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Project Finance - February, 2012

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• Shell Preemptively Sues Enviros Over Arctic Oil Spill Plan
• EU Bank Pledges $308M Ukrainian Gas Transit Repair Loan
• Utah Agency Defends $18B Nuke Plant Project
• Kuwait Picks Hyundai Heavy Team For $1.4B Plant Project
• NiSource Plans 90-Mile System To Serve Utica Play
• Perry Tells FERC To Leave Texas Hydroelectric Project Alone
• Sidley Lures Energy Project Finance Standouts From Dewey
• Siemens Wins $230M UK Train Contract
• GE Unit Takes $100M Stake In Ariz. Solar Farm
• Q&A With Ballard Spahr's Roger Stark
• Kazakhstan Makes $4B Loan For Caspian Sea Oil Drilling
• Algonquin Inks 25-Year Wind Energy Deal With SaskPower
• Dominion To Replace 2 Coal Plants With $1B Gas Plant
• Taseko, Tribes Strike Deal To Lift Ban On $1.5B Canadian Mine
• Mining Co. Greenlights Tungsten Project In Spain
• Firms Battle For Houston Lawyers In Energy Project Boom
• Court Won't End Suspension Of DOE Uranium Mining Program
• A Side Of Superfund Liability With Your Asset Deal
• Linn Energy Snaps Up BP's Hugoton Fields For $1.2B
• Kinross Could Market South American Mining Stakes
• Repsol, Statoil Find Major Presalt Oil Field Off Brazil
• AES Unveils $463M Of Power Plant Deals In Larger Asset Sale
• Kinder Morgan, Martin Plan Texas Rail Terminal For Fuel
• Texas Energy Co. Boosts Stake In Ghana Oil Field For $365M
• Grand Canyon Mining Ban Sparks Suit From Trade Groups
• PE Firm Targets $350M Biomass, Waste Energy Fund
• Crestwood, First Reserve Grab Antero Shale Assets For $415M
• TransCanada To Break Ground On Part Of Keystone Pipeline
• Latham Helps Blackstone Put $2B Into LNG Project
• GE, JPMorgan Invest $225M In Texas Wind Farm
• Shell Sues Greenpeace Over Occupation Of Alaska-Bound Rig
• Danish Energy Cos. Join Up In $2.2B North Sea Oil Project
• Brazilian Utility CPFL To Spend $622M On Wind Farm
• Alaska Could Hold More Shale Oil Than Eagle Ford: US
• Chesapeake Plans To Sell Permian Basin Assets
• Thai Co.'s $1.7B Bid For Cove Energy Trumps Shell Offer
• Chevron Delays Nigeria Gas Plant Expansion For 3 Years
• $9.5B Western Water Pipeline Plan Springs A Leak
• Trafalgar Brings Loan Trustee Breach Suit To 2nd Circ.
• Idaho Legislature To Weigh 2-Year Wind Farm Moratorium
• UK's Petrofac Wins Third Major Iraq Oil Project
• Senators Urge Extension Of Wind Power Tax Credit
• Mitsubishi Snatches $1B Stake In Mexican Wind Farm
• Q&A With Vinson & Elkins' Todd Triller
• World Bank Blacklists Alstom Units Over Potential Bribes
• UK Watchdog To Scrutinize RWE's Plan For Massive Wind Farm
• FERC Greenlights $45M Dominion Interstate Pipeline
• State Dept. Hit With FOIA Suit Over Keystone, Law Firm Ties
• Hunton Again Nabs Greenberg Traurig Finance Atty In Miami
• Malaysian Residents Seek To Halt $200M Ore Plant
• Colombia Public Transport Gets $105M From IDB
• Dubai Locks Down $675M For Stalled Tram Project
• Lego's Parent Co. Builds $535M Stake In German Wind Farm
• Chinese, Austrian Cos. Form Ukrainian Solar Venture
• Alstom-Led Team Lands $1.7B Malaysian Power Plant Deal
• Taking Cybersecurity To The Next Level
• Q&A With Cozen O'Connor's Suzanne Mayes
