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Project Finance - February, 2013

186 articles

• Calif. Skirts CEQA Suit Over $68B High-Speed Rail Plan
• Sempra Finalizes $371M Sale Of Ariz. Power Plant Block
• A Few Thoughts On FERC's Civil Penalty Calculations
• DOI Accused Of Skipping Enviro Analysis Of Coal Mine Plans
• Columbia Gas Plans $210M Pipeline Expansion In Pa., NJ
• SoCal Wind Project Beats Tribal, Enviro Challenges
• Locke Lord Guides Regency's $1.5B Permian Basin Assets Buy
• 6 Areas Often Underestimated In Law Firm Mergers
• Shell Halts Alaska Drilling Activity In 2013 Amid Safety Woes
• DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Natural Gas Bidding In Jeopardy
• EU Offshore Drilling Rules May Hamper Small Oil, Gas Cos.
• NJ Sen. Looks To Ease Access To Wind Energy Tax Breaks
• GOP Energy Bill Would Expand Drilling, Target EPA
• First Quantum Again Pushes Deadline For $5.2B Inmet Offer
• How FERC Is Fueling New Merchant Transmission Projects
• Shell Inks $6.2B Deal For Repsol LNG Assets
• Energy Cos. Won't Find Cybersecurity Maxims Just Voluntary
• Calif. Speeds CEQA Review For $1B NextEra Solar Project
• Sequester Will Delay Renewables Projects, Salazar Warns
• US Wants Claims Pared From $2.6B Ky. Bridge Challenge
• Fla. County Sends Light Rail Tax Question To Voters
• Jones Day Picks Up Blake Cassels Cross-Border Projects Pro
• RRJ, Blackstone Units Pour $372M Into Cheniere LNG Efforts
• Peabody Says SEC Investigating Prairie State Coal Plant
• UAE's Etihad Secures $1.3B Loan For National Railway
• Shine Might Be Off Alt Fee Arrangements, GC Survey Shows
• Chevron Inks $349M Deal For Australian Gas Rights
• In-House Teams Expand To Keep Pace With More Suits, Probes
• GCs Rate Fixed Fees Best Bang For Their Buck
• Calif.'s Second Cap-And-Trade Auction Sees Higher Prices
• Calif. Bill Seeks Enviro Reforms, But Devil Still In Details
• Fla. Port Panel Backs Deeper River Dredging Plan
• Chinese-Owned Co. Can't Nix Obama Bar To Wind Farm Deal
• Travelers Escapes $1.8M KBR Pollution Defense Claim
• Tappan Zee Rebuild Gains Steam But Lawsuit Threat Remains
• Areva Can't Shake Ban From $10B Czech Nuke Project
• US Ignored I-69 Project's Enviro Impacts, 7th Circ. Hears
• Inmet Bolsters Panama Ops As $5B Hostile Bid Looms
• US Slams States' Dodd-Frank Challenge
• High Court Snubs Miners In National Forest Road-Closure Row
• New MSHA Rule Puts Mine Owners On Thin Ice
• Torys Aids Brookfield In Hostile Takeover Of Western Wind
• Encana, Chesapeake Accused Of Fixing Lease Bids
• LNG Import Facility Loses Approval Amid Fracking Boom
• Magellan Commits $190M For 800 Miles Of Pipeline
• EIB Backs Stockholm Metro Upgrade With €400M Loan
• Hogan Lovells Reps Lenders In $252M Oil Storage Financing
• IFC Injects $100M Into InterEnergy's Caribbean Projects
• What To Expect From The 3rd Largest Oil Deal Ever
• Billionaire Pair Pays $3.6B For Tycoon's Polyus Gold Stake
• NJ Regulator Struggles To Ease Offshore Wind Worries
• Kinder Morgan, Mercuria To Build Texas Crude-By-Rail Facility
• JCP&L To Pour $200M Into Infrastructure Upgrades
• Peckar Taps McKenna Long Atty To Helm P3 Team In Philly
• FERC Zaps Duke's Regional Transmission Planning Proposal
• Fla. Sens. Want Customers Repaid When Nuke Plants Stall
• DOI's Alaska Oil Reserve Plan Allows Pipeline Construction
• FERC Won't Rehear Conoco's $500M Pipeline Protest
• Kirkland Aids Energy Capital In $805M Mezzanine Fund
• Debevoise Adds PPP Vet To Project Finance Team
