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Project Finance - May, 2012

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• Calif. Senate Sinks Fracking Neighbor Notification Bill
• $68B High-Speed Rail Plan Draws Fire From Orange County
• Gas-Rich States Knock Federal Fracking Rules Before Panel
• PE Fund To Pay $1.6B For Stake In $18B China Gas Pipe
• 5th Circ. Allows DOI Permits For Gulf Oil Projects To Stand
• GOP Bill Would Tie Civil Penalties To Clean Energy Loans
• Holland & Hart Snags Energy, Resources Partner In DC
• Neb. High Court Rebuffs Suit Over Gov.'s Keystone Power
• Milbank Coordinates $378M For Chihuahua Pipeline Project
• DLA Piper Guides BofA In Peruvian Hospital Bond Deal
• Native Americans Can't Halt Pattern's 315-MW Wind Farm
• Australian State Plans $3B Power Asset Sell-Off
• Enviros Try To Take Down Army Corps Coal Mining Permit
• Hess To Hand Off Some UK Assets In Deal With Shell
• Obama Keeps Export-Import Bank Alive Through 2014
• Interior Carves Out Wind Leasing Area Off Mass. Coast
• Houston OKs Southwest's $100M Hobby Airport Expansion
• Judge Trims Shell Suit Over Greenpeace Drilling Protests
• Enviros Lose Bid To Block Highway Proposal
• Bar Tax Info In $786M Alaska Pipeline Fight, FERC Hears
• NY Power Plant Regs Stifle Enthusiasm, Developers Say
• 9th Circ. Won't Kill Shell's Arctic Drilling Permit
• Slaughter Advises AngloGold In $220M Brazilian Mine Deal
• BLM Suggests New Route For SunZia Electricity Project
• Enviro Group Sues To Nix 315-MW Calif. Wind Project
• Project Financing In Iraq: Weighing The Risks
• China's State Grid Inks $1B Deal For Brazilian Power Assets
• BNSF Railway To Spend $120M On Calif. Upgrades In 2012
• Dewey & LeBoeuf Files For Bankruptcy
• American Tank & Vessel Deals Blow To Contractor's $20M Suit
• Ohio OKs Fracking Bill Requiring More Insurance, Disclosures
• Reopened Uranium Mine At Odds With DOI Ban, 9th Circ. Told
• NRG Rival Sues To Halt $120M Calif. Car-Charging Deal
• China Greenlights $11B Baosteel Plant Project
• Shell Keeps $2B Offer Open In Bidding War For Cove Energy
• Senate Skips DOI Nominee Amid Energy Confirmations
• IFC Makes First Clean Energy Loan To Central America
• FERC's Call For Comments On Interconnection Facilities
• Kyrgyz Gold Project Restarts After Violence On Site
• Saudi Aramco, Sumitomo Plot $7B Petrochemical Expansion
• Goldman Commits $40B To Clean Energy Over 10 Years
• Calif. Clears Faster Review Of K Road's Solar Project
• Obama Throws Weight Behind Wind Tax Credit Extension
• LA's $890M Railcar Contract Award Meets Buy America Regs
• Foe Says Blackstone's Green Power Line Could Cost Ratepayers
• Ill. Asks FERC To Deny $178M PJM Upgrade Requests
• China Says US Clean Energy Grants Break WTO Rules
• GE Kicks In $300M For EBX Brazil Port, Mining Projects
• Australian LNG Project Nails Down $8.5B In Financing
• Clean Line Gets FERC Approval For $1.7B Electric Grid
• Dow Wins $2B In Fight Over Axed Kuwait Petrochem Venture
• Fla. City Sues Again To Ground $791M Airport Expansion
• Apex Wind Breaks Ground On 300-MW Okla. Project
• Bill To Speed Up Transit Projects Clears Calif. Assembly
• Nebraskans Mount Constitutional Challenge To Keystone Route
• Open Range Trustee Seeks Damages From PE Lender
• Power Shortages Loom In Texas As Demand Rises, Report Says
• Kinder Morgan Downsizes $5B Cross-Canada Oil Pipeline
• Sojitz, Daelim Take $830M Order For Vietnam Coal Plant
• Gas Deals Advance $8B Trans-Afghan Pipeline
