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Energy - July, 2015

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• Upstream-Downstream Tiff Over Bankrupt Oil Middleman Ends
• Vermont Gas Penalized For Delay In Reporting Cost Increase
• TerraForm Global Slashes Target, Raises $675M With IPO
• Unsecured Creditors Push Boomerang To Nix Ch. 11 Plan Pact
• 5th Circ. Revives Ex-Tesoro VP's SOX Whistleblower Claim
• 2 Iranian Oil Cos. Removed From EU Sanctions List
• Brand Battles: Seattle Seahawks, Chevron, Comic-Con
• Clean Global Energy Exec Wants Suit Over 'Coup' Tossed
• Deals Rumor Mill: Uber, Carlyle, Coca-Cola
• Oil Heir Takes $41M Atty Fee Fight To Supreme Court
• 10 IPOs Targeting $1.4B Ready To Rock 1st Week Of August
• 5th Circ. Upholds $25M Judgment In Katrina Coverage Row
• ETP, Sunoco, Phillips 66 Team Up On Gulf Coast Pipeline
• Rebutting Fraud On The Market
• Oneok To Invest $100M To Expand Texas Gas Pipeline
• China Eases Rules To Let Foreign Investors Trade Futures
• EFH Gets OK To Set December Deadline For Asbestos Claims
• Alliant Sews Up $145M Sale Of Minn. Utility Service Systems
• Troubled UK Oil Producer Heads Into Administration
• WTO Again Faults Chinese Duties On US Electrical Steel
• CSX Urges 11th Circ. To Reverse Ala. Fuel Tax Ruling
• DC Circ.'s Rule Remand Won't Stop EPA On Air Emissions
• Walnut Creek Continues Fight Against Optim's Ch. 11 Plan
• Chevron Not Liable In Suit Over African Pirate Attack On Ship
• San Francisco Can't Sue DOT Over Gas Blast, 9th Circ. Says
• Judge To Rule On $225M NJ Exxon Mobil Deal In August
• Texas Court Won't Revive $6.4B Brenham Oil & Gas Suit
• Greenpeace Must Pay While Activists Suspend Shell Operation
• GOP, Dems Duel Over EPA's Ozone Standards Plan
• Nevada Power, Tribe Strike $4.3M Deal Over Plant's Waste
• V&E Adds Ex-Bracewell Partner To Energy Transactions Team
• Pine Brook Puts $100M In New Energy-Equipment Rental Co.
• Calif. Officials Ignored Fracking Effects Study, Enviros Say
• Shell Nets $1.4B In Sale Of Japanese Downstream Biz Stake
• Shell To Cut Workers, Investment As Oil Prices Stay Low
• Senate Energy Panel OKs Reforms, End To Oil Export Ban
• 4 Clean Water Act Cases To Watch
• FRA Spawns Rule To Prevent Runaway Oil Trains
• UPenn Fracking Study Can't Give Plaintiffs Causation
• Safeway Wins Dismissal In Calif. Fuel Pricing Appeal
• PSE&G Sued Again Over Deadly NJ Explosion
• Changes Afoot In Final Version Of Clean Power Plan
• 8th Circ. Affirms 5 Convictions In $10M Petro Investment Scam
• DQ Bid Fails Against Ampal Bankruptcy Trustee
• Calif. US Atty Who Took On FedEx, PG&E To Step Down
• SCE Raises Nuclear Plant Stakes To $7.6B, Mitsubishi Says
• GE To Build 100MW Wind Farm In Kenya
• Weatherford Granted Sanctions Against Ex-Employee, Atty
• Honeywell Says DQ'd Firm Still At Work In $42M Cleanup Suit
• Enviros Press DOT To Beef Up Pipeline Safety Rules
• Proposed IRS Regs Unfairly Revoke MLP Status, Gas Co. Says
• PE Natural Resources Funds On Pace For Record Year
• Complaint In $5B Chevron Nigeria Rig Blast Suit Falls Again
• ArcLight Raises $5.58B For Latest Energy Infrastructure Fund
• Managing A Company's Internal Environmental Investigation
• Fracking Risks To Secured Oil And Gas Lenders
• Green Field Trustee's $230M Suit Slated For Jan. Mediation
• NJ Enviro Groups To Appeal Exxon Mobil Intervenor Denials
• Contracting Flaws Found At Texas Land Office
• Deals Rumor Mill: Blackboard, Quiksilver, GE, Syngenta
• 10th Circ. Stands By Bankruptcy Jurisdiction Ruling
• Spanish Suit May Threaten Competition Watchdog Model
