Energy Archive » December, 2014

Energy - December, 2014

337 articles

• Greenwich Gets Counterclaims Pared In Gas Explosion Suit
• Texas Supreme Court's Appellate 'Merits Review' To Get Clarity
• First Reserve Acquires Oil Firm Ahead Of Pipeline Completion
• Capeco Blast Co-Defendant Takes Coverage Row To Justices
• Texas Appeals Court Denies EP Energy's $21M Recovery
• CORRECTED: Arc Logistics Lines Up Potential $500M In Offerings
• Pa. Fines Drilling Co. $1M For Landslide, Waste Dumping
• SunEdison Solar Projects Score $75M From JPMorgan
• DC Circ. Rejects EPA Ozone Compliance Extensions
• UGI Unit Plans $150M Marcellus Gas Pipeline
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Porter Hedges' Soliman
• KKR, Veresen Form $860M Venture, Buy Gas Assets For $516M
• Renewable Energy MLP Sol-Wind Eyes $100M IPO
• GOP Leaders Press FERC On Knowledge Of EPA Carbon Plan
• EPA Delay On Renewable Fuel Puts Ball In Congress' Court
• XTO Energy To Take $5M Hit For Dumping In West Virginia
• Enviros Poised To Challenge EPA's New Coal Ash Rule
• Revel Casino's Power Plant Warns It Could Go Bankrupt Too
• Rosneft's Deal For Morgan Stanley Oil-Trading Unit Dies
• DOI Reinstates Coal Mining Water Rules
• Kayne Anderson Puts $100M In New Oil Partnership
• BG Unit To Rake In $460M In Sale Of 2 LNG Carriers
• South Korea Launches WTO Dispute Over US Steel Pipe Duties
• AP Gas & Electric Subsidiaries Battle Over Arbitration Fees
• Electricity-Focused InfraREIT Eyes $400M IPO
• IFC Backs $1.7B In Hydroelectric Projects In Nepal
• Endeavour Can Poll Lenders On Plan To Trim $500M In Debt
• Deals Rumor Mill: Occidental, Viettel, Madison Dearborn
• Freedom President Objects To $3M AIG Settlement
• Sasol Sets Up $4B Credit Facility For La. Petrochem Plant
• Pennsylvania Appeals Court OKs $12M PPL Power Line
• PacifiCorp Pays $2.5M For Bird Deaths At Wyo. Wind Farms
• BP Deserves $18B Max Penalty For Deepwater Spill, US Says
• 2014 FERC Enforcement Year In Review
• Takeaways From Latest OFAC Guidance On Russia Sanctions
• The State Of Technology-Assisted Review In 2014
• Law360 Names Law Firms Of The Year
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• K&L Gates IP Partner Decamps After Client DQ Fight
• NJ Asks High Court to Review Power Plant Subsidies Denial
• Retiring Pa. Chief Justice Pegs Legacy On Fracking Decision
• Obama Says He Won't Sanction Russia Under New Law
• 5 IPOs Reap $1B In Last Full Week Of Record-Busting 2014
• FERC Approves $607M Leidy Gas Pipeline Project
• CIT Pauses Anti-Dumping Liquidation Of Korean Oil Pipes
• Taxation With Representation: Wilson Sonsini, Shearman, DPW
• DOE Needs Land, Water Rights For Nev. Nuke Waste Storage
• JPMorgan, Solar Co. Team Up On Solar Project Venture
• Judge Keeps Alive Part Of OC Water District's MTBE Suit
• Enterprise Products VP Joins Norton Rose Fulbright
• Plummeting Oil Prices Open Door For Distressed PE In 2015
• Del. Justices Nix Voting Ban On $2.9B C&J Energy-Nabors Deal
• ACLU Urges Lift Of Gag Order In Coal Exec's Criminal Case
• EPA Will Treat Coal Ash As Solid Waste In Win For Industry
• FERC To Hear American Airlines' NYC Jet Fuel Row
• BASF, Gazprom Ditch Asset Swap Amid Sour EU-Russia Ties
• FERC Backs Interregional Transmission Plans With Caveats
• NY's Fracking Ban: Politics Under The Veil Of 'Science'
• How Will States Put The Clean Power Plan Into Practice?