• Warburg Pincus Leads $1.1B Investment In Gulf Oil Startup
• DOT Awards Portland $745M Match For Light Rail Project
• Pemex Hands Technip €105M In Gulf Pipeline Contracts
• PE Firm Fights For 5% Fracking Co. Stake
• Colo. High Court Rejects Eminent Domain For Oil Pipelines
• Cove Energy Board Accepts PTT's $2B Takeover Bid
• NC Gov. Seeks Recommendations For Fracking Rules
• Regulators Float Competition Request For Offshore Wind Line
• USA Power Wins $134M In Power Plant Trade Secrets Case
• Best Practices For Corporate Social Responsibility
• FERC Approves Spectra's $1.2B NJ-NY Pipeline
• DOE To Steer $35M Into Ultra-Deepwater Research
• Barnes & Thornburg Snags Former Enfinity General Counsel
• Xstrata Seeks Argentine Power To Fuel $7B Copper Ramp-Up
• Glencore Takes $480M Majority Stake In Congo Mine
• Islamic, Asian Banks Finance 100-MW Pakistan Wind Project
• NYC Settles Challenge To $350M Waterfront Project
• Icahn Seizes Control Of CVR Energy Board With 80% Stake
• PVR Eyes $380M Expansion Of Marcellus Shale Pipelines
• Cove Pushes Shell's $1.8B Offer As Deadline Nears
• Alaska Mine's Future Murky After EPA Warns Of Devastation
• NRC Chairman Resigns Amid Criticism Of Leadership
• NGL Energy Partners Bulks Up In $693M High Sierra Buy
• EPA's Fair Air Rules For Fracking Emissions
• GreatPoint Nabs $1.25B For Clean Coal Venture In China
• Dominion Sues Sierra Club Over Maryland LNG Project
• Peabody Pays $446M For Controversial Wyo. Coal Reserves
• Alterra Adds To Its British Columbia Wind Assets
• Ncondezi Coal Moves Forward On $376M Mozambique Mine
• Maine OKs $96M In Bonds For Infrastructure, Tech Projects
• Enviros Ask To Halt Pipeline After Alleged Lax Permitting
• House Votes To Back Keystone XL Measure In Transport Bill
• Ore. Light Rail Project Scores $85M From DOT
• Forging Public-Private Partnerships In Turkey
• Va. Officials Endorse $2B Coal Country Highway Project
• BP, Sempra Take Wind Partnership To Hawaii
• FERC Sinks $9.5B Western Hydropower Pipeline Plan
• 2 Bidders In Talks For Petroplus' Coryton Refinery: MEP
• Interior Takes Bids On 38M-Acre Offshore Lease Sale
• Enviros Challenge Shell's Arctic Drilling Permit In 9th Circ.
• NYC Nixes $3B Willets Point Plan For Related, Sterling Deal
• South Korean Builder Wins $624M Saudi Power Contract
• Gibson Dunn Adds Infrastructure Finance Partner In NY
• New FERC-Approved Standards For Critical Assets
• African Bank Group To Sink $430M In Infrastructure Projects
• EU Approves $9B Angola LNG Joint Venture
• Vermont Gov. Signs Nation's First Ban On Fracking
• British PE Firm Pulls In $57M For Wind Farm
• Asian Development Bank Sells $339M In Clean Energy Bonds
• Western Wind Makes Play For 4,000-MW Power Portfolio
• Renewable Energy Cos. End $129M Solar Project Sale Row
• Shell, Asian Energy Giants Explore Massive LNG Export Hub
• State Of The Tax Equity Market: Part 3
• Solar Execs In Congressional Hot Seat Over $5B DOE Loans
• Senate Breathes New Life Into Ex-Im Bank
• Dems Seek To Bar Tax Credits For Chinese Solar Panels
• PE-Backed Group Bids $1.25B For Aussie Pipeline Co.
• Enviros Try To Sink Seismic Oil Exploration Plans In Alaska
• Enviro Groups Seek To Stop NextEra Wind Farm
• $3B Texas Coal Plant In Jeopardy Over Air Pollution Claims
• Uranium Energy Picks Up Texas Exploration Project
• House Dems Home In On Gas Flaring Regulations
• Crestview Drops $100M For 50% Stake In Texas-Aimed Driller
• KEPCO's Nigerian Projects On Hold After Court Ruling
• Shut Up And Drill, Interior Tells Oil And Gas Cos.