• PG&E Says 45-Year-Old Charges Barred From Pipe Blast Case
• Texas Court Won't Revive $1B Entergy Theft Claims
• Pa. DEP To Weigh Public Input In $1.3M Coal Ash Settlement
• Royalty Trust Unitholder Can't Sue XTO, Bank Of America
• House OKs Congressional Review For Major Regulations
• Screened Selection In Party-Appointed Arbitrations
• Duke Energy Snaps Up 2 Calif. Solar Farms
• Neb. Governor Pushes Obama To Approve Keystone Pipeline
• SunEdison Scores $160M For Chilean Solar Plant
• GE, Alstom Trim $13.6B Deal In EU Antitrust Approval Bid
• 3 Texas Regulatory Fights To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2015
• DC Circ. Upholds Most Of EPA Air Pollution Rule
• Allied Nevada Investors Blast Ch. 11 Executive Bonus Plan
• Milbank Reps Banks In Funding $820M Mexico Gas Pipeline
• Freshfields Guides Honeywell On $5.1B Deal For Elster
• 9th Circ. Confirms FCA Relator's Conviction Bars Recovery
• $6.8M Marathon Leak Suit A Week Too Late: Appeals Court
• Ernst & Young Reneged On Schlumberger Purchase Deal: Suit
• NJDEP Tries To Elbow Enviros, Senator Out Of Exxon Case
• High Court's Halliburton Ruling Finally Shows Its Teeth
• BP Must Pay Local Governments' Deepwater Claims In 30 Days
• Landowner Flubbed Exxon Royalty Suit, Texas High Court Told
• FERC Wants More Time For Emissions Cuts, Ex-Head Says
• SolarCity Fights Utilities' Bid To Nix Antitrust Suit
• Chesapeake Takes $380M Bond Buyback Ruling To 2nd Circ.
• Pitt Law Taps Reed Smith Partner For Energy Institute
• 6 Tips To Help Risk-Proof Your RIF
• DOI Ordered To Shape Up In 'Kafkaesque' 29-Year-Old Suit
• 13 US Companies Pledge $140B To Fight Climate Change
• PE-Backed Oil Refinery Co. PES Readies $250M IPO
• 5th Circ. Says Drilling Platform Welder Isn't A Seaman
• Ex-EQT Landmen Can't Use Side Deal Money, Pa. Court Says
• EPA Given Free Rein To Enforce Plant Rule, DC Circ. Told
• Halliburton Investors Win Class Cert. Post-High Court Appeal
• Clinton Makes Solar Boost The Core Of Energy Agenda
• Goodrich Petroleum Reaps $118M From Eagle Ford Sale
• FERC Finds No Cause For Change In Its GHG Analysis
• Mid-2015 Restructuring Review: Europe And Emerging Markets
• New Energy Efficiency Requirement In The UK Rented Sector
• Law360's Trial Aces Make Winning Look Easy
• This Week In Congress: Continuing Resolution Looms
• Blank Rome Sues Air Force For Dominion Contract Records
• MarkWest Investor Sues To Stop $20B Marathon Deal
• Behind The Scenes Of Signal's $20M Trafficking Deal
• Federal Energy Bills Have Plenty Of Policy Juice
• EFH Backs Hunt Consolidated's Restructuring Strategy
• Atlantic Power Dividend Suit Dismissed In Canada
• Valero Asks Texas Justices To Back Jury's Refinery Appraisal
• Acacia Ends IP Suit After Being Tied To Subsidiary, Attys Say
• 11 Cos. Set Sights On $2.4B In End-Of-July IPO Rush
• 5 RCRA Cases To Watch
• $2.55B Ares-Kayne Merger To Form Asset Manager Giant
• Ambit Energy's Service Terms Undermine NJ Price Hike Suit
• Optim Wins Ch. 11 Plan Confirmation Over Objection
• Proskauer Wins Round In OSG's Tax Malpractice Suit
• Bankrupt Cal Dive Earns Nod For $37M In Asset Sales
• EPA Program Will Help Energy Companies To Cut Methane
• An Oft-Forgotten Detail In Infrastructure Deals
• SkyPower To Ink $2.2B Solar Project Deal At Kenya Summit
• Sierra Club Loses Fight Over Ariz. Municipal Waste Facility
• Sigelman FCPA Trial Won't Affect DOJ Strategy
• Texas Takes Firm Stance Toward Local Environmental Fines
• SEC Wins $250M Judgment Against No-Show Puda Coal Execs
• Engineering Co. Fights Coverage Exclusion In 5th Circ.