• OFAC Compliance: 5 Challenges You May Face In 2015
• WTO Expands Chinese Solar Panel Duty Ruling Against US
• Industry May Let Landowners Lead NY Fracking Ban Fight
• Australia's NSW To Raise $16.3B For Roads Via Power Lease
• LCRA Settles Power Supply Suits With Texas Cities
• Texas Lawmaker Aims To Block City Fracking Bans
• Md. Official To Lead DOI's Offshore Energy Leasing Agency
• EPA Delays Methane Regulation Decision Until 2015
• Fla. Agency OKs FPL Investment In Okla. Gas Project
• Capital Dynamics Closes $462.5M Clean Energy Fund
• Riverstone Plugs An Extra $150M Into Castex Energy
• NJ Wind Farm Exec Hopeful Court Will Revive Project
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Curtis's William Candelaria
• Natural Gas MLP Regency Energy Eyes $1B Public Offering
• Wash. Gov. Floats Cap-And-Trade Program
• Ex-Exec Of Bankrupt Fuel Shipper Arrested In Denmark
• Yieldcos Grabbed Energy Project Finance Spotlight In 2014
• Exxon Triumphs In $641M Suit Over Texas Refinery Emissions
• Avoiding 'Deja Vu 2' In High Court CSX Tax Case
• FERC Seeks $30M In Hedge Fund, Trader Manipulation Fines
• C&J Energy Asks Court To Ax Voting Ban In $2.9B Nabors Deal
• Italian Shipping Co. To Pay $2.8M For Ship Pollution
• Tax Credit Revival Too Little, Too Late For Wind Developers
• 4 Freedom Industries Execs Indicted Over W.Va. Spill
• Australia Awards $660M In Offshore Exploration Permits
• Pa. Lawmaker To Float 5% Gas Severance Tax Bill
• World Bank Unit Arranges $300M For Panama Wind Farm
• Rice Midstream Falls In Debut After Pricing IPO Below Range
• Cohen Milstein, Others To Helm Propane Tank Antitrust MDL
• NY Moves To Ban Fracking As Officials Eye Health Risks
• Pumpco Escapes Fracking Spill Suit
• What Happens When Legal Aid Cuts Stimulate Pro Bono?
• Sheridan Rakes In $1.5B For US Oil, Gas Acquisitions
• Senate Confirms FERC Commissioner, DOE Fossil Fuel Chief
• Obama Blocks Bristol Bay Oil And Gas Development
• Blankenship Case Shows Perils Of Post-Crisis Assurances
• US Readies Steep Tariffs On Chinese, Taiwanese Solar Panels
• Ponzi Schemer Caught After Skipping Prison
• Levin Takes One Last Swing At Wall Street With Trading Bill
• L-3 To Offload Marine Systems Biz In $356M Deal
• DOE Floats Nuclear Damage Cleanup Cost Fund
• 9th Circ. Says FWS Forest Project Won't Harm Spotted Owls
• 9 Lawyers From Closing Houston Boutique Join Vorys Sater
• PREPA Offers Snapshot Of $9B Restructuring Project
• Endeavour Creditors Win Brief Disclosure Hearing Delay
• Scana Reaps $650M From Sales Of Gas, Telecom Units
• Freedom Industries Exec Says Spill Exposure DQs Prosecutors
• Revel Wants Court To Nix 'Burdensome' Energy Agreements
• Feds Agree To Tackle Toxic Nitrogen Oxide From Coal Mines
• Statoil To Proceed With $620M North Sea Gas Development
• Oil Price Drop Loomed Large Over Energy M&A In 2014
• House Republicans Say EPA's Clean Power Plan Is Flawed
• Energy MVP: Hogan Lovells' Richard Tyler
• Repsol Inks Buzzed-About $13B Deal For Canada's Talisman
• Russia Sanctions Bill Will Likely Become Law
• Annual Bankruptcy And Restructuring Roundup
• Supreme Court Clarifies Limits Of Calif.'s Undersea Borders
• Syntellect Again Fights $4.7M IP Indemnity Loss At 9th Circ.