• FERC Updates Standards For Electricity Conservation Goods
• Fla. Rep. Withdraws Bill Allowing Drilling In State Forest
• Sandy Spending Safeguards Clear NJ Senate Panel
• Indian Officials Greenlight $2.6B Power Plant Project
• Alaska Hydro Project Could Power Half Of State, Backers Say
• Obama Expected To Tap McCarthy For EPA, Moniz For DOE
• ConocoPhillips, PetroChina Strike Energy Development Pacts
• PSE&G Eyes $4B System Upgrade In Hurricane Sandy's Wake
• $344M Coeur Bid Wins Over Orko As First Majestic Bows Out
• Iraq Signs Off On $15B In Pipeline Deals
• Obama Calls For $50B In Transport, Energy Project Funds
• Consol's $1B Pittsburgh Airport Fracking Deal Clears Panel
• Top Dem Says Sequester Will Impede Oil, Gas Production
• Xstrata's $5.9B Philippine Mine Project Gets Key Enviro Nod
• B. Grimm, Bangkadi Secure $326M For Thai Energy Projects
• BP, Reliance Plan $5B Investment In India Gas Field
• Indorama To Finance $1.2B Fertilizer Plant In Nigeria
• Philly Commission OKs Development Plan For Neighborhoods
• Inmet Ditches Poison Pill As $5.2B Takeover Deadline Nears
• Exxon, Conoco, Others Detail $65B Alaska Pipeline Plan
• EU Proposes Carbon Permit Auction Delay To Raise Prices
• NJ To Pour $200M Into Jersey Shore Highway Rebuild
• Carlyle Raises $308M For Peru Fund
• CARB Enjoys Victory But Can't Rest Assured
• Enviros Look To Rebound In Power Line Battle
• DC Circ. Backs FERC's Energy Auction Rate Move
• Contractor's Overrun Suit To Get Texas High Court Review
• Senate Dems Unveil Bills To Elevate Geothermal Projects
• Enviros Urge DRBC To Review $400M Kinder Morgan Pipeline
• GCs Name 43 Best-Of-The-Best Attys
• Feds Must Disclose Firms Making Oil, Gas Lease Requests
• UK Approves Statoil's $7.1B North Sea Oil Project
• KKR Buys Ontario Solar Portfolio From Starwood Energy
• GCs Name Cream Of The Crop Litigators
• Treating The Troubled US Energy Infrastructure
• Pipeline Appeals In Limbo After Pa. Permit Ruling
• Bill Opening More Projects To Labor Deals Heads To NJ Gov.
• NJ Lawmakers Extend Port Authority Subpoena Power
• Final Volcker Rule Will Be Simplified, Lawmakers Hear
• NJ Assembly Clears Bills To Monitor Sandy Spending
• Calif. Regulator Won't Review Nuke Plant Overbilling Claims
• Kazakh Fund Drops $1.65B On Zinc Co. Stakes
• Rosneft's New Exxon Deal Could Make It A Player In Alaska
• Obama's Climate Ultimatum Paves Way For Agency Actions
• Turquoise Hill Pulls In $300M In Kazakh Mine Stake Sale
• Statoil Eyes Artic Oil Terminal As Norway Crude Biz Grows
• Treasury Nominee Lew Says Dodd-Frank Would Be Priority
• Greece, Italy, Albania Leaders OK $2B Trans-Adriatic Pipeline
• Pipeline Group Calls FERC's Gas Sale Reporting Rule 'Unwise'
• US Wrongly Created Solar Energy Zones, Enviros Claim
• Rosneft Secures $14.2B Loan For TNK-BP Acquisition
• Coeur's $383M Bid For Orko Silver Beats Other Miner's Offer
• FATCA Insight: Grappling With Cross-Border Payments
• Obama's State Of The Union Sets Stage For Fiscal Policy Fight
• 7 Resolutions For Legal Industry Marketing In 2013
• UK Lift Of Fracking Moratorium Brings Positive Reaction
• Sens. Push For More Renewable Projects On Public Lands
• Fracking In NY Would Harm NJ Too, Lawmakers Tell Cuomo
• $1.8B In Gas Supplier Taxes Will Spur Partnerships: PennDOT
• Venable Snags Enviro Project Compliance Duo From Dorsey
• Dow Chemical, API Spar Over LNG Exports In Hearing
• $5B Canadian Rail Expansion Stalls As Study Called Off
