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Project Finance - November, 2012

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• Desalination Plant Challenge Axed As Tax-Free Bonds OK'd
• Texas Bill Would Lower Rights Threshold In Energy Projects
• GOP Bill Would Boost Funding For Oil, Gas R&D
• Geithner Successor Likely To Be Budget, Not Regulatory, Guru
• Canada Nixes Cenovus Plan For New Gas Wells In Alberta
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Top Guns From 52 Firms
• Con Ed Wins $1.7M In Eminent Domain Case
• $2B Wind Farm Proposed For Tasmanian Island
• NY Quietly Publishes New Fracking Proposal
• Navigating Latin American Natural Resources Deal Flow
• Power Plant Developer Says Ex-Employees Hid Side Project
• Fla. OKs Energy Cos.' $540M Rate Hike For Nuke Project
• Duke CEO To Step Down Next Year Under NC Regulator Deal
• GOP Pick For Energy Oversight Panel Puts Focus On Fracking
• TransCanada's Power To Seize Land For Keystone XL Upheld
• Senate Drops Biofuel Refinery Restriction From Defense Bill
• Post-Election: What's Next For DOD Energy Programs
• BP Reaps $1B In Sale Of North Sea Oil Fields To Abu Dhabi
• How Healthy Is Your Law Firm? Time For A Stress Test
• 9th Circ. Greenlights $272M Alaska Rail Extension Project
• Macquarie, BlackRock Woo Investors With Infrastructure Funds
• New Midstream Co. Gets $300M From Kayne Anderson
• DOI Speeds Permit Process For Green Energy On Indian Land
• CNOOC, Nexen Reapply For Approval Of $15B Takeover
• 10th Circ. OKs Army Corps' Permit For Kan. BNSF Facility
• Lawmakers Urge Congress To Pass Wind Tax Credit Extension
• Military Officials OK 100-Turbine South Texas Wind Farm
• Oneok Nixes Potential Keystone XL Rival Over Weak Demand
• Obama Administration Lands $134M In Gulf Lease Sale
• Enviros Ask Pa. DEP For Tougher Evaluation Of Gas Facility
• DOJ Defends Obama's Block On Chinese Wind Farm Buy
• Imperial Goes Dutch With Exxon On $3.1B Celtic Purchase
• Don't Bet On Force Majeure In NY Oil And Gas Leases
• Orrick China Partner To Join Asian Development Bank As GC
• NAACP Loses Bid To Speed Up Minn. Light Rail Enviro Report
• Ecuador Lays Out Financing Plan For $1.5B Quito Subway
• NY Official Says Don't Cap Utility Shutoffs In Fortis Deal
• Petrobras Nets $270M In Sale Of Offshore Stake To OGX
• Gas Co.'s Bid For Market-Based Rates Rejected By DC Circ.
• China OKs $12B In New Rail Infrastructure Investments
• Renewable Energy Incentives In Light Of Election Results
• Simpson Thacher Reps Carlyle On $1.4B Energy Fund Closing
• Brazil Approves Record $10.8B In Debt For Hydro Project
• First Reserve Picks Up Energy Equipment Co. Ameriforge
• Alaska High Court Denies Pipeline Owner's Land Rent Claims
• BP Sells Turkish Propane Business To Oteko
• US Looks To Ax Electric Co.'s Appeal In Coal Plant Suit
• China's Ming Yang To Build 2,500 MW Of Wind Power In India
• Fuel Group Urges EPA To Put Biodiesel Hike On Hold
• Oil Firm Claims It'll Lose $6.2B From Calif. Project Denial
• ConocoPhillips Gets $5B In Sale Of Kazakh Oil Field Stake
• Nev. Enviro Regulators Greenlight $1.2B Mining Project
• Thompson & Knight Blasts Scant Evidence In Malpractice Ruling
• Energy Department Approves New Carbon Capture Testing
• Capitalizing On The Global Rise Of District Energy
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Oil Tycoon's Eni Trade Secrets Row
• Scripps Paper Can't Duck Tax Incentive Defamation Suit
• Enviro Group Calls Foul On Fresno Mine Project
• European Parliament Calls for Shale Regulation, Rejects Ban
• FERC Says Customers Shouldn't Pay For Disconnecting Plants
• Beverly Hills School District Sues FTA Over LA Subway Plan
• Ohio Seeks Bids To Design, Build, Finance $330M Bridge
• DOE To Fund Half Of B&W Small Nuclear Plant Project
• Top Energy And Environment Issues In Wake Of The Election
• Pa. Landowners Attack Permit For Frack Water Impoundment
• CITIC Sues To Keep Rights To $8B Australian Iron Ore Mine
• Calif. Cap-And-Trade Sale Highlights Viable Carbon Market
• EIB Lends €300M To Morocco's 1st Solar Project
• Highway Contractor Loses Damages Appeal In Texas Court