• Cheniere Brass Keeping $300M In Shareholder Deal
• Pa. Coal Co. Asks High Court To Review Jurisdiction Ruling
• Pemex Must Post $593M Bond In Refinery Dispute
• Treaty Energy Execs Charged With Stock Manipulation
• Enviros, Coal Cos. Reach Accord Over W.Va. Pollution
• UN Takes Steps Toward Climate Deal In Lima
• High Court Clears Air On Class Action Removal Disputes
• House Panel Report Skewers Forest Service Over ESA Listings
• Dart Cherokee Rejects CAFA Anti-Removal Presumption
• EU Puts Antitrust Fixes On BP Airport Fuel Deal
• Market Rumors: Vice Media, Evraz, Dalian Wanda
• Murray Attacks Legal Foundation Of EPA GHG Rule
• Deepwater MDL Court Nixes Cameron's $3.4M Fee Bid Again
• Technip Strikes Smaller Deal After $1.8B CGG Play Collapses
• Texas Looks To Bridge Divide Over Urban Fracking
• Energy MVP: Jones Day's Jeff Schlegel
• Noreco Wants $420M Debt Conversion To Avoid Bankruptcy
• Apache Corp To Get $3.7B For Two LNG Project Exits
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Beveridge & Diamond's Wilson
• Activist Orange Compromises With Bellatrix After Sale Push
• High Court Ruling Sets Low Bar For Class Action Removal
• 3 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Hiring Appellate Counsel
• Energy MVP: Latham & Watkins' Ryan Maierson
• $6B Cheniere LNG Expansion Cleared By FERC
• Korean, Turkish Pipeline Imports May Harm US Cos., ITC Says
• Co. Brawling Over Troubled Biodiesel JV Sues For Receiver
• EPA Issues GHG Permit For $400M Texas Refinery
• Deals Rumor Mill: Repsol, Bain Capital, ID Leisure
• Senate Passes Compromise $585B Defense Authorization Bill
• XTO Began Gas Well Site Work Without Permits, Pa. DEP Says
• Senate Dems Urge DOE To Boost Small-Scale Wind Funding
• Austin Council OKs Plan To Phase Out Old Gas, Coal Plants
• Freeport CEO's $35M Stock Gift Is Bogus, Investor Claims
• FERC Was Wrong To Approve Mo. Rate Hike, DC Circ. Told
• India, Russia Sign Billions In 20 Future Deals At Summit
• Fracking Bans Would Cost Counties Under Colo. GOP Bill
• NRC Asks DC Circ. To Nix Enviro Suit Over Calif. Power Plant
• EDF Deepens Brazil Biz With Stake In 400MW Hydro Project
• Offshore Drilling Blowout Rule Sent To White House
• Eni Halts Saipem Sale Process Amid Oil Price Plunge
• 6 Questions To Ask Before An Internal Investigation
• 4 Antitrust Tips For Bidding On Land For O&G Production
• Senate Advances $585B Defense Spending Bill
• China North Exec, Consultant Cut Loose From Investor Suit
• Pa. Urges 3rd Circ. To Uphold Fracking Trade Secret Rule
• FERC To Eye EPA Rule's Effect On Electric Grid
• Secura Must Defend Filter Co. From Defect Suit, Judge Says
• BOEM Raises Oil Spill Fine Cap To $134M
