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Project Finance - March, 2013

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• Obama Touts Plan To Encourage Infrastructure Investments
• FERC Takes Hard Line With New Power Transmission Rule
• Alaska High Court Limits Scrutiny Of Oil And Gas Projects
• Energy Co. Loses Bid For Enviro Data For Wind Farm Funding
• Oregon High Court Won't Save Natural Gas Pipeline Project
• Rising Star: Orrick's Young Lee
• DOT Allocates $1.4B To Transit Agencies For Sandy Repairs
• Texas Justices Will Hear $66.5M Gas Field Contract Row
• Many US Wind Energy Initiatives Redundant, GAO Says
• RWE Pulls In $2B On Czech Gas Grid Sale To Allianz, Borealis
• Maine LNG Project Design Gets Go-Ahead From FERC Staff
• EPA Can Challenge Plant Emissions Projections, 6th Circ. Says
• Regulators Urged To Halt Tar Sands Pipeline Projects
• Asian Banks' $1B Loan Kickstarts Chilean Coal Project
• Anglo American Nixes $555M Mozambique Coal Mining Deal
• BP, Partners To Invest $500M In North Sea Field Appraisal
• Chevron, Apache To Sell LNG From $29B Project To Japan Co.
• Oil Tycoon's Goldman Sachs Financing Suit Sent To NY
• Litigation Support At A Crossroads
• $20M Digital Domain Flop's Pitfalls Remain: Fla. Report
• Ex-NRC Member Touts Market-Based Energy Approach In Fla.
• GIP Clinches $500M Loan For Ruby Pipeline
• Pa. Sens. Float Bills To Expand Natural Gas Distribution
• Sequester Could Pinch Oil, Gas Exploration Permits, DOI Says
• Dolphins Offer To Repay Public Funds For Stadium Upgrade
• Enviros, Cuomo Reach Deal On $3.9B Tappan Zee Replacement
• More Regulatory Obstacles For Coal-Fired Power Plants
• Deals Rumor Mill: Petrobras, Random House, BNP Paribas
• Wind Makes A Texas Comeback, But Market Remains Rough
• Law Firm Says Gas Drilling Contract Claims Don't Stick
• Texas Agency Eases Frack Water Reuse Amid Power Struggle
• Trump Threatens To Sue Over $350M Scottish Wind Project
• SBM-Led Group Wins $3.5B Petrobras Oil Services Contract
• Shell Approved For China's First Shale Gas Sharing Deal
• Energy Co. Rosneft Borrows $9.7B From Its Own TNK-BP
• How To Structure A HoldCo Loan In The Energy Industry
• Enviros Can't Make Wyo. Reveal Halliburton Fracking Formula
• Deals Rumor Mill: Allianz, Samsonite, Exxon
• $3B Sinopec JV Snaps Up Global Energy Assets From Parent
• DOI Plan Limits Oil Shale Activity, Scraps Royalty Rates
• Ghana Duped US Developer In $600M Sewer Project, Suit Says
• Total Approves $10B Oil Project Off Congo Coast
• MassDOT Calls Enviro Suit Over Light Rail Project Invalid
• A New Groundwork For Applying The Mobile-Sierra Standard
• Post-Deepwater Drilling Regs Didn't Breach DOI Lease: Judge
• Gov't Seeks To Toss Chinese-Owned Co.'s Wind Farm Suit
• FERC Rejects Enbridge Rates For $2.5B Sandpiper Pipeline
• Enbridge, Athabasca Partner In $196M Alberta Pipeline Project
• Ohio Legislature Approves $2.5B Transport Budget Bill
• Essar Can't Avoid Pipeline Co.'s $30M Contract Suit: FERC
• Oil Group Blasts SEC Mineral Disclosure Rule In DC Circ.