• Judge Upholds GAO Stay Of $675M Army Corps Canal Contract
• Biofuels Co. Says PE Firm Skipped Out On $7M Funding Deal
• Halliburton Pushes To Keep Fracking Formulas Secret In Wyo.
• Blackstone Bets $1.5B On Cheniere's LNG Export Plans
• Suntech Hammers Out 120-MW Sales Deal With Distributor
• Fort Yuma Indians Seek To Halt 315-MW Calif. Wind Project
• NY Senate Panel OKs Eminent Domain Reform Proposal
• Excelerate To Build 1st Floating LNG Terminal In US
• EGCO Pays $375M For Stake In Philippines Energy Project
• Papua New Guinea To Ax $6B LNG Project, InterOil Says
• Alstom Lands $321M Contract For French Metro Upgrade
• Google-Backed Wind Power Line Clears Competition Review
• Mining Co. HudBay Puts Up $400M Debt Offering
• Chicago Inks $200M O'Hare Airport Construction Deal
• Chevron's $29B Wheatstone Project Draws 5th Asian Buyer
• PE-Backed Driller Sells $1B In Assets After Axing IPO
• CNOOC Unit, CPC To Decide Fate Of Gas Exploration Venture
• Enviros Lose Bid To Limit Wyo. Coal Mining
• Republicans Hit DOI With 2nd Subpoena Over Coal Rule
• DOT Gives Calif. Lawmakers Ultimatum On Bullet Train Funds
• Halcon To Pay $194M For Interest In Oil, Gas Leases
• Solar Trust Gets Green Light To Auction Assets In Ch. 11
• Calif. Solar Project Gets OK To Skip County Permits
• NY Extends Blackstone Power Line Debate As Public Tunes In
• NY High-Rise Owner Drops Subway Suits, Proposes Compromise
• A 1st For Fracking: EPA's Air Emissions Regulations
• Newark Planners Greenlight Hess' $750M Plant Proposal
• Former Raytheon Unit Gets $3.5M Judgment Overturned
• NY Official Downplays PE Role In Tappan Zee Rebuild
• More Ex-Dewey Partners Land At Rival Firms
• Mass. High Court Rejects Cape Wind Farm Challenge
• Indian Cos. Ink 25-Year Power Supply Agreement
• Enviro Loses Bid To Halt Post-Deepwater Oil Leases
• FWS's 'Eagle' Eye On Renewable Energy Development
• Where Rubber Hits Road: Examples Of Alternative Fees
• Sens. Rip Napa Valley Army Project As 'Tax Dollar Sinkhole'
• Exxon Unit Told To Probe La. Pipeline Oil Spill
• Obama Nominee For Key DOE Post Steps Down
• Vinson PE Partner Joins Sidley Austin's Houston Office
• Toshiba Gets $315M Generator Contract For Indian Plant
• House Clears $140B Lending Cap For Ex-Im Bank Through 2014
• Group Plans Massive $600M Oil Terminal For Southern La.