• EFH Creditors' Fight Moved From NY To Delaware
• Optim Can Ditch Small Contract With Big Ch. 11 Plan Impact
• Tesoro, QEP Duck Investor Suits Over $400M Merger
• Conservative Activist Sues To Block Iran Deal
• EPA's Port Authority Anti-Pollution Plan Targets Idling Trucks
• Enviros Lose Appeal Of Ill. Dynegy Plant Pollution Permit
• McCain Says Land Swap For Copper Mine Will Benefit Tribe
• Puerto Rico Utility Spurns Bondholders' $8B Debt Plan
• Calif. Gov. Creates Panel To Review Fracking Effects
• LNG Exports, Grid Projects Feature In Senate Energy Bill
• EQT Midstream To Build $250M Gas Pipeline In Pa.
• Tribal Treaty Bars Wash. Gas Tax, Judge Says
• Enviro Groups Back Duke Cleanup Efforts At NC Court
• Shell Can Drill, But Can't Yet Strike Oil, Feds Say
• CVC Capital Snags Polish Energy Co. For $376M
• Patriot Coal's Exec Bonus Plan Given Green Light
• Belgium To Shift Taxes From Labor To VATs, Finance
• French Energy Reforms Cut Nuclear Use, Hike Carbon Prices
• Insurers Denied Bid To Chop Black & Veatch's Claims By $44M
• Crestwood Shareholders Claim Co. Undervalued In Merger
• Taylor Energy Loses Bid To Escape Suit Over Gulf Oil Spill
• Halliburton Wins Bid To Nix Expert Testimony In Pollution Suit
• Tax Fraud Scammer Returned To US After 18 Years On Lam
• Molycorp Gets Green Light For $135M Oaktree DIP
• NJ Approves Pipeline Amendments, Sparking Enviro Outcry
• Senate GOP Blasts Iran Deal Ahead Of White House Pitch
• Bakken Crude Oil Shipment Rule Still Stands, FRA Says
• Ex-Freedom Exec To Plead Guilty In Chemical Spill Case
• Mid-Continent Escapes Gas Station's Pollution Coverage Bid
• House Votes To Give States More Control Over Coal Ash
• Insurers Could Face Inflated Settlements Under Pa. Ruling
• UK Boat Co. Fires Back Over 2011 Return In $18M Tax Row
• Boomerang Settles Safety Violations With Reduced Penalty
• DOI Prevails In Alaska's Suit Over Oil Exploration Plan
• Republicans Press OMB To Put Plant GHG Rule On Hold
• McDermott Partners With Spanish Firm On Cuba Matters
• House Energy Bill Leaves Out Ending Oil Export Ban
• How To Become The Highest-Paid Partner At Your Firm
• Oil Services Co. Loses H-1B Visa Prevailing Wage Row
• $500M Halliburton-BlackRock JV To Fund Refracking
• 3rd Circ. Partially Revives Retaliation Row Against Energy Co.
• VC-Backed Solar Panel Co. Readies $269M IPO
• DC Circ. Backs FERC Permit For $180M Baltimore Pipeline
• EDF Must Repay France $1.5B In Tax Aid, EU Watchdog Says
• Low Levels Of FCPA Enforcement Continued In Q2
• Ex Ante Vs. Ex Post: Janis Joplin's Yearbook Revisited
• Molycorp Bondholders Plug $142M DIP Over Oaktree Loan
• 2nd Circ. Axes FDCPA Claims Against National Grid Atty
• Airlines, Pipeline Co. Push Deal In $49M NYC Fuel Row
• Bush Officials Blast Obama's Climate Change Goals For Paris
• Think Tank Launches State Compact Against Clean Power Plan
• Tribes Say FERC Guidelines Should Guard Cultural Heritage
• Ex-Bracewell Enviro Atty Opens Jackson Gilmour Austin Office
• Diamond Offshore Can't Escape $8.5M Award To Hurt Worker
• Pa. Justices Bless Disputed $80M Radiation Settlements
• NJ County Shuts Down PennEast Survey For $1B Pipeline
• BNY Mellon Chides Chesapeake For Trying To Avoid Bond
• 3 Construction Execs Jailed For Petrobras-Related Corruption
• USDA Announces $349M In Loans To Rural Electric Cos.