• Fasken Martineau Guides First Quantum's $5B Inmet Takeover
• Dallas Panel Denies Permits To Allow Fracking On City Land
• FERC Says Transmission Planning Proposals Need Work
• Gazprom, Czech Investor Team Up On $256M Gas Terminal
• Locke Lord Brings In Project Finance Partner From Curtis
• DOI's Grand Canyon Uranium Mining Ban Kept Intact
• Senate Energy Committee Greenlights DOI Nominee
• Deals Rumor Mill: Dell, KKR, RBS
• 7 Reasons To Do Pro Bono Work
• Port Authority Eyes Atlantic City Airport Takeover
• BOEM Nets $1.2B In Gulf Of Mexico Oil Block Auction
• EIB Puts Up €500M To Upgrade French Power Grids
• Senate Bill Would Share Offshore Energy Revenue With States
• NJ Utility Watchdog Calls PSE&G Grid Upgrade 'Vague'
• Deals Rumor Mill: Rockwood, Best Buy, Samsung
• Lawmakers Slam DOE For Project Overspending
• Phillips 66 Strikes Trio Of Deals To Expand Oil Transport
• Contractor Botched $112M Transit Project, Md. Officials Say
• $8.6B Bond Sale For Calif. Rail Project Gets Board's OK
• Ex-Cadwalader Atty's JPMorgan Bond Patent Suit Revived
• LNG Export Delays Could Hamstring US Cos., Republicans Say
• Turnpike Bankruptcy Ended $37M Bond Obligations, ACA Says
• PSE&G's $4B Grid Upgrade Plan Draws Opposition In NJ
• Green Groups Challenge Montana Logging Project
• UK Approves 1st Nuclear Plant Since 1987
• Memorial Drops $200M In Texas, La. Oil Property Buy
• Dow, Saudi Aramco JV Issues Bonds For $19B Chem Complex
• Gas Project Delays Threaten Power Grid, FERC Members Say
• Sanchez Energy To Pay $265M For Hess' Eagle Ford Assets
• DOI's Geothermal Program Needs Updating, Watchdog Says
• More Obstacles On Calif.'s Road To Fracking Regulation
• National Oilwell Can't Arbitrate Supply Contract Row: Judge
• Miami Mayor Sues State Over Bungled Bridge Plan
• Total Sells Mitsui 25% Stake In $2B Italian Oil Project
• Term Sheet Tips For Emerging Cos. Seeking Venture Money
• Senate Dems Seek Obama's Help On EPA Plant Emissions Rule
• Enbridge Looks To Expand Oil Transports From Canada To US
• China Pledges $2B To Fund Developments In Latin America
• NJ On Offshore Wind: Let's Build A Project Already
• For Keystone, Large Hurdles Lurk Beyond Gov't Approval
• UK Advances $51B Rail Plan Despite Lingering Lawsuit
• Buccaneer Strikes Back With $30M Claim Over Failed Oil JV
• GAO Eyes New Entities To Fund $600B In Water System Fixes
• BP Can Bid In Gulf Lease Sale, Despite Contracting Ban
• Reps. Seek To Close Fracking Pollution Loopholes
• We Need More Diversity In Mediation
• Rosetta Puts Up $768M For Comstock's Permian Assets
• CenterPoint Forms $11B Gas Venture With OGE, ArcLight
• Gov. Brown Says Calif. Should Consider Fracking
• Bank 'Screwed Up' Chilean Toll Road Bid, Investors Say
• Vale Pays $113M To Gain Control Of 2 Hydroelectric Plants
• Sequester Could Slow Renewable Permitting, Markey Says
• Eni Nets $4B In Sale Of Mozambique Gas Field Stake To CNPC
• Amid Drought, Texas Panel Approves $2B For Water Projects
• Wacthell Guides Ameren's $825M Coal Plant Sale To Dynegy
• Texas Lawmakers Weigh Mineral Rights Pooling Bill
• Pa. Enviros Attack Liability Limits In Mine Water Fracking Bill
• Enviros Claim Wind Farm Could Cause Cancer, Diabetes
• 5th Circ. Reverses Total, Statoil Win In $3.5M Royalty Row
• DOI Clears 3 Green Energy Projects With 1,100-MW Capacity
• 9th Circ. Backs Ban On Greenpeace's Shell Drilling Protests
• Chinese Bank Injects $500M Into Liberian Palm Oil Project
• $3B Columbia River Bridge Project Survives Metal Co.'s Suit
• DOE Floats New Guidelines For Renewable Energy Financing
• Dynegy's Plan To Liquidate 4 Units Wins Judge's OK
• GOP Rep. Wants DOI To Justify Offshore Investigation Unit
• Stay Doesn't Affect Property Transferred By Fraud: 10th Circ.
• Energy Cos. Can't Force DOI To Issue Leases, 10th Circ. Rules
• SBM Pays Talisman $470M Over Flopped Norway Oil Project
• GOP Lawmakers Want $5.5B High-Speed Train Loan Derailed
• Enterprise To Build 270-Mile Gulf Coast Pipeline
• Inmet Investors Usher In $5B Offer From First Quantum
• Ryan Budget Plan Targets Obama Health, Energy Policies
• Vale Suspends $6B Argentina Potash Mine Amid Money Woes
• Pa. Rep. Seeks Disclosure Of Pipelines' Impact On Neighbors
• DOE To Open $226M In Small Nuclear Plant Funding
• Ralls Case Shows Importance Of Proactively Engaging CFIUS
• Uruguay Mulls Up To $500M In Deals To Revamp Railways
• Calif. Air Board Eyes 25 Projects Under Cap-And-Trade Plan
• Texas Lawmakers Propose Limits On Pipeline Land Grab
• Duke, American Ink $193M Deal For Calif. Power Line Stake
• CFTC's General Counsel To Step Down This Month
• Boards Of Italian Roadway, Airport Operators OK Share Merger
• Fracking Moratoriums Likely DOA In NY Senate, Cuomo Says
• French Co. Loses NRC Appeal Over Md. Reactor Project
• Metals Industry Honing In On Smaller Deals In 2013: PwC
• Kinder Morgan $400M Pipeline Suit Barred, Enviro Board Says
• Banks To Accept Gas In $1B TAQA Storage Plant As Collateral
• Pa. Rep. Seeks To Ban Fracking In State Forests
• GOP Sen. Says EPA Lied About Official's Personal Email Use
• Shell Drops Greenpeace Suit After Halting Alaska Drill Plans
• New CEQA Bill — Cure Or Band-Aid?
