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Project Finance - September, 2012

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• Obama Bars Chinese Co.'s Wind Farm Buy, Citing Security
• Enviros Seek EPA Action On Oil Refinery Emissions Limits
• FERC Allows Mobil Pegasus Oil Pipeline Tariff Hike
• Ex-Im Grants Historic $5B Loan For Saudi Petrochem Plant
• NY Town Slams BP Outreach In Fight Over $300M Wind Project
• DOI Pays $43M To Navajo Nation For 280-Mile Water Pipeline
• Unexpected Budget Cuts For Renewable Energy
• Greece, Italy, Albania Commit To Trans-Adriatic Pipeline
• Enbridge Gets Green Light For $1B Pipeline Expansion
• Chevron Pays Spill Fine, Faces Brazil Ops Ban With Transocean
• Statkraft Spending $905M For 2 New Swedish Wind Farms
• Interior OKs Transmission Line For First Solar Project
• Enviro Says Pa. DEP Is Shirking Gas Well Inspections
• Calif. Gov. Lets Agency Address Climate Change Effects
• Landowners Get Class Cert. In Anadarko Drilling Dispute
• Queensland Greenlights Origin Energy's Aussie LNG Pipeline
• Pipeline Co. Can't Make Gas Shipper Buy Capacity: 1st Circ.
• New Pa. Gas Pipeline Project Part Of $600M Sunoco Effort
• Japan Backs Exxon's $16B Papua New Guinea LNG Builders
• Green Groups Sue Canada To Shield Wildlife Along Pipeline
• 315-MW Calif. Wind Project Beats Residents' Challenge
• Encana Demands EPA Provide More Wyo. Fracking Well Data
• Senate Dems Urge Interior To Deny Shell Arctic Oil Leases
• EIB Kicks In £55M For Wind Farm Transmission Link Buy
• Pulte, Others Seek To Block Ariz. Copper Mine Plan
• NYSE, Nasdaq Weigh In On Exec Pay Adviser Independence
• Brazil Development Bank Lends $640M For Grid Upgrades
• New Calif. Law Frees Road Safety Projects From Enviro Review
• Enviros Challenge Approval Of Arch Coal Mine Expansion
• Pa. Lawmakers OK Gas, Coal Drilling On State School Land
• Chevron Builds Up Deepwater Portfolio In West Africa
• GE-Hitachi Gets Nod For Laser Uranium Enrichment Plant
• Entergy, ITC Seek Feds' OK For $1.8B Transmission Spinoff
• BLM To Hold Petroleum Reserve Lease Sale In November
• Calif. Cities Challenge New State Redevelopment Law
• Money Hurdles Loom As New Tappan Zee Gets Enviro Clearance
• Hurry Up On LNG Export Study, Lawmakers Tell DOE
• Mitsui Plans $1.6B Expansion Of Aussie Iron Ore Venture
• TransCanada Can Gain More Texas Land For Keystone Project
• Indian Cos. Bid $5B For ConocoPhillips' Canadian Oil Assets
• Turkey To Sell Off Gas Grid As Euro Pipelines Advance
• Glencore To Take Smaller, $1.4B Bite Of Kazakh Zinc Mine
• Fracking Plaintiffs Can't Anticipate A Nuisance
• Power Cos., Others Weigh In On FERC Capacity Policy
• Indian Project Bond Market Gets $128M Boost From ADB
• Florida Power Gets Green Light To Finish $3B Nuke Expansion
• Agencies Get Del. River Basin Fracking Suits Tossed
• Enviro Review Begins For Contested Dominion LNG Project
• Saudi Group Wins $1B Contract For Morocco Solar Plant
• Qatar Throws Support Behind $4B Egyptian Refinery Project
• DOI To Hold 2nd Gulf Lease Sale Since Deepwater Spill
• EPA Emissions Permits Breach Clean Air Act, DC Circ. Hears
• Kinder Morgan Says Pipeline Plan Won't Cost Ethanol Cos.
