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Project Finance - June, 2012

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• Brookfield To Pay $600M For 351-MW Alcoa Hydro Project
• Spectra's $1.2B NJ-NY Gas Pipeline Gets Go-Ahead
• NRC Nominees Macfarlane, Svinicki Win Senate Approval
• Chadbourne To Add 2 Energy GCs As Project Finance Partners
• EU Aims $4.5B In Bonds At Mobilizing Stalled Projects
• Belgian Offshore Wind Farm Closes $1B Financing
• Law360's Global 20 Firms Open Up New Frontiers
• $26B Duke, Progress Merger Approved By NC Regulators
• GDF Suez North Sea Gas Project Gets UK Go-Ahead
• Congress Passes $120B Highway Funding Bill
• Enviros Buck FERC's OK on $400M Gas Pipeline Expansion
• API, Enviros Criticize EPA Diesel Fracking Guidance
• BP, Statoil Finalize Short List For Caspian Pipeline Route
• Norton Rose Aids Petronas In $5.3B Deal For Shale Developer
• Spectra Unit Wins Condemnation Orders For $1.2B Pipeline
• DC Circ. Ruling Spurs FERC To Rethink Pipeline Rate Cap
• US Offshore Leasing Plan Opens Gulf Waters, Limits Arctic
• Lawmakers Release Details Of Highway Funding Agreement
• GOP Sends Bill Cutting EPA Budget By $1.4B To House Floor
• Green Groups Ask US Agencies To Delay Calif. Delta Plan
• Texas Regulators Raise Wholesale Electricity Price Cap
• Abound, Recipient Of $400M DOE Loan, To Enter Bankruptcy
• Calif. Solar Project Survives Tribe's Injunction Bid
• Cove Shares Soar As Shell Again Pushes $1.8B Offer Deadline
• Election Year Expectations For Energy, Environment
• Flagler's $1B Fla. Rail Project To Start In Miami
• Lawmakers Reach Tentative Deal To Extend Highway Funding
• NY Cheers $1.1B Thruway Bond Success, Eyeing Tappan Zee
• BP, Others Say FERC Lead Line Policies Hurt Renewables
• Switzerland Mulls $2.9B Plan For 2nd Gotthard Tunnel
• Barrick Can't Stop Rivals' $4B Chilean Mining Project Buy
• House Dems Plug Tax Credits For Wind Energy, Payroll Hikes
• Vale, Pacific Hydro Team Up On $315M Wind Farm Project
• Brazil Gives Go-Ahead To Vale's $19B Serra Sul Mine Project
• Fishermen End Suit Against Cape Wind Project
• Bill To Halt Fracking Clears Calif. Senate Panel
• LA OKs $322M In Bonds For $637M Water System Project
• Dutch Co. Wins $120M Towage Deal For Exxon's LNG Port
• An EPA Victory In Greenhouse Gas Regulation
• EPA, Sierra Club Spar In DC Circ. Over Emissions Permits
• Solar Trust Gets Green Light For $20M Asset Sale
• Glencore's $25B Xstrata Stock Offer Now Too Low, Qatar Says
• Arabtec JV Wins $3B Abu Dhabi Airport Terminal Job
• White & Case Snaps Up Freehills Mining Deal Pro
• Enviros Can't Sink Shell's Preemptive Alaskan Drilling Suit
• Former NRC Chief Jaczko Bullied Employees, Report Says
• Lawmakers Reach Deal To Avert Student Loan Rate Hike: Report
• Australia OKs $10B Clean Energy Fund, But Miners Unhappy
• Army Corps Approves Keystone's US Segment
• US Floats New Arctic Drilling Plans As Shell Fight Looms
• Qatar Proposes 500-MW Power Plant For LNG Hub In Wales
• DC Circ. Rejects Vt.'s Entergy Plant Permit Challenge
• Judge Sacks BLM Plan To Open Colo. Plateau To Drilling
• DOI Questions Water Use For Planned 1,000-MW Hydro Plant
• Mich. Not A Gov't Entity In Bridge Deal, 6th Circ. Says
• Joint Venture To Convert Petroplus Refinery Into Terminal
• China-Backed Investment Co. To Inject $5B Into Shale Gas JV
• Exxon, Oil Cos. Can't Bar Witnesses In $786M Pipeline Row
• KKR Closes $4B Infrastructure, Natural Resources Funds
• BP Nets $280M From Mitsui's Purchase Of North Sea Stakes
• Chesapeake Utilities To Double Md. Business With 2 Buys
• Chesapeake-Encana Emails Could Be Antitrust 'Smoking Gun'
• Chilean Regulators Ax Endesa's $1.4B Coal Plant
• Iran To Raise $4.2B With Bond Sale For Natural Gas Project
• Jones Walker Adds Finance Veteran To New Orleans Office
• Russia Backs $12.6B Gazprom LNG Project To Service Japan
• Greenberg Traurig Hires Patton Boggs Atty For Africa Practice
• Foes Of $2B Blackstone Line Muzzled Before Key Hearings
• NextEra Bids $10M For Bankrupt Solar Trust Project
• Milbank Reps IDB In $200M Abengoa Renewables Financing
• Linn Preps For $1B IPO, Scoops Up $1B Of BP Gas Assets
• Falling Oil And Gas Prices Create Openings For Law Firms
• Enviros Challenge Approval For $1.2B NJ-NY Spectra Pipeline
• Future Of Fracking In NC Hinges On Democratic Governor
• Yucca Mountain Funding Is Tapped Out, DOJ Tells DC Circ.
