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Project Finance - April, 2013

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• Shell Strikes $10B JV Deal For Abu Dhabi Gas Field
• Investment Priority Proposed For NJ Infrastructure Projects
• Former Pa. Turnpike Official Joins Dilworth Paxson
• McConnell Eyes Revamp Of EPA's Coal Mine Permit Process
• Morgan Lewis, Vinson Pilot $390M Contango, Crimson Merger
• US Can't Toss Coal Co.'s Counterclaim In Ohio Mining Row
• PSE&G's $446M Solar Projects Clear NJ Regulatory Hurdle
• Obama Taps NC Mayor As Transportation Head
• State Green-Energy Mandates Hold Firm Despite Opposition
• 3rd Haynes And Boone Atty Makes Jump To K&L Gates
• Enviro Group Challenges Wyo. Coal Leases
• African Bank OKs $150M Loan To Kenya Wind Project
• BLM Issues Rule To Smooth Way For Solar, Wind Projects
• HUD Approves $1.83B NJ Sandy Disaster Recovery Plan
• US Chamber Pushes Senate To OK Funding For Water Projects
• Sumitomo Pulls Out Of $113M Joint Coal Venture With Aquila
• Blakes, Davis Graham Aid Capstone's $650M BHP Mine Buy
• Deals Rumor Mill: RBS, Sumitomo, KKR
• Pacific Rubiales Buys CGX Energy Majority Stake
• Condemn Now, CEQA-Compliance Later? Maybe
• Offshore Wind Progress In Md., Mass. Spark Arms Race
• GOP Reps. Criticize EPA Over Fracking Studies
• Fla. Senate Greenlights Changes To Nuclear Cost Law
• $135M ATP Royalty Suits Belong In District Court, Judge Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Onex, First Reserve, Mechel
• EPA Doubles Down On Alaska Mine Impact Report
• TransCanada Pushes Keystone Start Date To Late 2015
• Keystone Exempt From Property Tax, Kan. Appeals Court Says
• DC Circ. Says Energy Cos. Fighting SEC Rule In Wrong Court
• Entergy Says Vt. Can't Block Nuke Plant Upgrade
• DC Metro Backs Out Of Troubled $112M Transit Hub
• Enviros Claim TVA Rushed $1.2B Coal Plant Project Approval
• Christie Vetoes Sandy Relief Oversight Bill
• Pa. High Court's Gas Rights Ruling Will Protect Land Deals
• TransCanada Settles East Texas Land Seizure Suit
• Miss. Enacts Tax Cut For New Fracking Wells
• LNG Venture Reaches Tentative Supply Deal With Petronet
• Apollo, Double Eagle Form Okla. Oil And Gas Venture
• Fla. House Passes Public-Private Partnerships Bill
• Green Energy Tax Plan May Come With Unwelcome Tradeoff
• Portman-CMC Spares Theater In Miami Convention Center Bid
• After $851M Snub, Cathay Makes New Overture To Discovery
• Pa. Injects $91M Into Water Infrastructure Upgrades
• DOI Offers 21M Gulf Acres For Offshore Drilling
• FirstEnergy Units Get FERC OK To Shift Plant Ownership
• Port Authority Advances $2.8B NJ-NY Bridge Projects
• Hudson Yards Leans On NYC As Revenues Lag, City Reports
• Deals Rumor Mill: Apax Partners, Icahn, Riverstone
• InterOil Adopts Poison Pill As Suitors Line Up For $6B JV
• Texas House Panel Backs $2B In New Water Projects
• Solar Project Stalled By Funds Frozen In Contractor Dispute
• EPA's Critique Casts Fresh Doubt On Keystone XL
• DOE Ponies Up $18M For Military Biofuel Projects
• Graham Blocks Vote On DOE Nominee Over Nuclear Waste Site
• Bronx To Get World's Largest Indoor Ice Center In $275M Deal
• FTA Greenlights $140M Detroit Light Rail Line
• Dominion CEO Calls For Federal Energy Czar
• Trilantic, Riverstone Get Behind Upstream Oil, Gas Venture
• Mining Co.'s State Permits Sink CWA Suit, 7th Circ. Told
• Spotlight On Brazil: Courting International Investors
• Greed Drove CIBC To Back Failed $45M Oil Well, Court Told
• DOT Announces $474M In New Transportation Funding
• 6th Circ. Nixes Army Corps' Coal Mining Waste Permit
• BHP Billiton Says $5M Royalty Fraud Suit Is Too Vague
• Lynas Beats Challenges To $230M Malaysian Rare Earths Plant
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tribune Co., TPG, Billabong
• What To Know About IRS' 'Begun Construction' Tests
• $2B Canada-NYC 'Extension Cord' Still Needs Electricity
• Calif. Hasn't Spent $455M In Water Project Funds, EPA Says
• Calif. High-Speed Rail Authority Settles Enviro Suit
• EPA Proposes New Limits On Coal-Plant Water Pollution
• FERC Wants Revamps To Transmission Planning Proposals
• $1B PSE&G Solar Projects Slammed By NJ Utility Watchdog
• Fracking Ruling May Stymie Oil, Gas Projects On US Land
• TransCanada Land Seizure Won't Get Day In Texas High Court
• EU Disclosure Rule Irrelevant To SEC Rule, API Tells DC Circ.