• $135M ATP Royalty Deals Off-Limits From Creditors, Suits Say
• Texas High Court Nixes $1.5B Power Plant Cost Recovery Row
• Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40
• FERC Says PE Firm's Power Plant Buy Anti-Competitive
• $100M Apollo Debt-Buy Deal For Potash Mine Crumbles
• Enbridge Discriminates On Pipeline Capacity, FERC Told
• Veolia Sheds Morocco Biz In €370M Sale To PE Firm
• 9th Circ. Clears The Air For Mine Owners
• $500M LA Harbor Rail Yard Moves Closer To Breaking Ground
• DOT Beats Enviro Challenge To Seattle Light Rail Project
• Calif. High Court Could Play Major Role In CEQA Reform
• Chesapeake Defrauded Oil, Gas Leaseholders, $5M Suit Says
• $786M Alaska Pipeline Project Was Reckless, FERC Told
• Sens. Want More Info On FERC Pipeline Rate Probes
• Texas PUC Likely Won't Take Up Energy Shortage Until Fall
• FERC Begins Vetting Excelerate's LNG Export Facility Plan
• Rosneft Scores Stake In Exxon's Gulf Of Mexico Ops
• DOI Nominee Pledges Support For Fossil Fuel Development
• Pa. Rep. Pushes Bills To Increase Fracking Safety
• FERC Urged To Nix $445M Midwest Power Line Project
• DOE Deputy Pushes Green Energy, Tech Investment
• DOT Allocates $390M To Transit Agencies For Sandy Repairs
• NYC Comptroller Rips $4.4B Overrun In Transit Expansion
• Cheniere Initiates LNG Export Capacity Expansion Request
• Texas Keystone Appeal Could Force Eminent Domain Delays
• Chavez's Death Raises Few Prospects For Oil Developers
• Taiwan Tells 2nd Circ. To Hold Grenada's Cash Amid Loan Row
• Developers To Pay $250M For NYC Office Buildings
• Sen. Urges NW Exemption From FERC Transmission Rule
• Sens. Want IRS To Clarify Revised Renewable Energy Credits
• Energy Cos. Will Form Joint Venture To Develop NGL Pipeline
• NY Fracking Moratorium Would Be Extended By Assembly Bill
• Anadarko Could Net $4B In Sale Of African Gas Field Stake
• Calif.'s Road To Fracking Regulation Will Be Bumpy
• Energy Execs Push For Modernized Infrastructure Regs
• Cameron Urges Narrow FERC Review For $6B LNG Project
• Riverstone Ups Investment To $550M For Gulf Drilling Venture
• Panasonic Solar Partnership To Pump Out 50 MW In Calif.
• Anadarko Nets $860M In Gulf Of Mexico Oilfield Stake Sale
• Senate Bill Would Boost Dodd-Frank Cost-Benefit Analyses
• Glencore Sets New April Deadline To Close Xstrata Tie-Up
• CEQA Reform: The Aggrieved Instigator
• Obama's EPA Pick Paves Way For Tougher Climate Rules
• Judge Bars Bechtel Docs In $1B Power Plant Row
• Obama's DOE Pick May Raise Hackles Among Fossil Fuel Foes
• Enviros Fail To Prove Uranium Mine Would Hurt Wildlife
• Dow Gets $318M More In Settlement Over Axed Petrochem JV
• White House Taps Air Regulator McCarthy To Head EPA
• Obama Picks MIT Professor For Energy Secretary
• Power Plays: EPA's Role In Electric Power Generation
• Patton Boggs Forced To Lay Off 65 As Work Dries Up
• Ohio House Passes $1.5B Turnpike Bond Bill
• UK Shifts $1.5B Rail Project To Public Finance Track
• Keystone Won't Affect Oil Development, Demand: State Dept.
• Morgan Lewis Adds K&L Gates Energy M&A Partner In London
• Revolving Door Spins Between Pa. Gov't, Gas Biz, Report Says
• InterOil Sifting Through Bids For JV On $6B LNG Project
• Glencore Again Delays $34B Xstrata Deal, Citing China Regs
• SEC Ramps Up Probe Of Chesapeake CEO's Gas Well Perk
• Act Now To Harness IRS Energy Tax Credits