• Cabot Earns $250M On Sale Of Pearsall Stake To Osaka
• NJ Assembly Advances Transportation Borrowing Bill
• 11th Circ. Says Shell Gulf Drilling Plan OK Despite Deepwater
• First Solar Gets Permission To Resume $1.4B LA Project
• With Lawmakers Gone, Cuomo Is Ready To Move On Fracking
• GCs Name Law Firms With Top Shelf Brands
• DC Circ. Tosses Tycoon's $500M Freshfields Suit
• Interior Fracking Rule Given 60-Day Comment Extension
• Citi, Others Face Appeal In Airport Bond Antitrust Suit
• Lessons From World Bank's Sanctions Board Decisions
• GOP Sens. Target Kelo Ruling With Eminent Domain Bill
• NY Legislature Wraps Without Wage Hike, Fracking Bills
• No Fast-Track For $68B Rail Project A Boon For Enviro Protests
• NJ Assembly Limits Perks At Bridge, Toll, Port Authorities
• Canadian Oil Spills Cast Shadow Over Pipeline Boom
• Senate Panel Approves NRC Nominees Macfarlane, Svinicki
• New Solar Project Signals Upswing For Tribal Land Permits
• Restructuring Corporate Bonds: A Menu Of Options
• Petronas, Hess Partner In $5.2B Offshore Gas Project
• Sunoco Logistics Unveils Pipeline For Texas Crude
• Int'l Lenders Pony Up $1.4B For Moroccan Power Project
• House Passes GOP Energy Package Despite Veto Threat
• Chadbourne Nabs Thompson & Knight Energy Ace In Mexico
• Canada's Baja Given 45 Days To Cure Mexico Mine Defaults
• Enbridge Foe Says Voice Mail Shows Pipeline Discrimination
• Technip Lands $380M Contract For Marathon Oil Project
• Joint Ventures In China: What Every CEO Should Know
• Statoil Puts $25M Toward Aussie Shale Exploration Plan
• House Bill Would Halt New Surface Mines Pending HHS Study
• NY Assembly Passes Fracking Health Study Bill
• Italian Court OKs Enel's €2B Oil-To-Coal Plant Conversion
• House Dems Press DOI To Toughen Fracking Disclosure Rules
• Mont. High Court OKs Gas Wells Despite Sage Grouse Threat
• Chevron Joins Kosmos In Offshore Suriname Exploration
• House Panel Passes EPA Budget With $1.4B In GOP Cuts
• Holland & Knight Nabs Abu Dhabi Construction, Energy Ace
• $1.7B Gulf Lease Sale Signals Post-Deepwater Resurgence
• Development Banks Commit $175B For Transportation Upgrades
• Grange Seeks To Hand Off Stake In $3B Aussie Ore Mine
• House Approves Land Use Bill Expanding DHS Surveillance
• EPA Air Chief Defends Agency Gaffes On Emissions Rules
• Labor Deal Comes At Crucial Time For $5B Tappan Zee Project
• Sinosteel Gets Go-Ahead For Western Australia Ore Mine
• China Pushes For Private Investment In Power Sector
• White House Threatens To Veto GOP Energy Package
• Shareholders Claim Mining Execs Hid $246M Project Overrun
• Enviros Challenge BLM On Powder River Drilling
• PSE&G Wins NJ Approval For $390M Transmission Project
• Wash. Enviros Sue Navy To Block $715M Nuclear Wharf
• Kodiak Joins Cos. Accusing Enbridge Of Oil Pipeline Bias
• Aussie Mining Co. Bags Support For $4B Iron Ore Project
• Russian Aluminum Giant's $850M Plant Gets Chinese Backing
• Martin Midstream Unloads $275M In Assets To CenterPoint
• Scientists Want More Seismic Data On Energy Development