• Tenants Want NYC 2nd Ave. Subway Line Work Blocked
• NY GOP Senator Pushes Fracking Settlement Disclosure Bill
• BP Hits Brakes On Gulf of Mexico Mad Dog Expansion
• Africa — Open For Business
• Bills To Create CEQA Courts Hinge On Funding Question
• FERC Out Of Bounds In Power Rate Dispute, DC Circ. Told
• Enviros Again Target Calif. Oil, Gas Lease Sales
• Rio Tinto Needs Input From Guinea On $10B Iron Ore Project
• FERC Floats New Power Grid Cybersecurity Standards
• Native American Group Drops Chevron Solar Project Suit
• Blackstone Wins NY Regulator's OK To Build $2B Power Line
• Natural Gas Tax Credit Bills Pass Pa. House
• SNC Lavalin Banned From World Bank Projects For 10 Years
• Kiobel Ruling Curbs Potential ATS Liability — For Now
• Kosmos Buys Into 3 Irish Deepwater Energy Plays
• Senate Energy Committee Greenlights DOE Nominee Moniz
• Fla. House Panel Approves Public-Private Partnerships Bill
• GAO Rips Judiciary's Selection Of Courthouse Projects
• House Panel OKs Bill To Circumvent Obama On Keystone XL
• Sens. Pressed To Back Northeast Corridor Rail Upgrades
• Congress Ripped For Not Enacting Post-Deepwater Reforms
• Samsung, Arabtec Form Middle East, North Africa Energy JV
• King & Spalding Guides Landmark Saudi Thermal Energy Deal
• 10 States To Sue EPA Over Plant Emission Rules
• Saudi Developer Plans $1.6B Malaysian Silicon Plant
• Atlas Subsidiary To Pay $1B For Eagle Ford Outfit
• Wind Projects May Get Jump Start From Updated Tax Credit
• EU Vote Clouds Cap-And-Trade System's Future
• Foreign Pension Funds Could Back US Infrastructure
• Petroceltic Inks $500M Gas Project Funding Deal
• Coal Plant Expansion Review Unnecessary, DC Circ. Hears
• ITC Holdings Shareholders Approve $1.8B Entergy Merger
• Lockheed Plans 10-MW Thermal Energy Plant Off China Coast
• Deals Rumor Mill: Panasonic, Suntech, ConocoPhillips
• China OKs $34B Glencore-Xstrata Tie-Up After Concessions
• Exxon, Qatar Petroleum Form LNG Venture
• Delay Doesn't Spell Doom For EPA Plant Emissions Rule
• DOE Slams Enviro Challenge To US-Mexico Transmission Line
• Enbridge, Enterprise JV Can Change Pipeline Tariff, FERC Says
• Rio Tinto Mine Expansion Nixed Over Ecological Impact
• Oil Cos. Seek Riches In Atlantic Ocean Presalt Fields
• Polsinelli Nabs Chicago RE, Wind Energy Pro From Reed Smith
• Centrica, Qatar Pay CA$1B For Canadian Gas, Oil Plays
• Plains Pipeline To Build $375M Crude Oil Line In Texas
• 4 Things PE Firms Should Know Before An Energy Buy
• Texas Refiner Chugs Forward With NM Crude Oil Rail
• Troutman Adds Ex-Stoel Rives Renewables Pro In Portland
• Alstom Seeks Arbitration In $33M Fight With Insurer
• Woodside Shelves $40B Aussie LNG Project
• FERC Nixes Approval For Fla. LNG Import Project
• Deals Rumor Mill: Heineken, Marubeni, Apax Partners
• Houston May Extend Tax Zone For $556M Transit, Park Plans
• Key Considerations In Energy Take-Or-Pay Contracts
• QIC Pays $422M For 700-Mile South Australia Pipeline
• Schlumberger Inks $90M Eagle Ford Share Buy
• Gas-Distributing Cities Fight $283M Project in Miss., Ala.
