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Project Finance - May, 2013

204 articles

• Ill. Lawmakers Advance Fracking Regulation Bill
• FCPA Powerhouse: Debevoise
• Energy Megadeals Will Be Rare In 2013, Attys Say
• British Columbia Opposes $5.5B Enbridge Pipeline Project
• Indian Point Re-Emerges As Wild Card In NY Energy Future
• Enviros Challenge XTO's Permits For Pa. Gas Facilities
• $4.2B Australian Coal Mine Project Snags Key Enviro Nod
• $4.5B LAX Renovation Sparks Trio Of Lawsuits
• US, Canada Eye Better Trade And Security With Border Plan
• Calif. Senate Approves Fracking Disclosure Bill
• New FERC Chair Won't Steer Off Wellinghoff's Course
• Ghana Gives Tullow Green Light For Offshore Oil Project
• Enviros Say BLM Ignored Drilling Expansion's Harm To Elk
• New House Bill Would Expand Offshore Drilling
• Procurement: The Hidden Path To Maximizing Profits
• FCPA Powerhouse: Davis Polk
• Enbridge Pipeline Deal Bona Fide, Del. High Court Rules
• Enviros Settle Challenge To $650M Georgia River Project
• PG&E Says Hydroelectric Plant Doesn't Endanger Salmon
• Cheniere Closes $5.9B Financing For Sabine Pass LNG Project
• FTA Blasts Efforts To Derail $1.7B LAX Transit Project
• FERC Chairman Wellinghoff Tenders His Resignation
• Enviros Score Partial Win In Alaska Oil Exploration Suit
• Jordan Cove's $7.5B LNG Project Faces Ore. Permit Challenge
• FCPA Powerhouse: Crowell & Moring
• Texas Pipeline Industry Faces New Eminent Domain Hurdles
• Barrick Fined $16M For Chilean Gold Mine Permit Violations
• DOI Pressed To Widen Fracking Rule Feedback Window
• Hindustan Petroleum Revives $9B Refinery As Demand Rises
• Rosneft Puts Up $2.6B For Stake In Venezuelan Oil JV
• DC Circ. Rejects Challenge To Coal Plant Expansion Review
• France's GDF Suez Picks Up Stake In Nabucco Pipeline
• FCPA Powerhouse: Cahill Gordon & Reindel
• Is Immigrant Investment Right For Your Project?
• Exxon In Talks With InterOil For Papua New Guinea Project
• State Dept. Posting 'Unprecedented' 1.2M Keystone Comments
• BLM OKs Calif. Wind Farm Amid Enviro Bird Strike Worries
• Law360 Names 10 FCPA Powerhouse Firms
• Energy Storage Bill Would Boost Renewables, Sens. Say
• Cuomo Asks NY Regulator To Help Ease Electric Car Rollout
• NGL Pipeline Co. Loses Bid To Access Private Land
• States Want NRC To Expand Waste Storage Study's Scope
• Texas Appeals Court Upholds Keystone XL Land Grab
• Hertz, Avis Say Chicago Making Them Pay For $800M Project
• DOT Distributes $3.7B For Sandy Repairs To Transit Agencies
• Brazil To Auction Vast Offshore Oil Field In October
• Pa. Rep. Pushes Bill To Track Fracking Health Effects
• FERC Nixes Permit For Tidal Energy Project On NJ River
• House Votes To Let Keystone Proceed Without Obama's OK
• Jordan Cove Wants $7.5B LNG Project Approved By FERC
• Tycoon-Backed Co. Wins Royalty Fight Over $7B Aussie Mine
• Miami-Dade OKs $1.6B In Sewer Improvements
• Mo. Lawmakers Urge Obama To Rethink Plant Emissions Rule
• CityCenterDC Sues DOL Over Public Works Wage Order
• LNG Export Project Could Pollute Water, Park Service Says
• EU Lawmakers Adopt New Offshore Drilling Rules
• Brookfield Closes $163M Hostile Deal For Western Wind
• Fracking Foes Demand Vote On Moratorium In NY
• $18B Iraq Pipeline To Get Boost From Trade Bank
• Calif. Appeals Court Backs Plans For Desalination Plant
• Texas Passes Water Finance Plan, But Still Needs $2B Funding
• New DOE Head Says Energy Efficiency Is Top Priority
• $6.4B Philly Airport Expansion Inches Toward Takeoff
• White House Calls Keystone Bill A Bid To Skirt Obama
• Lawmakers Receptive To Industry Push For More LNG Exports
• Edison Strikes $37M Deal Over Malibu Wildfire Damage
• Akin Gump Aids Laredo On $438M Asset Sale To EnerVest
• DC Circ. Backs FERC's Approach To Return On Equity
• Metals Co. JV Secures $375M In Financing For Iron Ore Plant