• ConocoPhillips Awarded $66.8M In Venezuela Oil Dispute
• Shell, Quicksilver Team Up On Colo. Shale Project
• Making AFAs Work By Leveraging Project Management
• Wind Farms Sue Lloyd's For Equipment Damage Coverage
• Investor Wants $750M From Failed Uranium Mine Partner
• NJ Governor Sinks Fracking Waste Ban
• NYC Urges FERC To OK Generator Funding For Blackouts
• Pa. Township Challenges Review Of Anti-Fracking Zoning Laws
• Senator Asks FERC For Rehearing On $400M NJ Pipeline Project
• Pittsburgh City, Airport Officials Split On Fracking
• Idaho Utility Must Buy Energy Despite Low Demand: FERC
• NY Says It Will Keep Control Of Fracking Health Study
• US To Speed Up Permit Process In $68B Calif. Rail Project
• FERC To Tweak Return On Equity Calculation For Pipelines
• Xstrata Delays Decision On $36B Glencore Merger Offer
• Wind Turbine Co. May Dodge First Wind's $60M Attachment Bid
• BP Plans Rosneft Investment Using TNK-BP Sale Proceeds
• Allen & Overy Adds Freshfields Energy, Infrastructure Duo
• World Bank Reinstates $1.2B Funding For Bangladesh Bridge
• 3 States Join Constitutional Challenge to Dodd-Frank Act
• Thai Coal Co. Banpu Ordered To Pay $970M Over Failed JV
• Regulators OK Shell Preparatory Drilling In Beaufort Sea
• Exxon Raises Stake In Shale With $1.6B Bakken Buy
• FERC Opens New Cybersecurity-Focused Office
• Group Seeks Injunction On $2.9B Louisville Bridge Project
• Carlyle May Build Power Plant At Philly Refinery
• Kenya, Ethiopia Land $350M Loan For Power Share Project
• Enviros Say Hawaii Biomass Station Permit Violates CAA
• Texas Commission Unanimously Votes For Faster PPP Deals
• Chinese Co. To Restart Wind Projects After US Security Feud
• House Bypasses SEC To Define Muni Bond Advisers
• Enbridge's Post-Spill Pipeline Rebuild Lacks Permits: Enviro
• Romney, Obama Stand-Ins Trade Jabs Over Energy Agenda
• GOP 'War On Coal' Bill Will Get Vetoed, White House Says
• 1st Leg Of $68B Calif. High-Speed Rail Gets Feds' OK
• Zambia Revokes Railroad Concession, Investors Seek Talks
• Port Authority Toll Hikes Key To Capital Projects: Reports
• Power Cos. Spar Over Costs To Bury Transmission Lines
• Weak Int'l Arbitration Link Boots Oil Row To State Court
• FERC Won't Block Republican-Backed Hydropower Bill
• Enviro Probe Thwarts Equity Raise For Belo's Brazil Gold Mine
• Senate Bill Would Let States Take Lead On Local Fracking Issues
• Enviro Sues NY To Access Fracking Plan Messages
• How Occupancy Agreements Affect Renewable Energy Cos.
• Texas Oil Co. W&T Pays $228M For Newfield's Gulf Assets
• LNG Study Delay Adds To Uncertainty For Export Hopefuls
• Canada-Japan Insurance Deal Tightens Energy Export Ties
• EPA Won't Review Permit For $950M Calif. Hybrid Power Plant
• Williams Partners Fights NJ Review Of Pipeline Project
• NY Appeals Court Nixes $895M Sao Paulo Road Swaps Suit
• Fortescue Lands $4.5B Loan From JPMorgan, Credit Suisse
• Dem Urges DOI To Block CNOOC-Nexen Oil Lease Transfer
• EIB To Lend $261M To Ecuadorian Subway Line
• Heller Ehrman Settles $1M Fee Dispute With Ex-Client
• Fortescue Gets Redo In Bid For Rio Tinto, BHP Rail Access
• Kinder Morgan Settles $45M Pipeline Cost Overrun Suit
• DOE Nuke Fuel Contracts Could Cost Billions, GAO Warns
• Brazilian Judge Lifts Ban On Vale's $4B Rail Expansion
• NY Greenlights Niagara Mohawk's Bid To Issue $1.6B In Debt
• Shell's Arctic Delays Dampen Industry's Drilling Hopes
• FERC Denies NiSource Unit's Rate Ceiling Waiver Bid
• Inuit Enviro Board Clears Canadian Iron Ore, Rail Project
• Enviros Say Maine LNG Project Needs Harder Look From FERC
• FERC OKs Sunoco Crude Access Project In West Texas
• Hiscock & Barclay Hires Ex-West Firm Shale Pro In Albany
• EPL Pays $550M For Hilcorp's Shallow-Water Gulf Oil Fields
• Japan's Latest Shale Buy-In Gets $508M In JOGMEC Equity
• In Context: BSEE's New Guidance To Offshore Wells
• Waste Connections To Pay $1.3B For Oil Field Disposal Co.