• The Pitfalls Of Paperless Discovery
• Enviros Sue EPA Over Shell's Alaskan Drilling Permits
• Q&A With Orrick's Dan Mathews
• NovaGold Seeks Buyer For $2.6B Copper Mine Stake
• Mitsubishi Invests $280M In Southeast Asia Energy Deal
• A Jolt Of Power For FERC In EPA Reliability Issues
• Centrica To Pay $388M For Total's Oil, Gas Assets
• Power Co. Triumphs In High Court Ruling On Navigable Waters
• Wells Fargo To Buy BNP Paribas Energy Loan Unit
• Phosphate Co. Mosaic Settles Fla. Mine Expansion Dispute
• Grid Petroleum To Develop 4,500-Acre Field In Texas
• US, Mexico Open 1.5M Acres In Gulf For Drilling
• Reliance Links Up With Petrochem Co. For $450M Rubber Plant
• SemGroup Joint Venture Proposes New Okla. Oil Pipeline
• Romanian Wind Co.'s Grid Suit Prompts Board Uproar
• Q&A With Nelson Mullins' Philip Thompson
• The Irredeemable Relevance Of SEC Enforcement Action
• Cabot, Williams Pair Up For 120-Mile Shale Gas Pipeline
• Texas Top Court Will Tackle Wind Farm Contract Dispute
• 4th Circ. Greenlights $11B Va. Highway Project
• House Greenlights Energy Bill To Expand Oil Drilling
• Shell Scores BSEE Approval For Oil Spill Plan In Arctic
• Brazil's Banco Itau Gets $100M From IDB For Green Energy
• Calpine Plant Needs Deal, Tide-Over Payment To Stay Open
• DC Circ. Tosses Appeal In Nuclear Plant Permit Fight
• Banking Woes Could Send Project Sponsors To Bond Markets
• Bird & Bird Tightens Africa Ties With Tunisian Alliance
• Singapore To Launch $318M Project Finance Fund
• LA County OKs Permits For Stalled $1.4B First Solar Plant
• Duke, Progress Aim To Ease FERC's Merger Concerns
• Law School, Meet Litigation PR ...
• Q&A With Blakes' Sebastien Vilder
• Burnet Aids Encana In $3B Gas Field Sale To Mitsubishi
• Enviros Sue NRC To Block New Southern Co. Reactors
• FERC Won't Change Utility Merger Review Process
• World Bank Pipes $155M Into India For Water Upgrades
• Ormat To Start Up Geothermal Power Plant In Kenya
• SDG&E Inks 300 MW Worth of Solar, Wind Energy Deals
• Squire Sanders Snags 3 From Bryan Cave For Asian Offices
• Siemens, Prysmian To Lay £1B UK Subsea Power Line
• Republicans Scoff At Obama's Energy Budget Proposal
• Five Claims Blown Out In Wind Farm Rivals' Permit Fight
• Shale Of The Century
• Q&A With Orrick's Mark Weitzel
• ETP Injects $560M Into Expansion Of Natural Gas Projects
• ConocoPhillips Sells Vietnam Ops To Perenco For $1.3B
• Cape Wind Deal Advances $4B Northeast-Nstar Merger
• Enviros Fight Transfer Of Colo. Wildlife Land For Highway
• Bankrupt Evergreen Solar Sues Chinese JV Partner
• Santa Clara Signs Deal For 50 MW Of Wind Power
• Chevron Plans $6B Tengiz Oil Field Expansion
• PE Firm Grabs Stake In Chinese Waste Treatment Operator
• DOT's LaHood Says $2.2B Needed For Mass Transit Projects
• Sheppard Mullin Nabs Ex-Dorsey Indian Law, Finance Pro
• KKR Affiliate, Others To Keep Petroplus Plant Running
• High-Growth Markets: An Attractive M&A Option
• NY Seeks TIFIA Funds For $5.2B Tappan Zee Bridge Project
• Q&A With K&L Gates' Mathew Kidwell
• Tressler Picks Up Construction Law Expert For NJ Office
• Fracking Disclosures Needed To Quell Public Fear: Salazar
• House Delays Vote On $260B Transportation, Energy Bill