• Honolulu's $5.2B Rail Proposal Lands $1.6B Federal Grant
• Chevron Hit With $10B Suit Over Deal With Ex-Repsol Unit
• Consent Decree Clears Way For Alaska Clean Coal Plant
• Civic Group Moves To Block LAX Light-Rail Expansion
• Enel To Pay $165M For Vestas Wind Project In Chile
• New FERC Guidance Signals More Developer Hurdles
• EnergySolutions Strikes $26M Deal To End Shareholder Suit
• Xstrata Investors Back $34B Glencore Merger
• Clearing Calif.'s $68B Rail Plan Won't End Legal Woes
• Norton Rose Fulbright Eyes Cross-Border Energy Dominance
• Nelson Mullins Swipes 16 From Cetrulo & Capone In Boston
• Calif. City Lands $54M Settlement With Power Plant Engineers
• Total Sells Nigerian Oil Field Stake For $2.5B To Sinopec
• Int'l Cos. Ask UN For Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions Price
• NY Fracking Study Team Biased Against Drilling, Group Says
• NRC Ignored Post-Fukushima Tips In Reactor OK, DC Circ. Told
• Pacific Rubiales Grows In Colombia With $628M Stock Deal
• Woodside Wins Key Enviro Nod For $40B Aussie LNG Project
• UK Investment Trends In The North Sea
• Enterprise Seeks FERC's OK On Rates For $1.4B ATEX Pipeline
• Papua New Guinea OKs $6B InterOil LNG Project
• Enviros Allowed To Add New Lease To Wyo. Coal Mining Suit
• Malay Co. Wins $272M Hess Contract For Offshore Vessel
• 270-MW Gas-Fired Power Plant In Wash. Changes Hands
• EPA Urges FERC To Expand Review Of Dominion LNG Project
• Proposed $15M FCA Settlement Dooms Fla. Biz Group
• ArcelorMittal Gets $450M To Exit S. African Mine Venture
• Australia Acquisition, Harbinger Abandon $350M Deal
• FERC Mulls More Stringent Natural Gas Sales Reporting
• CFTC Launches Appeal Of Position Limits Ruling
• A Possible Road Map For Regulating Oil And Gas Emissions
• Qatari Shareholder Blesses $34B Xstrata-Glencore Merger
• Milbank Reps Lenders Backing $1.2B Bogota Airport Expansion
• Mount Kellett Urges SandRidge Board Changes, CEO Ouster
• FERC To Examine Rates Charged By 2 Gas Pipeline Cos.
• DOJ Allows Star Atlantic's $2B Veolia Buy, With Conditions
• Thompson Hine Lands Energy Ace From Morris Manning
• EIB Lends First €200M For Cairo Metro Expansion
• Gastar Wants Out Of $130M Chesapeake Joint Venture Dispute
• V&E Reps Targa Resources On $950M Bakken Shale Asset Buy
• Overhaul May Be On Horizon For Calif. Environmental Law
• RE Investor Assails Ex-Partner's $42M Jury Award At Hearing
• DOJ Clears Entergy Power Plant Buy As 2nd Probe Proceeds
• SEC Oil, Mining Disclosure Rules Could Upset Foreign Deals
• NYISO Hits Back In $900M Power Line Project Tariff Dispute
• Enviros Ask FERC To Rethink $400M NJ-Pa. Pipeline
• Kinder Morgan Plans For Tie-In To $1B Mexico Gas Pipeline
• House Clears Way For $265M NYC Gas Pipeline
• NTSB Highlights Top Transport, Infrastructure Safety Issues
• Obama's 2nd Term: A Victory For Climate Change Advocates
• Qatar Extends Total's Offshore Oil Field Rights By 25 Years
• Texas Dems Seek To End State's Fracking Tax Breaks
• BP, Russian Partners Settle Score To Ease $55B JV Buyout
• Exxon Brings US Shale Experience To Colombia
• Lawmaker Aims To Speed Permits For Alaskan Gas Transport
• Blackstone, Oil Co. LLOG Ink $1.2B Gulf Of Mexico Deal
• BHP Exits Diamond Biz With $500M Sale To Harry Winston
• AES Solar Gets $752M Financing, Grows Portfolio To 500 MW
• Oil Tycoon Takes $500M Freshfields RICO Suit To High Court
• Conduit, CAF Grab Majority Stake In Peruvian Solar Farms
• Thousands Of Jobs Rely On Wind Credit, Govs. Tell Congress
• Barclays, Credit Suisse Lend $125M To Peru Gold-Silver Mine
• Election May Save Wind Tax Credit, But Industry Woes Remain
• Republicans Question Math Behind NRG Wind Farm Lease
• China's Wuhan Iron Halts $5B Steel Mill Project In Brazil
• Latest Cost-Benefit Suit Puts CFTC In Uncharted Waters
• Rep. Brady Says Philly Should Build Its Own Casino
• Interior Fences Off Western Lands To Oil Shale Exploration
• SEC Won't Stay Dodd-Frank's Energy Disclosure Rule Amid Suits
• BakerHostetler Hires 2 Enviro, Energy Pros From McKenna
• EPA Permits 2 Fracking Wastewater Disposal Wells In NW Pa.