• Clean Line, DOE Will Cooperate On $2.5B Transmission Line
• Gasco Gets Interior OK To Drill 1,300 Wells In Utah
• LA Airport Body Says Tweaks To $4.1B Plan Would Benefit City
• Irish Fund Takes Reins Of 104-MW Viridian Wind Portfolio
• Hyundai Heavy Notches $600M In Oil, Gas Rig Orders
• Tepco To Buy More Of $29B Chevron Project's LNG Output
• Ncondezi Coal Adds Power Plant To $376M Mining Project
• CNOOC Follows $1.6B Refinery With Production Deal
• McGuireWoods Snags Energy Deals Pro From Bracewell
• More Shale Development Means More Industry Regulation
• Yamana Gold's $404M Extorre Buy Boosts Argentina Assets
• Shell's Arctic Drilling Plans Get Election-Year Boost
• BrightSource Bids $10M For 500-MW Solar Trust Plant
• Maersk Port Unit Invests $500M In Chinese Port Expansion
• Florida Provides $40M To Improve State's Deepwater Ports
• Nossaman Aids Caltrans In Closing $1.1B Parkway Project
• Calif. High Court Puts Its Weight Behind Exhaustion Rule
• Oil Tycoon Accuses Goldman Of Conspiring To Block Financing
• Kazakhstan Beats $1.2B Claims Over Axed Oil Contract
• Sharp, Mitsubishi, Osaka Make Joint Canadian Solar Farm Buy
• Brazil's OSX Nails Down $1B Backing For Massive Shipyard
• Exxon, Russian Co. Ink Deal To Explore Siberia Oil Stores
• Energy Atty Jumps Back To Kelley Drye After API Gig
• Calif. Trash-To-Energy Plants May Labor For Renewable Status
• LA Officials Press Calif. Gov. To Issue Fracking Ban
• Massey Unit Wants $32M Suit Over Coal Supply Pact Removed
• FERC Considers Rival Plan For 500-MW Colo. Hydro Project
• Law Scholars Side With Tribe Fighting Nev. Mining Expansion
• JPMorgan Leads $220M Financing For GE, Enel Wind Farm
• Mohawk Hydro Urges Denial Of Rival Project Permit
• Cuomo Calls Leaked Fracking Plan Info Premature
• Indonesia High Court Nixes Churchill's $2B Coal License Row
• Sunoco, Carlyle Steam Forward On Philly Refinery Deal
• NJ Bill Trio Looks To Rein In Bridge, Toll Authorities' Spending
• Fracking's Latest Frontier: Regulation And Taxation
• Shell Again Moves Deadline For $1.8B Cove Energy Bid
• Patton Boggs Opens Saudi Office, Grabs 7 Dewey Attys
• DOE Extends $280M To Ohio Uranium Enrichment Plant
• Canada Set To Unveil $1B Bridge Project With Mich.
• Cuomo Backs Home Rule Power As Fracking Deal Shapes Up
• An Overview Of 1st-Out Revolvers
• Palm Springs Cleared In Suit Over Wind Farm Notification
• Republicans Balk At NRC Nominee's Background
• Wash. Groups Rail Against DOT's Approval Of Transit Project
• SPI Turns Top Solar Developer With 68 New Projects
• Senator Calls For Oil, Gas Drilling Off SC Coast
• Continental CEO Urges Congress To Keep Oil, Gas Tax Breaks
• 2nd Circ. Backs Limited FERC Review Of Marcellus Pipeline
• AGL Wins $130M Australian Grant For $450M Solar Project
• Lebanon Dodges $33M Claim Over 2-Year Highway Job Delay
• Aussie State Plans $500M Port Lease To Fund Infrastructure
• NY Bill Looks To Shine Light On Secret Fracking Deals
• FERC Approves $400M Gas Pipeline Expansion In NJ, Pa.
