Crystal River Nuke Plant Takedown Plan
• Consol, Noble Pay Dominion $190M For Gas Drilling Rights
• Miss. Blocks Entergy's $1.8B Transmission Sale
• Entergy To Supply Power For $7B Petrochemical Project
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Akin Gump's Kerry Berchem
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Locke Lord's Cynthia Bast
• Talisman Sells $595M Colombian Pipeline Interest
• PetroVietnam Gets $795M In Loans For $1.6B Coal Plant
• Bechtel, Cheniere Strike $9.5B In Deals To Build LNG Facilities
• Oil Field Co. Slammed With $281M Wrongful Death Verdict
• EPA Plea Opens New Front In States' Air Policy War
• Nuclear Cleanup Contractor Used Shell Subcontracts: DOJ
• Judge Admits Slipup In Travelers, Arch Coal Coverage Suit
• UK's Kentz Pays $435M For US-Based Valerus
• German Co. To Pay $32M In Nigeria Pipeline Bribery Plot
• Dechert Snags Ex-Akin Gump Energy, Infrastructure Partner
• Biofuel Industry Wants Congress To Extend Tax Breaks
• NET Midstream Wins $665M In Funding For Texas Gas Pipeline
• Lone Pine Seeks Nod To Enter $40M Hedge Agreements
• Iran Says New US Sanctions Would Kill Nuclear Deal
• Massey Energy Parent To Pay $265M To Exit Shareholder Suit
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gibson Dunn's Mary Murphy
• Kirkland Guides Petroflow's $230M Ex-Drilling Partner Buy
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Arnold & Porter's Veronica Rendon
• Calif. Cap And Trade Still Under Fire
• Pakistan Secures $900M Loan For Coal Power Plant
• Alpha Inks $300M Deal To Sell Shale Gas JV Stake To Rice
• Enviros Can't Bar States From Suit Over EPA SO2 Rule
• How FRCP E-Discovery Amendments Could Affect You
• Vinson Reps EnerVest In $950M Permian Basin Asset Sale
• Deals Rumor Mill: Occidental, KKR, Freedom Group
• Cross-State Air Battle Hinges On Justice Kennedy
• US Got Off Easy In $72M Drilling Case, Fed. Circ. Told
• Contractors Sue To Block New Calif. Refinery Safety Law
• Tainted Hess Oil Class Action Tossed By Judge
• Texas High Court Asked To Take Fracking Pollution Fight
• Oil Cos. Should Steer Clear Of Iran, Despite Nuke Pact
• Comcast Ruling Blocks Class Cert. In BP Securities Suit
• Agency Sets The Stage For Fracking's Future In Calif.
• EPA Nixes Soot Rule Exceptions After DC Circ. Ruling
• FWS Dismays Enviro Groups With 30-Year Eagle Take Permits
• Va. Wind Research Facility Sails Over Regulatory Hurdle
• BP To Halt Deepwater Loss Payments During Review
• Enel Inks $167.6M Deal To Sell Gas Stake To F2i, Ardian
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Debevoise's Peggy Davenport
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Reed Smith's Dusty Kirk
• Total To Spend Up To $3.6B For Papua New Guinea LNG Fields
• Ex-Im Bank OKs $641M Loan For Turkey Oil Refinery Project
• Deals Rumor Mill: Chevron, Time Warner, Wing Hang
• Challenge To NY Cap-And-Trade Laws Flops On Appeal
• Getty Trustee Hits Former Owners With $6.5M Clawback Suit
• For Energy M&A, US Shale Reigned Supreme In 2013
• Mass. Fracking Ban Could Fuel Resistance Across State Lines
• Shell Drops Plans For $12.5B La. Natural Gas Plant
• Cheniere Lands 1st LNG Buyer From Texas Export Terminal
• Winston Nabs Baker Botts, Fulbright Energy Pros In Houston
• Obama Orders Agencies To Boost Renewable Energy Use
• A How-To For Landowners Considering Oil & Gas Leases
• NJ Bill Eyes More Energy Capacity, Infrastructure Planning
• La. Board Blasts Suit Blaming Oil Cos. For Coastal Damage
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Chadbourne's Lori Hoberman
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: O'Melveny's Carla Christofferson
• Takeaways From Weatherford Corruption Settlements