• Patriot Coal Says Bonus Plan Needed To Prevent Defections
• Senate Rejects Bid To Move Forward On $275B Highway Bill
• Industry Group Calls New Dishwater Standards Ineffective
• Drilling Down On DOI's Oil And Gas Regulatory Agenda
• Vinson & Elkins-Led Ridgewood Energy Closes $2B Fund
• 6 CERCLA Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2015
• 10th Circ. Reaffirms Class Win In $1B Plutonium Dispute
• Thompson Coburn Nabs Ex-Kaye Scholer Antitrust Litigator
• SunEdison Follows Blockbuster Deal With UK Acquisition
• Pipeline Parts Co. TM On Flow Device Name Ruled Valid
• GOP Wants To Divert VA's Energy Spending To Health Care
• Mont. Oil Derailment Cause Unclear, But Not Speeding: FRA
• DOI Extends Navajo Power Plant's Lease 25 Years
• Distributor Must Arbitrate Claims Over Baker Hughes Deal
• Molycorp Pushes For $135M Oaktree DIP In Financing Fight
• Eight Attys Leave Roetzel For Cloud-Based FisherBroyles
• 5th Circ. Again Signs Off On Texas Flex Permit Program
• Gov't Beats Tribes' Challenge To $1B Calif. Solar Project
• $225M NJ Exxon Deal Belittles True Damage, Judge Told
• 9th Circ. Lets Tribe, Enviros Challenge Federal Land Leases
• DLA Piper Adds Ex-Thompson Knight Partner In Houston
• US Ordered To Pay $20.6M In Entergy Nuclear Waste Suit
• Wellogix Pushes 5th Circ. To Restart SAP Trade Secret Suit
• Coal Mining Cos. Not Owed More Interest On Tax Overpayment
• Duke Energy Begins 13MW Solar Facility On Marine Base
• American Eagle Energy Wants To Maintain Control Of Ch. 11
• Mine Developer Defeats Local Law At Alaska High Court
• Stradley Ronon Nabs Ex-McCarter & English Litigation Pro
• Enviros Push Bid To End Funding Of Aussie LNG Projects
• Reed Smith Atty Accused In Westinghouse Retiree Deal Suit
• WTO Dispute Roundup: India Waves White Flag On Poultry Ban
• Aussie Co. Duet To Buy Energy Supplier In $1.4B Deal
• Calif. Gov. Envisions No-Emission Future For Freight Industry
• Ex-Baker & McKenzie Employment Pro Returns
• Talen Energy Snaps Up 3 Gas Plants For $1.2B
• SunEdison Yieldco TerraForm Global Readies $1.13B IPO
• Utah Judge Strips Enviro Suit Over Gasco Drilling Project
• SunEdison Pays $2.2B For PE-Backed Rooftop Solar Firm
• This Week In Congress: Highway Ramp-Up, Iran Deal Review
• Petrobras Investors In $98B Case File Amended Complaint
• EPA Needs To Do More To Protect Water From Fracking: OIG
• Houston Firms Accused Of Botching Suit Over Oil Rig Accident
• NY Green Energy Development Bank Gets $150M Boost
• Macquarie Bank Misused Trade Secrets, 8th Circ. Says
• Utah Can Weigh In On Fight Over Flowers On Shale Formation
• Molycorp Creditors Blast Choice Of $135M Oaktree DIP Deal
• The Biggest Environmental Cases Of 2015: Midyear Report
• Calif. Judge Upholds Emergency Rules For Injection Wells
• Bankrupt Boomerang Tube Gets Nod On $145M DIP Package
• SEC Drops Remaining Claims In Idaho Nuclear Power Co. Suit
• Fed. Circ. Lets $650K Exhaust Patent Verdict Stand
• Milagro Oil Gets Interim Approval Of $15M DIP
• Judge Says Okla.'s Clean Power Plan Suit In Wrong Court
• GE Tweaks $17B Alstom Deal For EU Regulators
• $3.5B LNG Project Passes Environmental Muster, FERC Says
• FERC Gets Help In High Court Fight Over Power Demand Rule
• Hanergy To Fight HK Regulator's Trading Suspension
• BP's Gasoline Pricing Cost Franchisees $1.6M, Jury Told
• Distributor Bucks Arbitration In Suit Over Baker Hughes Deal
• Power Co. Reaches $627M Deal In Emissions Spat With EPA
• Ex-Worker Sues BP Over Fatal Plant Attack In Algeria
• EU High Court Adviser Says Lower Court Erred On Cartel Fines
• Rural Lender Tells FCC It's A Safe Bet Even Without FDIC
• Solar Amendment Proponents Face Counter Proposal In Fla.