• New Mozambique Gas Adds Fire To Cove Bidding War
• Cheniere Deploys 1st $167M Of LNG Export Equity Financing
• Brazil Lends $700M To Braskem's Mexican Petro Project
• McDermott Boosts Restructuring Group With DLA Projects Ace
• Ohio Tackles Shale Regs Early In Gas Production Boom
• Brazilian Bank Puts Up $185M For Iberdrola Wind Farms
• Enviro Group Wants Say In NYC's Upstate Hydro Plant Plan
• States Ask 2nd Circ To Let Vt. Close Entergy Nuclear Plant
• Iraq Awards $284M In Contracts To Make Oil Pipeline
• BrightSource Eyes 500-MW Solar Trust Plant In Ch. 11 Auction
• FERC Greenlights W.Va. Hydropower Development
• Cooley Adds Partner To Growing Shanghai Office
• GE To Invest $900M In Turkish Projects Across 5 Sectors
• Yinson Wins $737M Vietnam Gas Construction Contract
• Impact Of New US Army Corps NWPs On Renewable Projects
• House Rejects Motion For $37.5B Cap On Highway Spending
• Spectra Wins NJ's OK For $1B Pipeline To Cross State Park
• Chesapeake Investors Rip CEO Pay, Oust Directors
• ND High Court Backs Permit For Great Northern Coal Facility
• Chesapeake Pins Hopes On Fire Sale To Fix $14B Shortfall
• Shell, Partners Pour $12B Into Indonesia LNG Project
• FERC Opens Cheniere LNG Project Environmental Review
• Iowa High Court Backs Wind Project Of Up To 1,001 MW
• NC Senate Approves Bill To Lift Fracking Ban
• Examining The DOC's Tariffs On Chinese Solar Cells
• King & Wood Mallesons Picks Up Ex-Dewey Energy Partner
• Gazprom Exec Talks Of Revamping $10B LNG Project
• Centrica, Siemens Nab $660M For Offshore UK Wind Project
• Enviro Groups Ask 9th Circ. To Halt $2B Power Line Project
• Duke Must Turn Over Docs On $1B Plant Cost Overruns
• India Power Co. Locks Down $1.4B Financing For Coal Plant
• Bipartisan Bill Would Extend Tax Break To Green Energy
• Atlantic Yards Developer Delays $150M Train Yard
• Refocusing CEQA Into A Lean, Green Review Machine
• Santos, ConocoPhillips Sell $520M Stake In Aussie Gas Sites
• Fla. County Seeks Permission To Defend $791M Airport Project
• $32B Energy, Water Spending Bill Clears House Vote
• Public Transit Co. MTR Lands $10B Hong Kong Rail Deal
• House GOP Emphasizes Domestic Production In Energy Plan
• Kazakh Oil Refinery Upgrade Backed By $1.1B From China
• Exxon Joins In On Australian Coalbed Gas Rush
• Green Groups Press NY GOP On Fracking Waste Bill
• Sea Dragon Burned Oil Investor Holding $40M Contract: Suit
• Australia Blesses Rail Project For $6.4B Mine
• GOP, Texas Officials Say EPA Is Biased Against Fossil Fuels
• Halcon Pours $378M Into East Texas Oil, Gas Assets
• Chesapeake Discussing $4B Sale Of Midstream Pipelines
• Energy Co. Asks 9th Circ. To Back $1B Plant's Emissions Swap
• Ethics Group Pushes For Natural Gas Price-Fixing Probe
• Murkowski Splits With GOP, Backs Clean Energy Loans
• Vanguard Swings $445M Deal For Antero Gas Land, Wells
• US Sending Energy, Infrastructure Mission To Egypt, Kuwait
• Shell Sues Enviros To Stave Off Alaska Drilling Threats
• Enviros Rip Entergy's Fish Worries In Blackstone Project Feud
• PE Firm, Construction Co. Launch $500M Midstream JV
• Philippine Wind Farm Co. Calls For Feed-In Tariff Rates
• Poland To Sell 100-MW Hydro Plant to Czech Utility Co.
• Exxon Pondering LNG Exports, CEO Says
• Blackstone, Con Ed Reach Deal Over $11B Transmission Project
• TransCanada Scores $3.9B Shell Pipeline Job
• NY Landowners Move For Repeal Of Local Fracking Ban
• Calif. Senate Gives Go-Ahead To New Redevelopment Plans
• Pa. Gov. Seeks $67M Annual Tax Credit For Shell Refinery
• Wind Industry Faces Collapse With Tax Credit In Limbo
• House Green Group Wants 3 Highway Bill Riders Struck
• Calif. Gov. Seeks To Ease Enviro Review For $68B Rail Project
• Kazakhstan Settles Financing Rows Over Kashagan Oil Site
• Industry Report Challenges EPA Fracking Emissions Data
• Orrick Lures Chadbourne Energy Expert For DC Office
• 8 Trends In Venture Capital 2012
• Oil Majors Shun Iraqi Auction Over Stingy Lease Terms
• Qatar Co. Lands $1B In Islamic Financing For Solar Plant
• La., NC Move On Fracking Regs As State Patchwork Grows
• Hyundai E&C Inks $983M Qatar Construction Contract
• White House Threatens To Veto House Energy Funding Bill
• BP Could Net $30B In Sale Of Russian Oil Stake
• FERC Told Alaska Hydro Plant Needs Better Impact Study