• Enviros Can't Derail Alaska's $272M MacKenzie Train Line
• BP, Freeport Strike 20-Year LNG Export Deal
• NJ Lawmakers Move To Extend Port Authority Probe
• Australia OKs $675M Whitehaven Coal Project Days After Delay
• Hogan Lovells Adds 2 Energy Pros To Denver Office
• Lawmakers Eye Renewable Energy Leases On Public Land
• Enviros Lose Challenge To NJ Stretch of $1.2B Power Line
• Gulfport Snags More Utica Acres In $220M Windsor Buy
• US Lost $30B Through Flawed Coal Leases, NRDC Claims
• Law360 Project Finance Editorial Advisory Board
• No Space For Partner Egos In Law Firm Of The Future
• Ex-Im Bank, ICICI To Pump $500M Into Indian Projects
• DOI To Probe Coal Export Royalty Payments
• EPA's Biofuel Mandate Hinges On Untested Plants
• French Rail Project Draws $267M Loan For Upgrades
• Consol To Pay Up To $1B For Pittsburgh Airport Drilling Rights
• JBIC Loans $3B To Buoy UAE-Owned Oil Co. Upstream Growth
• Marguerite, Siemens Grab Stakes In $1.7B German Wind Farm
• Construction Co. Settles DOT Workers' Comp False Claims Suit
• What To Know When Investing In Energy Efficiency
• Arab Spring Instability Driving Away US Investors
• DOE To Offer $150M In Clean Tech Tax Credits
• Vale Sketches Out $7B Plan For Africa Expansion
• NJ Assembly To Vote On Sandy Relief Watchdog Bills
• India Greenlights JV For $7.6B Trans-Afghan Pipeline
• Kazakhmys Considers $1.6B Power Station Stake Sale
• High-Cost Debt Refinance — Is Everybody Going Dutch?
• Obama's DOI Pick May Open Doors For Drilling Projects
• FERC Denies ATC's Bid For Half Of Xcel's $445M Minn. Line
• Quebec Fund Puts Up $500M For Stake In Wind Farms
• Chevron Launches $5.6B African Offshore Oil Project
• Kinder Morgan Unit's $400M Pipeline Survives Enviro Suits
• Obama Picks REI Chief To Head Interior
• The Debate On State-Sponsored Power Plants Continues
• Tougher LA Ports Oversight May Propel Pollution Crackdowns
• DOT To Distribute $2B For Post-Sandy Transit Repair
• JBIC, Others Put Up $1B To Fund Inpex's Shell Project Buy-In
• Revamped Pension System Key To Pa. Gov.'s Fiscal Vision
• African Minerals Lands $350M Financing For Iron Ore Project
• Bharti Airtel Buys Out Alcatel In India Telecom JV
• Ex-Squire Sanders Bond Pro Returns To Greenberg Traurig
• How To Offset The Risk Of Gov't Nonpayment
• DOT Chief Ray LaHood Leaves Agency At Crossroads
• Jones Day Adds Veteran Allens Projects Pro In Sydney
• GOP Sen. Looks To Redefine Clean Energy In New Blueprint
• Aquila's $7.7B Aussie Iron Ore Project Stalls Over Funds
• Denison Can Revive Mine Without New Enviro Report: 9th Circ.
• Centrica Flees 4 UK Nuclear Projects Over Costs
• Fracking A Slice Of Pa. Industrial Air Pollution, DEP Says
• Increasing Federal Regulation: NY Shale Development Part 2
• Enviros Lose Challenge To $1.2B NY-NJ Pipeline
• Calif. Water Groups Sue After $400M Desalination Plant Nixed
• Lubbock Advances Texland Petroleum's Fracking Plan
• No Green Light Yet, But €1.5B Pipeline Looking For Steel
• Calif. Panel Set To Take Up Clean Tech Bill For Vehicles
• Pakistan To Go Forward With $1.5B Pipeline To Iran: Report
• GE Eyes $1B Investment In Nigerian Manufacturing Plant
• Calif. Senators Float Flood-Control Infrastructure Bill
• Calif. County Sued Over Green Light For Road's Public Use
• US Steel Opens New Coke Battery In Western Pa.
• Haynes & Boone Snags Project Deals Vet In Mexico City
• Del. River Agency Changes Course, Will Review Gas Pipelines
• DOE's Steven Chu To Step Down After 4 Years
• Hot Investment Areas For REITs