• TransCanada To Consider Splitting Keystone XL Pipeline
• Judge Denies TRO Against Cement Co. In Failed Venture Fight
• EU Court Nixes Hungary State-Aided Power Buy Deal
• Repsol Announces $3B Algerian Gas Project
• BHP, Rio Tinto To Funnel $4B Into Escondida Operations
• San Francisco Sues Feds Over Lax Gas Line Enforcement
• Summit Signs $2B In Texas 'Clean Coal' Contracts
• Carlton Wins $83.5M In Energy Project Contract Dispute
• Q&A With Blank Rome's Ernest Chung
• Port Authority Approves $230M For GW Bridge Rehab
• Greenberg Grabs Energy Guru, 2 Others In Mexico City
• Bulking Up NERC's Reliability Authority
• Glori's Oil Recovery Bacteria Win New Customer In Oman
• Obama's Budget Gives $150M To Ohio Uranium Plant
• Samsung Unit Inks $3B Deal To Build Aussie Gas Site
• Chicago Businesses Cry Foul Over Mass Transit Defunding
• MEG Wins OK For Last Phase Of $1.4B Oil Sands Project
• Power Co. Tells 9th Circ. Not To Put Brakes On $2B Project
• FERC Greenlights Work On $257M Pa. Pipeline
• Rohatyn Nabs 60% Stake In Asian Infrastructure Funds
• GOP Senators Seek Keystone Amendment Vote
• Obama Budget Would Double Infrastructure Spending
• Ex-Deputy Associate AG Returns To Alston Real Estate Team
• Oil Field Developer Asks For Dismissal Of Investor Action
• Q&A With Morgan Lewis' Wayne Song
• $200M Philippine Coal Plant Gets Financing After Gov't Nod
• Recent Trends In Green Energy M&A
• DOE Loan Program Could Lose $2.7B, Less Than Forecast
• Vinson Advises Buckeye On $260M Chevron Facility Buy
• White & Case Has Biggest Project Finance Practice
• $257M Penn. Pipeline Could Be Bad For Birds, FWS Says
• Encana Finalizes $919M Canadian Midstream Asset Sale
• Delta, Others Settle Rate Hike Row With Kinder Morgan
• Energy Venture Sues Over Indiana Transmission Project
• Law360 Ranks Largest Project Finance Practice Groups
• Solar Project's Permit Problem Holds Up $646M DOE Loan
• Q&A With Gibson Dunn's Nick Politan
• EU Development Bank Boosts Ukraine Energy Buy-In By $50M
• Australia Puts $107M Toward Carbon Capture Project
• Inside The 2nd Circ. Stance In Naranjo And Figueiredo
• Revised Removal Statutes — Possibilities, Pitfalls: Part 2
• Cement Co. Stuck With Contract Suit Over Dead Joint Venture
• Watchdog Finds No Bias In Keystone Enviro Review
• World's Biggest Molten Salt Solar Tower Goes Up In Nev.
• Sens. Set Up Final Vote On $109B Transportation Bill
• Q&A With Sutherland's Ken Willig
• Skanska, RailWorks Venture Wins $262M NYC Subway Contract
• NRC OKs First New Nuclear Plant Construction In 30 Years
• Mine Equipment Seller Asks Ex-Im Bank For $1.7B Loan
• Cemig Takes 40% Stake In Petrobras Gas Distributor
• Simpson Reps Blackstone On $1B Financing For TX Energy Co.
• DOE Order Creates Unease For LNG Project Developers
• Italy Heads To EU High Court Over Illegal State Aid
• Lucid Energy Lines Up $75M In Startup Funding
• Total's Colombian Oil Assets Fetch $1B From Sinochem
• Islamic Development Fund Sells Off Jordan Power Plant Stake
• Senate Panel Finds $10.5B For Transportation Bill
• Q&A With Blake's Anne Stewart
• China Greenlights $390M Coal Transport Project
• Alliance Plans 79-Mile Gas Pipeline To Cut Flaring
• PAA To Build 170-Mile Mississippian Lime Pipeline In Okla.