• Strateco Seeks $164.8M From Quebec For Nixed Mining Project
• Senate Energy Panel Greenlights FERC Nominee
• Deals Rumor Mill: Telecom Italia, EPH, Shell
• Energy MVP: Vinson & Elkins' Keith Fullenweider
• Senate Dems Call For Flexibility In Carbon Emissions Plan
• Market Rumors: Aston Martin, Petrobras, Glencore
• States, Industry Renew Calls To Kill Cross-State Air Rule
• House Dems' Bill Would Ban Fracking On Federal Lands
• What Lawyer-Novelists Learned From Being Lawyers
• Ralls May Give Foreign Investors More Leverage With CFIUS
• Goodrich Mulls Eagle Ford Sale Amid Oil Price Drop
• Stockholders Claim Vivint Solar's $330M IPO Misled Investors
• DOE Opens Up $12.5B In Loans To Innovative Nuclear Projects
• Deals Rumor Mill: Danone Groupe, Vestas, Fosun International
• La. High Court Yanks Worker's $2.4M Judgment Against Exxon
• North Dakota Sets New Safety Standards For Oil Transport
• Energy MVP: Chadbourne & Parke's Peter Fitzgerald
• EPA Won't Provide New Date For Renewable Fuel Standards
• Injured Oil Rig Cleaners Sue Fieldwood Over Gulf Explosion
• Latham Advises PT Pertamina's $25B Refinery Upgrade Deal
• Enbridge Reaches $4M Kalamazoo Pipeline Spill Settlement
• FAA Greenlights Drone Use For Surveying, Inspections
• FERC OKs Duke Energy Unit's $1.2B NC Power Asset Buy
• Brazil Antitrust Watchdog Fights Cosan's $3B Railway Bid
• Revel Wants $95M Backup Bid Revived After Winner's Pullout
• Plains All American Raises $1.2B To Back Pipeline Deal
• DOL Recovers $4.5M In Wages For Pa., W.Va. Gas Workers
• 2014 Fracking Year In Review: California Edition
• 10th Circ. Frees Travelers From KBR's $2M Pollution Defense
• $24M OCS Tax Challenge Timely Due To Improper Service
• Gulfco Loses Bid To Overturn Ch. 11 Dismissal
• Ex-SemGroup CEO Asks 3rd Circ. To Nix Investor Fraud Suit
• Texas Limits Discovery In City Utility Rate Fights
• Disney, Koch Cut Secret Luxembourg Tax Deals, Group Says
• EPA Says Ethanol Industry Can't Challenge Gas Rule
• Senate Dems Press EPA To Strengthen Carbon Emission Plan
• GOP Lawmaker Unveils Bill To Shred Oil Export Ban
• SD Limits Discovery In Keystone XL Pipeline Permit Debate
• Dechert Reps Aqua Terra In Permian Basin Expansion
• CGN's $3.16B Haul Is Largest Utility & Energy IPO Of 2014
• Haynes And Boone Grabs Reed Smith Energy Pro
• Entergy Pays $948M For Bankrupt Co.'s Ark. Gas Plant
• US Blasts BP's Bid To Cap CWA Penalties For Deepwater Spill
• 5th Circ. Affirms Oil Exec's Investor Fraud Conviction
• Mitsui Acquires Stake In Vale's $3.2B Moatize Mining Project
• Wachtell Says Icahn Malpractice Suit Is 'Duplicative'
• Chevron Snaps Up New Zealand Offshore Blocks
• Do Fracking Bans Trigger Civil Authority Coverage?