• Mexico Oil Reformers Get Reality Check From Auction Results
• 5th Circ. Won't Hear BP Appeal On Deepwater Claims Data
• Nuclear Power Co. Loses Fight For NY Tax Credits
• Dune Creditors Sue Banks, Dispute Liens On Oil Leases
• DOI Updates Regs On Water Pollution Near Coal Mines
• 9th Circ. Rules Whistleblower's Felony Bars FCA Payout
• The Business Bottom Line On The Iran Agreement
• Deals Rumor Mill: Temasek, Alpha Natural, Banco Do Brasil
• Sabine Warns Of Possible Litigation Over Forest Oil Merger
• Infigen Unloads US Wind Biz In $272M Sale To ArcLight
• Milagro Hits Ch. 11 With Plans For $217M White Oak Deal
• EPA Seeks Clarification From DC Circ. On Backup Generators
• Court Favors Turkey In $100M Gas Export Row With Greece
• Duties On Chinese Solar Panel Exporter Too Stiff, Suit Says
• Genesis Pays $1.5B For Enterprise Offshore Pipeline Biz
• More Bad News For Bondholders On Make-Whole Premiums
• Coal Exporter Walter's U.S. Units Enter Ch. 11 With $3.1B Debt
• Alabama Seeks Partial Win In CSX Fuel Tax Dispute
• Trustee Blasts Bankrupt Patriot Coal's $6.4M Bonus Plans
• Kachina Asks Texas Justices To Rehear Gas Delivery Cost Suit
• ND, Mining Group Gain Entry To DOI Coal Leasing Suit
• Senate Dems Float Bankruptcy Option For Puerto Rico
• NJ Refinery's Foundation Not Exempt From Inspection
• Feds Lagging On Pipeline Safety Regs, Committee Chair Says
• BLM Head Defends 'Common Sense' Fracking Regs Amid Flak
• Exxon Unit Hit With Class Action Over Pa. Gas Royalties
• The 1st Of Several Legal Roadblocks Ahead For Puerto Rico
• Senate Bill Calls For Federal Attention To Petcoke
• Bulk Of Electric Car Cos.' $225M DOE Loan Suit Thrown Out
• GE, Emera Ink $80M Deal With Plans For Power Plant Upgrades
• State Green Energy Mandates Safe, But New Fights Ahead
• Range Resources Fights Pa.'s $9M Fracking Leak Fine
• EU Floats Emissions Trading Reforms To Achieve GHG Cuts
• ETP Sends Susser Retail Biz To Sunoco MLP In $1.94B Deal
• Private Citizens Sue To Enforce Arch Coal Unit's Permit
• Low Oil Prices, Debt Push Sabine Oil & Gas Into Ch. 11
• Fact Questions May Save Duty To Indemnify Claims In Mass.