• Pitcher Can't Block Pipeline With Phantom Ocelots, Cos. Say
• Arbitrators Award Alaska $255M For 2006 BP Oil Spill
• €230M EU Project Bond Test Phase Comes Online
• Baker & McKenzie Leads South Africa's Rush Into Clean Power
• Judge Won't Halt Early Work On $2.6B Ky. Bridge Project
• Duke, FPL Could Get $293M From Customers For New Nukes
• Brazilian Congress Approves Oil Royalty Redistribution Bill
• Marathon Wants To Boot Fulbright In $792M Oil Contract Row
• EPA Calls For More Public Input On Fracking Study
• Vietnam Gets World Bank Backing For $800M Electricity Project
• Williams Lands FERC Approval For NE Gas Pipeline Project
• Total Expands In Kazakhstan With Onshore Stake Buys
• Obama Unlikely To Boost Federal-Land Drilling In 2nd Term
• Exxon Wants Out Of $50B Qurna Project, Iraqi Official Says
• Interior Dept. Seeks Tough Review Of Ore. LNG Project
• BP, Statoil, Total Invited To Buy Into $8B Azerbaijan Pipe
• Regulators To Buckle Down On Dodd-Frank After Obama Win
• Proxy Advisory Firms Divided On $36B Glencore, Xstrata Deal
• BP, Exxon Contest Enbridge's Tariff-Change Bid At FERC
• Lukoil Expands In West Africa With Talisman Project Stake
• Calif. Voters Pass Business Tax For $550M Energy Funding
• EPA's Additional Fracking Rules May Bring Confusion
• Vale Gets Brazil's Nod For $2.5B Copper Mine Expansion
• Michigan Voters Reject Tougher Clean Energy Goals
• Calif.'s $120M NRG Car Charging Pact Gets Federal Approval
• NJ Relaxes Infrastructure Permitting After Hurricane Sandy
• Oil, Gas Cos. Want More Endangered Species Info From FWS
• Azeri Oil Fund To Help Finance $8B Pipeline Project
• Nucor Inks $3.6B Deal To Lock Down Encana Gas Output
• Enterprise Targets Ind. County Over Pipeline Zoning Rule
• Enviros Challenge Approval Of Shell's Spill Response Plan
• Obama May Turn Reform Efforts To Fannie, Freddie In 2nd Term
• Natural Gas, Renewables Set To Dominate Obama's 2nd Term
• Barclays Hit With Latest Airport Financing Antitrust Suit
• Sandy Could Change The Face Of Coastal Development In NJ
• Rio Tinto Seals Power Deal For $13B Mongolian Mine
• Vinson & Elkins Aids Antero's $325M Sale Of Colo. Gas Assets
• US Beats Enviro Suit Over $2.2B Mojave Solar Plant
• ADCB, Santander To Partner On Project, Trade Financing
• SC High Court Blocks $650M Savannah River Project
• Seadrill's Malaysian Partner Pays $2.9B For Rig Unit
• Georgia Power Sues Contractors Over $900M In Disputed Claims
• Shell Drops Italian LNG Plan After 7 Years Of Paperwork
• Enviro Suits Threaten $320M Water Plan, Town Claims
• Harbinger, EXCO Form $725M Energy Exploration JV
• SEC Wants $2M In Idaho Nuclear Developer's Assets Frozen
• Enviro Groups Sue Again Over Mojave Water-Mining Plan
• BHP Billiton Sells Alumina Mine Stake For $1 To Cut Risk
• Hurricanes Could Propel NY Public-Private Investment Law
• Thompson & Knight Hit With $960K Malpractice Judgment
• NRC Questions Exelon Nuke Plant's Flood Plan Post-Fukushima
• Cheap Natural Gas, EPA Regs Claim Another Coal Mine
• Indonesia OKs BP's Plans For $12B LNG Project Expansion
• Could CT's Approach To Clean Energy Be A National Model?
• Enviros Lose Bid For Injunction Blocking Calif. Bypass
• Akin Gump Adds 3 Energy Pros From Patton Boggs In DC
• Army Corps Defends Studies For $791M Fla. Airport Project
• Russia's Akron Brings In $1.5B For Potash Mine
• Clock Ticking For Legal Challenges To Tappan Zee Approval
• Energy, Enviro Agency Heads Set For Election-Year Exits
• TransCanada Faces Canadian Safety Audit
• Chesapeake Seeks $2B To Retire Pricey Loans
• TransCanada Wins $1B Pipeline Contract From Mexico
• Mapping The Pre-Election Landscape