• Army Corps Shakes Suit Over Wastewater Pipeline Permit
• Alstom Inks $590M Supply Deal For Brazilian Wind Project
• House Passes Bill To Ease Hydropower Review Requirements
• Seattle Mayor Seeks To Fast-Track Transit Project Studies
• Refiner PBF Inks Supply Agreement For Bakken Crude
• Deals Rumor Mill: Benckiser, 3i Group, Heineken
• Obama's Budget Plan Doubles Down On Clean Energy
• Senate Confirms Jewell As Interior Secretary
• White House Seeks $50B For Immediate Infrastructure Fixes
• EPA Nominee Expected To Survive Senate Climate Grilling
• LA Light-Rail Agency Sued Over 'Deficient' Enviro Report
• FERC's Unclear Guidance On Horizontal Market Power
• Court Halts Barrick's $8.5B Chilean Gold Mine Project
• Indonesia Geothermal Group Inks Service, Power Contracts
• Keystone XL Expedited Approval Bill Is Problematic, Rep. Says
• ConocoPhillips Suspends 2014 Alaska Drilling Plans
• Gazprom, Shell Sign Deal To Develop Arctic Oil Plays
• NYC Council Rezones Pier For Shipping Container-Built Market
• Atmos Can't Build Pipeline Until Landowner Row Is Finished
• Florida Power's Deal With 3 Biomass Plants Gets Go-Ahead
• Vale Gets Final OK For $19B Serra Sul Mine Project
• EU Advances Transparency Rules For Oil, Gas, Mining Cos.
• Natural Gas Is Key To Low-Carbon US, DOE Nominee Says
• Lucas Ends Suits Over Undrilled Well, Failed $24M Asset Buy
• Enviros Ask DOE To Stall LNG Export Approval
• What The Future Holds For Fracking In NY
• Calif. Air District Adopts Fracking Disclosure Rule
• Sinopec Plans To Build China's Largest Coal-To-Gas Project
• GE To Pour Up To $230M Into Kansas Wind Farm
• US Ignored Fracking In Granting Calif. Leases, Judge Says
• United Inks $150M NJ Airport Renovation, Lease Extension
• Enbridge, EDF Buy $600M Alberta Wind Farm From Greengate
• NRG Energy Shells Out $244M For Texas Plant
• CFTC Gives Utility Deals A Pass, Easing Turf War With FERC
• Miami-Dade Considers Expanding Metromover Train System
• Thai Rail Co. Raises $2B In Record-Breaking IPO
• Brazilian Utility Pumps $330M Into Water Infrastructure
• DOI Dodges Suit Over Calif. Drainage Project In 9th Circ.
• Chesapeake Must Pay BP $22M For Well Title Defects
• Penn. Picks A Peck Of Public-Private Partnerships
• PGE Scraps $3.6B Coal Plant Development Project
• Halcon Fracking Contract Suit Sent Back To Pa. Court
• BrightSource Shelves 500-MW Hidden Hills Solar Project
• More International Insolvencies Test Limits Of Ch. 15
• NJ Tax Bill Debate Postponed As Enviro Group Attacks
• Chamber Of Commerce Calls For Dodd-Frank Overhaul
• Delta Unveils $229M Makeover Of LA International Terminal
• Rising Star: Sidley Austin's Sergio Pozzerle
• Xcel Unit That Scrapped $400M Wind Farm Deal Beats Suit
• Nippon Gets Gov't Nod For Mozambique Coal Project
• IRS To Increase Wind Energy Tax Credit
• Texas Lawmakers Urge Frack Fluid Fee, Widened Pipeline Regs
• Bill To Fund Dolphins' $389M Stadium Redo Advances In Fla.
• FERC Urged To Nix Gulf South's $48M Pipeline Deal
• Sandy's Lessons Guide $1.2B NJ Transit Projects, Chief Says
• Pa. Gov. Aims To Sink $558M Into Midstate Road Project
• Rising Star: Shearman & Sterling's Tim Pick
• TransCanada Seeks Proposals For Cross-Country Oil Pipeline
• Penn Virginia To Spend $401M On Eagle Ford Shale Biz
• Exxon Initiates Review Of World's Largest Floating LNG Plant
• BP Puts US Wind Farms On The Market
• Deals Rumor Mill: AXA, Rio Tinto, Banco Do Brasil
• How Lawyers Benefit From Early Neutral Evaluation
• Fast-Track Ruling Could Weaken CEQA Reform Push
• $1.8B Entergy Deal Could Harm Texas Consumers, State Says
• Cornell Solar Project Could Test NY Energy Incentive
• Japanese Solar Project Lands Novel $172M Financing Deal
• Rising Star: Allen & Overy's Dolly Mirchandani
• DOE Can't Excuse Nuclear Waste Disposal Delay: Fed. Circ.
• Texas Judge Tosses Pipe Supplier's Suit Over Saudi Plant
• FERC Decision Sheds Light On The Importance Of Mitigation
• Gastar To Pay $85M To Buy Chesapeake Leases, End Suit
• Muni Bond Dealers Must Disclose More On Ballot Measures
• Dominion Moves Ahead On $3.8B LNG Export Project
• Mayer Brown, Nossaman Seal $677M Ohio River Bridge Bonds
• Technip, JGC Win Tender Offer To Build Russian LNG Plant
• Lukoil To Pay $2B For Hess Russian Oil Development Unit
• Rising Star: Morrison & Foerster's Jana Mansour
• Dissecting Alaska's Oil And Gas Dilemma