• Filter Co. Asks 6th Circ. To Uphold Coverage Of Defect Suit
• C&J Energy, Shareholder Feud Over Injunction Bond
• Solar Co.'s Magic Gets Judge To Trim Contract Class Action
• Boomerang Makes Push For Final OK Of $145M DIP Package
• As Iran Deal Arrives, Sanctions Relief Still Far Off
• New Bill Would Let Tribes Sell Renewable Energy Tax Credits
• Mich. Officials Call For Ban On Heavy Crude From Pipeline
• Deals Rumor Mill: Micron, Pittsburgh Penguins, Star Petroleum
• Mexican Oil Co.'s HP Bribery Suit Sent To Drawing Board
• Su Can't Unload Contested Vantage Stock, Texas Court Says
• Enviros Want In On Challenge To EPA Startup, Shutdown Rule
• Gruber Hurst Picks Up Ex-Bracewell Bankruptcy Duo In Dallas
• Pa. Court Says No To Price Caps On Electricity For The Poor
• Exxon Trademark Search Evidence Out Of Bounds, Fox Says
• DOT Finalizes Safety Rule On Pipeline Excavations
• House Passes Bills To Bolster Low-Income Housing Programs
• Hawaii Joins States Chasing Renewable Energy Tax Credit
• EPA Says New Particulate Pollution Rules Can't Be Retroactive
• Signal Gets Interim OK On $90M DIP Amid Auction Planning
• EPA Beats Back Challenge To Test Fuels Rule
• Weil Guides WPX In $2.35B Deal For RKI Exploration
• Iran Finalizes Nuclear Accord With US And Allies
• BP Franchisees Say Gas Price Policy Sabotaged Their Stations
• Shareholder Sues Vanguard Over $539M LRR Takeover
• Texas Town Sues After Wind Turbines Send Blades Flying
• 10th Circ. Upholds Colorado Renewable Energy Rule
• Seyfarth Adds Ex-Jackson Walker Immigration Duo In Houston
• 10th Circ. Kicks Atty Conflict Suit Out Of Bankruptcy Court
• VA Hit With FOIA Suit Over Construction Doc Requests
• PowerSource Snaps Up $100M In Solar Project Contracts
• Greenberg Traurig Takes Trio From McKenna Long In Atlanta
• Abengoa, Starwood Unveil $300M, 114-Mile Transmission Line
• Pa. Frack Law Challengers Try To Bar Gas Group's Intervention
• NJ Sen., Enviros Can't Intervene In Exxon Mobil Settlement
• Dune's Contentious $19M Bankruptcy Sale Gets Green Light
• Tesoro Pays $1M To Settle CARB Gasoline Reg Violations
• Ill. Appeals Court Won't Halt State Fracking Rules
• ITA Issues Final Determination On Chinese Solar Panels
• Black Hills Corp. To Buy SourceGas In $1.9B Utility Tie-Up
• Signal Hits Ch. 11 With Deal Over Labor Trafficking Suits
• Marathon Petroleum MLP Buys MarkWest To Form $21B Giant
• Conn. Courts Should Not Follow Comind
• Kansas Curbs Marketable Product Rule In O&G Royalty Cases
• This Week In Congress: Drought, Education And Highways
• Chesapeake Owes $380M For Botched Bond Buyback
• BP Franchisees Slam Pricing Policy At Trial Opening
• NJ's $225M Exxon Deal Disregards Public, Court Told
• Ex-Alstom Exec Fights 'Defective' FCPA Conspiracy Charge
• Ohio Lets Gas Plant Discharge Wastewater Into Lake Erie
• Dentons Adds Corporate Partner From Jones Day
• California City Accused Of Turning Gas Charge Into Illegal Tax
• EPA Can't Nix Discovery Order In Murray Energy Job Loss Suit
• EFIH Fights Bid For $81M Interest Claim On PIK Notes
• Power Demand Rule In FERC's Wheelhouse, High Court Told
• Eletrobras Creates Body To Oversee Hogan Lovells Probe
• Investors Sue Silver Co. After News Of $567M Tax Bill
• Shell Buys Morgan Stanley's European Gas Trading Biz
• New Orleans Gets $45M Cut Of BP Deepwater Settlement
• After Michigan V. EPA, High Court Less Swayed By Chevron
• Sky Solar Snags $85M Loan For Uruguay Solar Projects
• Rakoff Refuses Petrobras Bid To Nix $98M Bribery Suit
• Emerging Issues In Coal Industry Bankruptcy Cases
• AVIC Tells 5th Circ. To Change 'Unfair' Arbitration In $2B Row