• BP Plans First Gulf Expansion Since Deepwater Spill
• Hyundai Oil Arm Launches Lubricant Co. With Shell
• House Bill Aims To Strip Obama Of Keystone Permit Authority
• Ramping Up Calif. Renewable Energy
• WTC Contractor's Backer Sues Over $9M In Unpaid Invoices
• Chinese Wind Turbine Co. To Supply Bulgarian Projects
• Enviro Group Asks FERC To Officially Kill Maine Gas Project
• Solar Developers Sue Calif. County Over 'Sun Tax'
• Cox Castle Leads CalSTRS Into $500M Infrastructure Investment
• Maine Ocean Power Project May Conflict With Fishing: USCG
• Alaska Pipeline Owners, Users Spar Over Lifespan Estimate
• Q&A With Andrews Kurth's Dahl Thompson
• EPA, Others Question Coal Lease Plan Near Bryce Canyon
• Energy Firm Accuses Shale JV Partner Of Bad Budgeting
• As India Projects Boom, Worries Keep Out Foreign Players
• Enviros Challenge DOE's $8.3B Nuclear Loan Guarantee
• Q&A With Gibson Dunn's Bill Hollaway
• US, Mass. Vet Interest In New Offshore Wind Farm
• Wind Damage Delays Nevada Transmission Line Project
• Hearing Out Voices Of The Wetlands
• Gindalbie Awards $614M Australian Iron Mine Contract
• Vietnam Coal Plant Nabs Up To $1.2B From State Investor
• Local Law Can't Regulate Texas Railroad Project: 5th Circ.
• House Dems Attempt To Block Keystone Oil Exports
• Enviros Challenge Corps' $650M Ga. Harbor Project
• Q&A With King & Spalding's Tim Burbury
• Calif. Court Rejects Challenge To Santa Barbara Wind Farm
• PE Firm Goldsmith Looks To Pick Up Petroplus' 5 Refineries
• 5 Tips For Managing Megaprojects
• Imperial Oil Board OKs $2B Oil Sands Project Expansion
• EXCO Eyes $400M Deal To Sell Joint Venture Stake
• Feds Balk At Potential Halt Of $3B Ind. Highway Project
• Contested Highway Fund Bill To Go For House Vote
• NOV Plunks Down $672M For Danish Pipe Maker
• Xanadu Aims To Expand On Coking Coal In Mongolia
• Virginia Approves $1.1B Dominion Power Plant
• Authorizing The Export Of Liquefied Natural Gas
• Revised Removal Statutes — Possibilities, Pitfalls: Part 1
• Squire Sanders Helps Taiga Take €90M Wind Farm Stake
• Project Failure Highlights Wind Troubles In Nevada
• House Committee Sends Arctic Drilling Bill To Floor
• Quick Ruling Nixed In Swaps Suit Tied To $895M Brazil Road
• Peru Pension Funds To Invest $500M In Infrastructure
• UK Puts 2,800 Oil, Gas Leases On Auction Block
• Q&A With Steptoe's Thomas Aman
• Total Launches $4.2B Offshore Drilling Project In Norway
• Denver Commuter Rail Project Gets $80M Funding Influx
• Nuclear Utility Fees Should Fund Waste Program: Panel
• Uganda Starts Developing $900M Hydropower Plant
• DOI Advances Mid-Atlantic Wind Energy Initiative
• BHP Begins $917M Aussie Harbor Project
• Expropriation Coverage For Feed-In-Tariff Projects
• 15 Cos. Line Up For $3.6B LaGuardia Terminal Project
• DC Development Bank Funds $300M Argentine Road Project
• Covington Helps SandRidge Land $1.3B Dynamic Deal
• Korea Electric Eyes $40M Uranium Investment
• Atlantic Power Invests In 300-MW Okla. Wind Farm
• House Panel Passes 3 Bills To Expand Oil, Gas Drilling
• DuPont, Suntech Reach Solar Tech Partnership Deal
• Indian Utility Accused Of Hoarding Solar Contracts
• The Rise Of Earnouts In Renewables M&A
• Q&A With Akin Gump's Adam Umanoff
• 7 Things To Remember In UAE Real Estate Deals