• Argentine Oil Co. Signs Chevron To Help Develop Vaca Shale
• Obama Names K&L Gates Partner To DC Airport Authority
• Enbridge Fined After Failing Pipeline Inspection
• GOP Reps. Pass 'No More Solyndras' Bill To Nix Energy Loans
• EPA Raises Bar On Biodiesel Requirements
• Enviros Lose Bid To Nix Mountaintop Mining Pending Appeal
• Calif. Senate Leader Sets Sights On Revamping CEQA
• Enviros Get Green Light For Shell Alaska Drilling Appeal
• FERC OKs $3.5B Line To Carry Okla., Texas Wind Power
• Calling Tax Credit Structures Into Question
• A Primer On Alternative Fee Arrangements
• Texas Agencies Grapple With Dodd-Frank Preemption Concerns
• China Backs $2.5B Plant To Gain Carbon Capture Know-How
• Alaska Breaks With Interior Over Oil Reserve Plan
• Ncondezi Puts $2B Price Tag On African Power Project
• Jordan Cove Adds Power Plant To $7.5B Pacific LNG Project
• BP Gets $240M From Shell For Norwegian Sea Oil Stake
• Chinese-Owned Ralls Corp. Says US Blocked Wind Farm Deal
• Nev.'s Path To Tolls Should Prod P3 Deals In Other States
• Calif. Gives Go-Ahead To $300M SoCal Power Plant
• Caltrans Can't Shake Enviro Suit Over Highway Project
• Innovative Structures In Islamic Project Finance
• 5th Circ. Holds Chesapeake To $20M Judgment Over Failed Deal
• FTC Urges FERC To Ease Entry Into Ancillary Services Markets
• Samsung Wades Into Gold Stream With $20M Debt Package
• Brazil's Chevron, Transocean Operations Ban Gets Court OK
• To Ride Chinese M&A Wave, Firms Need More Than An Office
• House Lawmakers Rally Behind Wind Energy Tax Credit
• Enviro Groups Sue To Block 315-MW Calif. Wind Project
• Chesapeake Unloads $6.9B Worth Of Midstream, Permian Assets
• Calif.'s DRECP: An Ambitious Effort Moving Forward
• Philippines Finalizes Rules To Bar Mining In Tourism Areas
• Cash Grant Expiration Fueling Solar Boomlet, Attys Say
• Mayer Snags Linklaters Projects Atty For Singapore Office
• Chesapeake Sells Eagle Ford Leases For $125M
• 1st-Time Miner Gets Creative As Equity Stays Scarce
• East Asian Bond Markets Near $6T, But Hurdles Loom: Report
• GOP Slammed For Using Marshals To Serve DOE Subpoenas
• Brazil Judge Lifts Injunction On Anglo Iron Ore Project
• BP Adds Gulf Fields To Sell-Off With $5.6B Plains Deal
• CFTC Publishes Final Rule On Swaps Registration
• Spectra, BG To Build LNG Pipeline In British Columbia
• Fracking Decision Delayed As NY Anticipates Lawsuit Blitz
• Glencore Vows To Stick To $36B Sweetened Xstrata Offer
• Cuomo Asks Feds For $2.9B Loan To Replace Tappan Zee
• Kinder Morgan's Ethanol Customers Fight Pipeline Switch
• Ind. Regulator Rips Duke, AEP Transmission Project Offer
• DOE Takes Up Review Of Oregon LNG Export Project
• Hess Gets $1B For Caspian Sea Oil Assets
• Ex-Im Lends $2B For Westinghouse's UAE Nuclear Contract
• UK Looks To Energize North Sea Drilling With New Tax Break
• Section 1504: A Burden For Resource Extraction Cos.
• Sinopec, ENN Extend Deadline For $2.2B China Gas Bid
• Illegal Swaps Cost Bankrupt Ala. County $372M, Residents Say
• SunPower Signs Offtake Deal For Planned 100-MW Solar Farm
• EPA Rips FERC Study Of Williams' Gas Pipeline Project
• Texas Proposes Fracking Rules To Protect Groundwater
• Glencore Boosts Offer To $36B To Save Xstrata Merger
• Conservative Groups Push Congress To Let Wind Tax Credit Die
• NRC Fuel Rule Review Leaves New Reactor Licenses In Limbo
• FHWA Lets 200K Bridges Skip Historic Permit Review
• Pipeline Co. Asks State Dept. To Open Up Bakken Oil Pipe
• BrightSource To Develop New Solar Tech Under DOE Program
• Shell Canada To Begin $1.4B Carbon Capture Project
• Rosneft Signs Up For Major Developments In East Russia
• Spectra's $1.2B NY-NJ Pipeline Project Hit With Enviro Suit
• FERC Urged To Reconsider Pegasus Pipeline Rate Decision
• Cleary Gottlieb Opens Office In Abu Dhabi
• Texas Oil Transfer Cos. Collaborate On Pecos River Pipeline
• Canadian Aluminum Co. Gets 20-Year Lease For Quebec Mining
• Enbridge Commits $610M To Expand Toronto Gas System
• NJ's Solar Laws: Need Work, But Good For Business
• Encana Says Probe Found No Collusion Over Mich. Land Bids
• TransCanada Proposes New Keystone Route Through Neb.
• Big LNG Vessel Bets Pay Off As Gas Imports Heat Up
• Suzlon Unit Inks Turbine Contract For RWE's $3.9B Farm
• DOI Lease Cancellation Suit Time-Barred, 10th Circ. Affirms
• Lynas Secures Malaysian Permit For $230M Rare Earths Plant
• NiSource, Shippers Ink $4.5B Deal On Pipeline Upgrades
• TransAlta Puts Up $318M For 125-MW Aussie Power Station
• Snapshot: Japan's Post-Tsunami Energy Market
• Wind Turbine Maker Looks To Secure $60M Arbitration Award
• Chile Looks To LNG As Coal Projects Come Under Fire
• Morgan Stanley Leads $300M Chinese Hydropower Investment
• Santander Takes 90% Stake In $256M Aussie Wind Project
• FHWA Floats Revision Of Highway Project Procurement Rules
• FERC Snuffs Kinder Morgan Rate Hike Request For Pipeline
• BP To Pour $11B Into Egyptian Natural Gas Project
• Enbridge, Others Building Utica Shale Pipeline To Canada