• American Capital Sinks $130M Into Nigeria Energy Firm
• Drilling Holding Co. Hits Ch. 11 Amid Control Fight At Unit
• Industry Group Sues Colo. Cities Over Fracking Bans
• DOE's IT Chief Says Gov't Contracting Could Use Makeover
• Energy MVP: Latham & Watkins' Sean Wheeler
• DC Circ. Overturns FERC On Energy Facility Transfer
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Cybersquatting Suit Against GoDaddy
• House Dems Push DOI To Halt Arctic Oil Exploration
• House Science Chair Calls For EPA Power Plant Rule Review
• 2nd Circ. Rejects Negligence Claim In 9/11 Tower Collapse
• Pa. Dems Attack Enviro Credentials Of DEP Nominee
• 6th Circ. Won't Halt Mine Safety Enforcement Rule
• UK Expects $65B In Renewable Investments By 2020
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hunton & Williams' Lisa Sotto
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hogan Lovells' Emily Yinger
• FERC's Rockies Express Order Opens New Doors
• Emerson Electric To Pay $571M For JV Stake From SPX
• Getty Trustee Sues Greenberg To Reclaim Pre-Ch. 11 Debt
• A Crash Course In Hot Product Liability Topics
• And Now A Word From The Panel: Too Hot Or Cold For An MDL?
• Energy MVP: Jones Day's Jeff Schlegel
• NRG Unit Pays $120M For Neb. Thermal Energy Firm
• Rep. Wants Gas Tax Upped To Fund Transport Infrastructure
• UK Backs BP In Challenge To Federal Contracting Ban
• China Lodges WTO Challenge Over US Oil Pipe, Other Duties
• Halliburton Securities Class OK'd To Continue Discovery
• US LNG, Coal Export Delays Violate Trade Pact, Atty Says
• 2nd Circ. Says TCPA Class Actions Can Be Brought In NY
• Isolux Corsan Inks $105M Kuwait Transmission Line Contract
• DC Circ. Consolidates Challenges To EPA Anti-Emission Rule
• US Energy Co. Can't Ditch Class Action Over China Revenue
• Fla. Approves Amended Nuclear Cost Recovery Rules
• La. Missed Out On Millions In Severance Taxes, Report Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, Bridgepoint, Toshiba
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: K&L Gates' Janice Hartman
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: JAMS' Kimberly Taylor
• Calpine Drops $625M On 1,000-MW Gas-Fired Plant In Texas
• Lukoil Secures €420M For Bulgarian Refinery Upgrades
• Sealing The Deal: Greenberg Guides Consol's $3.5B Mine Sale
• Murray's $3.5B Consol Coal Mines Buy Gets Antitrust OK
• 5th Circ. Grants BP's Bid To Halt Further Deepwater Payouts
• Hanwha Solar Scores $574M Loan For China Projects
• EU Finalizes Solar Panel Duties, Settlement With China
• Ecuador Asks 9th Circ. To Stop Chevron's Email Subpoenas
• Power Co. Dodges Fla. Contractor's Suit Over Hurricane Repair
• Justices Seek Advice On Gas Antitrust Preemption Case
• Water-Rights Transfer Allowed For $18B Utah Nuke Project
• Vulcan Says Texas Brine Counsel Conflicted In Sinkhole Suit
• Fla. Utility Asks Court To Affirm Toss Of Contractor's Suit
• AfDB Drops $162M On Congo Infrastructure, Water Projects
• $950M In Wind Subsidies Give Taxpayers Shaky Returns: Study
• EIB Loans $271M To Enel Green For Romanian Wind Farms
• NJ Scores $2M Settlement Over Cleanup From Fuel Additive
• Pa. Minimum Gas Royalties Not Divisible, Appeals Court Rules
• EPA Chief Says China Faces Long Road To Air Quality Reform
• Spotlight On Latin America Business Risks
• LNG Construction Co. Inks $250M Deal For Chevron Project
• Energy MVP: Bracewell's G. Alan Rafte
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: DLA Piper's Tara Lee
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Jones Day's Lizanne Thomas
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carlyle, Versace, Foster Wheeler
• Talisman Hands Icahn 2 Board Seats To Thwart Proxy Contest