• TransCanada To Move On Keystone Terminal In Alberta
• As Solar Costs Fall, Gov'ts Struggle To Right-Size Subsidies
• Bechtel Ducks Claims In Power Plant Cost Estimate Suit
• GOP Calls Obama's Offshore Drilling Plan Too Restrictive
• Marathon Pays $750M For Texas Shale Player Paloma
• State Of The Tax Equity Market: Part 2
• Temasek, RRJ Capital Inject $468M Into Cheniere
• GOP, Dems Face Off On Keystone's Role In Transport Bill
• Feds Want Accurate Pipeline Records After Deadly Explosion
• Scotiabank Sued Again Over Chilean Toll Road Bid Advice
• Obama Pushes To Extend Clean Energy Tax Breaks
• Interior OKs Anadarko's 3,700-Well Gas Project In Utah
• Chilean Enviro Cop OKs Cuervo Hydroelectric Project
• Tasnee, Sahara Get $1.4B Islamic Loan For Petrochem Plants
• Private Club Asks Judge To Halt Mich. Mine Project
• Crosstex Energy To Pay $210M For Gas, Oil Co. Clearfield
• DLA Piper Adds 5 Grimaldi Partners In Italy
• Construction Begins On $245M Chilean Wind Energy Project
• NJ High Court Bars Peckar From Light-Rail Project Fight
• AES Brings In $134M For Nearly All Its Chinese Assets
• Calif. To Establish Rules For Fracking Operators
• Conservative Group Presses Congress To Cut Off Ex-Im Bank
• Transocean Pays $432M In Buyout Deal For Two Oil Rigs
• NY Ill-Prepared For Possible Fracking Expansion, Enviros Say
• 15 NY Sens. Craft Bill To Block Blackstone Power Line
• Md. RECs: Turn That Animal Waste Into Thermal Energy
• Inmet To Back $6.2B Panama Copper Mine With $1B In Notes
• Solar, Wind Power Line To West Coast Seeks FERC Waiver
• Ill., Ind., Mich. Join DOT On $4M High-Speed Rail Study
• $237M Fight Over Axed Power Plant Returns To NY State Court
• EPA Unveils Guidance For Diesel Use In Fracking
• Churchill Makes Plea To Indonesian Prez In $2B Coal Row
• TransCanada Makes New Push For Keystone XL Approval
• Arctic Drilling Plan Needs Court Backing, Shell Argues
• Law360 Names Top Female Trial Attorneys
• Enviro Study Of $800M NC Toll Project Flawed, 4th Circ. Says
• Low Gas Prices Drive Drillers To Deep-Pocketed Partners
• Cuomo Eyes Private Tappan Zee Funding After Feds Nix Loan
• SEC Is Investigating $1B Loans To Chesapeake CEO
• NC AG Says New Protections Needed Before Fracking Allowed
• Judge Halts $129M Sale In ESA Puerto Rico Solar Project Row
• Haynes & Boone Boosts Public Finance Ranks With Andrews Pro
• BLM's New Wyo. Coal Leases Ignore NEPA, Enviros Say
• $4B Hydrogen Project Owner Seeks Go-Ahead For Plans
• Mich. Utility Seeks Wind Projects To Meet Energy Goal
• Bingham Partner Joins Kaye Scholer To Boost Energy Team
• Ky. Regulator OKs Plan For 600-MW Gas-Fired Plant
• Clean Energy Group Slams Proposed NY Project Permit Regs
• Alaska Approves Changes To TransCanada's Pipeline Plan
• Sempra Locks In Last LNG Sale Contract For Export Plant
• Where Does EPA's New CO2 Standard Leave Us?
• Canadian Solar Gets $122M Bank Of China Project Loan
• Predictive Coding — Putting The Cart Before The Horse
• Energy Co. BG Group Eyes $1.8B Comgas Sale To Trim Assets
• Solar Co. Says Partner Flaked On $129M Puerto Rico Project
• PSE&G, Enviros Battle Over $1.2B Power Line Approval
• Babcock Gets Go-Ahead For Fla. Waste-To-Energy Plant
• State Of The Tax Equity Market: Part 1
• PG&E To Recover $8M For Failed 3,000-MW Line
• Duke Energy Nabs 10-MW Solar Farm From Solon
• Chesapeake CEO 'Deeply Sorry' As Sen. Calls For Fraud Probe
• Morgan Lewis Lures Away Bingham Project Finance Duo
• Andrews Kurth Lands Public Finance Guru From Fulbright
• Enviros Blast Cities' Veto Power In NY Power Plant Regs
• Backer Demands $237M From Developer Of Axed Power Plant
• Court OKs $1B Dutch Gas Project After Enviro Review
• Drilling Equipment Subject To Texas Sales Tax, Court Rules
• Oil Cos. Get More Input In $786M Trans-Alaska Project Fight
• Duke, Ratepayer Group Settle On $3.3B Ind. Plant Funding
• Feds Advance BP's 500-MW Desert Wind Farm
• Chesapeake CEO's $1B Well Loans Cost Him Chairman Gig
• Mayer Brown Snags Thompson & Knight Partner In Houston
• SolarCity Aims For IPO Despite BrightSource Failure
• Mitsubishi, Mitsui Take $2B Stake In Aussie LNG Project
• FERC: 'Stamp'ing Out Inadequate Cost-Allocation Methods