• Top Texas Supreme Court Cases Of 2015: Midyear Report
• 3rd Circ. Says Pa. DEP Wrongly Withheld Pipeline Comments
• 2 Labor Unions Break With AFL-CIO To Back Oil Exports
• Alpha Unit Pays $126M For Half Of JV In Marcellus Shale
• Blackfeet Exit Talks On Oil, Gas Project At Sacred Site
• Obama Troubled With 21st Century Cures Act Funding
• ACLU Rips 'Frivolous' Suit Targeting Pa. County Fracking Law
• NJ Exxon Deal's Foes Say Bids To Enter Case Are On Time
• Lifting Oil Export Ban Would Pose Security Risks, Reps. Told
• $8.5M BPZ Asset Sale To Zedd Energy Gets Court OK
• Russian Shipmate Gets 3 Mos. For Dumping Hydraulic Oil
• House Committee Subpoenas Kerry For Keystone Docs
• Chevron Denies It Strong-Armed Bidders In $19M Dune Sale
• Anadarko Can Push Trade Secret Claim In Open Records Row
• McCarthy Plays Defense As GOP Rips EPA Climate Regs
• Alfa, Harbour Pull Plug On $1.4B Pacific Rubiales Bid
• EPA, DOI Funding Vote Halted After Confederate Flag Row
• When Actual Notice Isn't 'Actual Notice' In Pennsylvania
• 11th Circ. Vacates Fraud Convictions For Fla. Couple
• Judge Officially Ends Puerto Rico's Recovery Act
• Chartis Doesn't Have To Defend JSW In Antitrust Row
• House Blocks Moves To Restore EPA Funding In Spending Bill
• Texas Asks 5th Circ. To Review EPA's Startup-Shutdown Rule
• Judge Puts BIA's Osage Nation Mining Rule On Hold
• EPA Says Wyo. Facility Lacked Plans To Mitigate 2010 Spill
• Steptoe Lures Fried Frank's Energy Enforcement Head
• Weil Gotshal Guides Closing Of $4.5B Quantum Energy Fund
• Murphy Oil OT Row Tossed Over Arbitration Delays
• Canada's Gowlings To Merge With UK's Wragge Lawrence
• Kan. Gas Leaseholders Get Piece Of Condemnation Award
• National Mining Groups Want In On Tenn. Wastewater Suit
• Pa. High Court Won't Touch Ruling Over $12M Power Line
• Debevoise Should Cut Fees 10%, Boomerang Trustee Says
• EFH Judge Nixes Bondholders' $431M Make-Whole Bid
• Taylor Energy Can't Get Rid Of Gulf Oil Spill Suit
• Spain Fines Repsol, Others $25M For Fixing Gas Prices
• SunEdison, TerraForm To Buy 930MW Wind Farms for $2B
• Biloxi Inks $5M Deal With BP Over Deepwater Disaster
• Enviros Sue Forest Service Over Idaho Wilderness Mining
• EnCap Sinks $250M Into Texas Oil Explorer Startup
• Fla. Firm Sues Hartford For Coverage Of Murder Claims Row
• ETE Willing To Go Hostile In $53B Williams Takeover Bid
• Sierra Club Appeals Renewed Permit Issued To Pa. Coal Plant
• Ala. Mining Co. To Establish Enviro Fund To End Green Suit
• KKR Closes $3.1B Infrastructure Fund
• Concerns Seep Through EPA Petroleum Vapor Guidance
• Recharacterization Doctrine Is Ripe For High Court Review
• Kayne Anderson Gives $150M Equity Commitment To Oil Co.
• Edison Sued By Investors For Risking $3.3B CPUC Deal
• Honeywell Pushes Again To Fully DQ Firm In Cleanup Suit
• After Losing In Court, Puerto Rico's Last Hope Is Congress
• Andrews Kurth Reps Legacy On Texas Gas, Drilling Deals
• Colorado Mining Co. To Appeal Order Halting Expansion
• Pa. Court Won't Rehear Duke Energy Property Tax Row
• EPA, Navajo Utility Authority Ink Deal To Halt Water Pollution
• Obama Pushes For Low-Income Household Solar Power
• Pebble Says New EPA Copper Mine Docs Negate Dismissal
• NJ, Exxon Fight Intervention Bids Over $225M Pollution Deal
• Canadian Authorities Say Silver Co. Owes $567M In Taxes
• Cal Dive Gets Nod For $16M Stalking Horses For Ship Sales
• Quicksilver Resources Gets Nods For Extra Exclusivity
• UK Utilities Overcharged Consumers By $1.8B, Watchdog Says
• Puerto Rico Can't Save Its Recovery Act In 1st Circ.