• Board Decision-Making Lessons From Chancery
• Brazil-Backed Petrobras Accused Of Bribery In Class Action
• NIST Vows To Ramp Up Cybersecurity Framework Outreach
• Judge Won't Reverse $8.5M Oil Blast Verdict Against Travelers
• Oil Fleet Operator Cops Plea, Pays $12M To End DOJ Probe
• Bankrupt Biofuel Co. KiOR Gets Nod For Jan. Auction
• 9th Circ. Accepts Brinderson Appeal Over Removal Standard
• $768M Kenyan Wind Project Gets Funds To Start Construction
• Senate Confirms NRC Commissioner, New ARPA-E Chief
• King & Spalding Brings Energy Pro Back To Austin Office
• Greens Say Challenge To $10B LNG Facility Not Filed Late
• Wind Turbine Supply Greatly Outpaces Global Demand
• Recusal Bid Derided As Do-Over Ploy In Lease Royalty Fight
• Britain Secures 1st Sentences Under 2010 Anti-Bribery Law
• Texas City Fights Ranch's Bid To Halt Water Well Drilling
• Chesapeake Wants $1.1B 'Tagalong' Derivative Suit Nixed
• New Mexico Fines DOE $54M For Radioactive Waste Violations
• Rice Energy's MLP Fine-Tunes $500M IPO Plans
• Worldview Capital Sues Petroceltic, Calls For CEO's Ouster
• Hanwha Solar Inks $1.2B Deal To Merge US, German Units
• US Will Take FERC Power Demand Rule Fight To High Court
• High Court Snuffs Youths' Public Trust Suit Over GHGs
• Senate Finance Chief Makes Bid For Hefty Solar Cell Duties
• BP Fails To Win High Court Review Of Deepwater Settlement
• Risks And Opportunities Amid Falling Oil Prices
• Seadrill Hit With Shareholder Suit Over Stock Drop
• Shell Rethinks $90M Waste Harm Deal After Secrecy Nixed
• Wellogix Says Judge Wrongly Decided SAP Trade Secret Suit
• Fla. Lawmakers Float Public Service Commission Overhaul
• Bill Would Allow States Carbon Taxes To Meet CPP Targets
• Tribe Decries Approval Of $1.13B Calif. Solar Project
• Plea In Works For Fuel Exec Hit With $30M Bank Fraud Rap
• Solar Co. SPI To Acquire, Build NJ Solar Farm
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Cravath, Latham
• Scottish Power, Egdon Advance UK Shale Development Deal
• Gibson Dunn Nabs Ex-GE Corporate Counsel In NY
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Shell's Donny Ching
• PE Firms Lob $731M Bid For Aussie Mining Products Co.
• Coast Guard, EPA Agree To Update Spill Responses
• A Tale Of 2 Circ. Court Whistleblower Cases
• Former Bechtel Exec Admits Taking $5.2M In Kickbacks
• Los Angeles Should Block Its Own Ban On Fracking
• Brookfield-Revel Deal Could Be In Play, Attorney Says
• Death Of PGW Sale Won't Stop Philly Energy Hub, Experts Say
• Petronas Pauses $36B Canadian LNG Project As Oil Prices Fall
• Enviros Seek To Intervene In Texas City's Fracking Row
• Edison Workers Push Justices To Flip 9th Circ. Pension Ruling
• Deals Rumor Mill: Oi, Fortum, Arbor Pharmaceuticals
• House Passes $585B Natural Resources-Laden Defense Bill
• Duke Energy Doesn't Owe NJ Tax On Electric Utility Fees
• AfDB OKs $242M In Loans For Moroccan Solar Complex
• FERC Nominee Backs Strong State Role In Energy Decisions
• Market Rumors: Cosan, Universal Terminal, Elliot Management
• HP Slapped With RICO Suit Claiming Mexican Bribery Scheme
• Senators Take Energy Efficiency Bill Into 3rd Round
• NJ Assembly Panel OKs Stricter Rules For 3rd-Party Energy
• Objection To Hand Scanner Needed Better Response: EEOC
• Energy Co. Tells Texas Justices Anti-SLAPP Law Unclear
• Okla. Oil Startup Grabs $100M From Lime Rock, Wells Fargo
• Russian Billionaires Want Rival's $2B Contract Suit Nixed
• NextEra, Hawaii Utility Combine In $4.3B Deal
• Looking At Supplementary Compensation For Nuclear Damage
• USPTO Ethics Rules May Change The Way You Email Clients
• Final GHG Rule May Include Easier Transition For States
• Enviros Ask To Intervene In EPA Carbon Rule Challenge
• Texas Agency Adopts Pipeline 'Common Carrier' Rules
• Halliburton Decision To Test High Court Gift To Defendants
• ICA Fluor To Build $1.3 Billion Coker Plant In Mexico
• NJ Lawmakers Ask FERC To Sink PennEast Pipeline
• Koch Bros. Unsuccessfully Swing At Tax Extenders Package
• Exxon, Others' Offshore Fracking Permits Illegal, Suit Says
• Market Rumors: CGN, 1MDB, Phytotech
• Cliffs Eyes Coal Mining Exit With $175M W.Va. Sale
• 5 Takeaways From US-China GHG Agreement
• Pa. PUC Can Bar Release Of PPL Inquiry Docs, Court Says
• FERC Greenlights $683M Gas Pipeline Project In Pa., NY
• NRC Burying Docs Linked To Trade Secret Raid, Sens. Say
• Louisiana Coastal Pollution Suit Sent Back To State Court
• As Goes Md., So Goes The Nation On Steel Tubing
• Southwestern Pays $300M For Pa. Marcellus Gas Assets
• Another Setback For UK Private Health Care Market Inquiry
• State Sens. File Legislation To Ban Fracking In Florida
• Cabot Fined For Pa. Storage Tank Explosion, Spill
• Puda Coal Relief Delayed In Favor Of Bulk Settlement Talks
• Winston & Strawn Adds Mayer Brown Banking Pro In Houston
• EPA To Reconsider Parts Of Large Boiler Rule
• RE Rumor Mill: Repsol, Plaza Hotel, Extell
• US Gave Out $13B In Energy Production Revenue In 2014
• Enviros Want DOT Reversed On Dangerous Oil Train Cars
• Hunton Advises Lenders Of $4B In Financing For LNG Project
• Ambit Energy Hit With NJ Class Action Over Variable Rates
• Oil Well Service Cos. Pay $1M To End EEOC Race Bias Suit
• EPA, State Attys Need To Get Friendlier, State Leader Says
• Comments Expose Tug-Of-War On EPA Carbon Emission Plan
• Lime Rock, Wells Fargo Sink $220M Into Texas Oil Co.
• National Oil Cos. Shake Up Global Deal-Making Scene
• Indonesian Coal Miner Bumi Seeks Shelter In Ch. 15
• Pa. Enviros Challenge County's XTO Drilling Permit
• NJ Senator Floats Bill To Halt $1B PennEast Pipeline
• UK To Help Finance Toshiba-GDF Suez Nuke Plant
• Fortum Expands Russia Assets To Get In On $5B Nuclear Plant
• Caution: Flaws Of The Attorney-To-Secretary Ratio
• FERC Enforcement May Provide Ideal High Court Test Case
• Must Calif. Dump Its Oil Spill Prevention Regime?
• Halliburton Says Asbestos 'Misstatements' Didn't Hurt Stock
• Lubrizol To Shell Out $825M For Weatherford Businesses
• Shell Oil Can't Wipe Out Ski Ticket Coupon Claims
• States Urge Supreme Court To Nix Gas Act Preemption Claim
• Cobalt Hit With Shareholder Suit Over Angola Bribery Claims
• Pembina Raises Planned Capital Spending To $1.7B For 2015
• EU Court Shows No Mercy For IT Dawn Raid Interference
• News Orgs Want Gag Lifted In Ex-Massey CEO's Criminal Case
• Jenner Adds Ex-DOJ White Collar Investigations Pro
• EEOC Conciliation Efforts Should Be Reviewed, Justices Told
• Quinn Nabs Vinson & Elkins' Houston Managing Partner
• BP Agrees MDL Penalty Phase Shouldn't Affect State Cases
• Venable Nabs Bankruptcy Pro In Latest Bingham Departure
• GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
• PE-Backed American Energy Raises $500M For Shale Buys
• GCs Add 35 Firms To List Of Most Arrogant
• '2ab' FERC Merger Analysis Easy As 1, 2, 3
• Chinese Solar Co. Reaps $1.3B From Factory Sales
• Dragon Dumps $800M Petroceltic Buy, Blames Oil Price Plunge
• How Much Is Enough? Qualifying As A 'Debtor' In Ch. 15