• Peabody Blasts 'Absurd' Song Lyrics In Jailed Protesters' Suit
• Law Firm Says Miss. Town Owes It Fees For BP Oil Spill Suit
• Fortis Inks $365M Deal To Sell Canadian Hotel Portfolio
• Energy Co. Fined $6.9M For Witholding Gas Production Data
• DHS Pares Alaska Co.'s Claims In $15M Penalty Dispute
• 3 Recent Texas High Court Cases Hold 1 Common Lesson
• Oil Heir Fights Order To Pay $41M Atty Fees
• SEC Says Oil Co. Targeted EB-5 Investors In $68M Scheme
• Gasoline Refiners Escape Pa. Water Contamination Claims
• Babcock & Wilcox Says Objections Can't Save Pollution Suits
• Thompson Knight Adds Energy Attys In Houston
• Fracking Secrets Safe In New Pa. Database, DEP Head Says
• Vietnam's $1.9B Coal Plant Project Gets Chinese JV Partner
• 'Masterful' Judge Credited For BP Case's Timely End
• NextEra Unit Unveils Plans For $1.2B Fla. Natural Gas Plant
• FWS Should Have Upheld ESA On Private Land, Nonprofit Says
• 5 Firms Top $300B In Deals During 1st Half Of 2015 M&A Boom
• Vinson & Elkins Guides PE Firm's $1B Linn Energy Investment
• Vitol Reaches $2M Deal With NJ Over MTBE Claims
• Exhaust Patent Too Broad, Rig Builders Tell Fed. Circ.
• UK's Afren Seeks Ch. 15 Relief After Oil Price Slump
• BP Can Write Off Most Of $18.7B Deepwater Deal, Group Says
• What To Know About The 'Waters Of The United States' Rule
• This Week In Congress: Post July 4 Tumult
• Hess' $84M Tax Refund Suit Doesn't Belong In NY: Judge
• Molycorp Gets Nod For $22M Interim Loan From Oaktree
• BP Out Of Deepwater: The 5-Year Path To A Record Settlement
• Without A Deal, BP Would Have Faced Harsher Penalties
• Fed. Circ. Chops $100M Off Schlumberger Patent Verdict
• Oklahoma Sues EPA Over Clean Power Plan
• Wolf Hollow Denied El Paso Marketing Contract Damages
• Platinum Power Inks Deal For $845M Hydro Plant In Cameroon
• Enviros Move To Revoke Shell's Seattle Port Lease
• Navajo Leaders Call Water, Infrastructure Top Priorities
• Oil Pollution Act Case Over Texas Barge Spill OK'd For Trial
• NRC Revives License Renewal Process For Calif. Nuke Plant
• Proskauer Can't Shake OSG's $255M Tax Malpractice Suit
• Emissions Pacts Pave Way To Keystone Approval, US Told
• M&A Boom Soars To Highest First-Half Clip In 8 Years
• Energy Groups Knock Exemption To Rule On Threatened Bat
• Skanska Inks $255M Deal To Build NY Power Plant
• DLA Piper Brings Aboard Australia's Hardy Bowen
• Haze Of Uncertainty Surrounds EPA Vapor Intrusion Rules
• BP Reaches $18.7B Deal To Settle Deepwater Claims
• EPA Tells DC Circ. Challengers To GHG Rules Lack Standing
• Williams Cos. Brass Sued For Snubbing $53B ETE Merger Offer
• Energy Group, Tribe Seek To Vacate Mineral Leasing Rule
• CORRECTED: Utility Can't Avoid Suit Over Pollution Control Project
• 1 Firm Tops June IPO Activity As Volume Hits New Heights
• Deals Rumor Mill: Petrobras, Centor, Interactive Data
• Braskem Hit With Investor Class Action Over Petrobras Bribes
• PREPA, Creditors Strike $415M Deal To Avert Default
• Feds Say Tribe Can't Prove Irreparable Harm In Fracking Row
• Moving Fracking Water Not Interstate Commerce, Judge Says
• Boomerang Tube Floats Ch. 11 Plan To Swap Out $214M Debt
• Shell Greenlights Largest-Yet Platform For Gulf Project
• Oilfield Services Co. To Pay $120M To End Investor Fraud Row
• Toyota, Nissan, Honda Blazing Path For Fuel Cell Vehicles
• Freedom Likely To Win Judge's Approval Of $2.5M Deal
• Puerto Rico Says It Wasn't Given Fair Shot In Pollution Suit
• Fort Worth Pulls Opposition To Chesapeake Royalty MDL
• Coal Miner Says Regulation Pushed It Into Ch. 11
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