• 5 Problems The New DOE Chief Can't Ignore
• SOCAR Inks $4B Deal To Build Refinery In Turkey
• Qatari Firms To Launch $1B Energy Infrastructure Fund
• Canada Says FERC Must Halt Maine LNG Terminal Project
• Bankrupt Norse Holding Land Hostage, Suit Says
• K&L Gates Hires 2 Stoel Rives Attys For Energy Team
• Recent FERC Ruling Dashes Hopes Of Oil Pipeline Watchers
• Trans Adriatic Gas Pipeline Gets Crucial EU Approval
• Revised Federal Fracking Rule Gives Industry Breathing Room
• Continental Ducks Shareholder Suit Over $313M Oil Asset Buy
• Rise Of The Machines — Predictive Coding Goes Mainstream
• Sullivan & Worcester Snags Leading Energy Finance Partner
• DOE Approves 2nd LNG Foreign Export License In Texas
• Enviros Sue To Block Tenn. Mountaintop-Removal Projects
• The Oil And Gas Operator's Texas Advantage
• Donald Trump Fights $350M Scottish Wind Project
• Senate Confirms Moniz As Energy Secretary
• DOI's Revised Fracking Rules Draw Heat From All Sides
• Pa. Rep. Proposes Natural Gas Tax To Fund Transportation
• Australia OKs $1B Rio Tinto Mine, With Conditions
• Calif. DOT Hit With Enviro Suit Over $26M Highway Expansion
• Christie Unveils $300M Plan To Buy Homes Hit By Sandy
• Australia Greenlights $23.6B In Infrastructure Spending
• Aussie Enviro Official OKs Aquila Iron Ore Port Project
• Glencore Tightens Hold On Merged Co. As Xstrata Execs Axed
• Know Your Risks Before Going Green In Construction
• Japan Boosts Global Energy Game Post-Fukushima
• OCI Closes Record $1.2B In Bonds For Iowa Fertilizer Plant
• Chilean Enviro Board OKs 310-MW Wind Park Project
• UK, Norway Advance Plan For $2B Subsea Grid Link
• GAO Calls For Climate Change-Ready Infrastructure Projects
• Sens. Blast DOE Budget Over Nuclear Project Concerns
• Water Projects Spending Bill Sails Through Senate
• Bill Aims To Protect State Mineral Sales From Federal Cuts
• 4th Circ. Weighs In On Bona Fide Purchaser Defense
• Race Heats Up For Miami Beach Convention Center Revamp
• SF Giants' $1.6B Project Takes Step Ahead With Panel's Nod
• Texas Court Rejects Sanctions Bids In Solar Engine Suit
• Hospital's $350M Bond Issuance Suit Falls In 5th Circ.
• Smaller Sandy Buyout Sparks Fears Over Future Storm Costs
• Mass. Governor Greenlights $500M Fenway Area Project
• EIB Pledges $181M For Polish Power Station
• Deals Rumor Mill: OMERS, GE, Sony
• Local Laws Can't Kill FERC-Approved Projects, DC Circ. Hears
• DC Circ. Snuffs Challenge To 1.1-Gigawatt Nuke Expansion
• EIR For $4B LAX Overhaul Gets Prelim OK From City Council
• Jones Day Adds Herbert Smith Projects Partner In Sydney
• Sunoco Partnership Preps Eaglebine Pipeline In Texas
• Mormon Ranch Could Delay $1.5B Fla. Rail Line's Start Date
• NJ Borough Asks High Court To Alter Payouts In Land Seizures
• Abengoa Snags Rights To $1.3B Brazilian Electrical Project
• Mine Permit Review Was Legit, Army Corps Tells Judge
• GDF Nets $560M From Mitsui For Brazil Hydro Plant Stake
• Rio Tinto Must Pay Ore Royalties Over Decades-Old JV
• Deals Rumor Mill: Partnership Assurance, UBS, Euronext
• The Who, What And Why Of Public-Private Partnerships
• NJ Watchdog Blasts State's $446M Solar Projects Deal
• Ince & Co. Taps DLA Piper Energy Pro In Singapore
• Exxon, QPI Outline Export Plans For $10B Texas LNG Terminal
• Edison Unit Gets FERC's Tariff Ruling Nixed In DC Circ.
• Korean Steelmaker's $12B Plant Clears India Court Hurdle
• Tata Power Buys 40% Stake In $700M Eurasian Hydro Project
• Undersea Oil Exploration Blasts In Gulf Draw Federal Scrutiny
• Markey Says BP's Federal Contract Ban Should Stay In Place
• Senate Moves Ahead With Water Infrastructure Bill
• Aban Secures $329M In 2 Mexico Offshore Rig Contracts
• San Francisco Defeats Enviro Challenge To Redevelopment
• Deals Rumor Mill: Yahoo, Carlyle, Dish
• DOE Breached Oil Field Division Deal With Chevron, CFC Says
• Bill Would Speed Up Natural Gas Pipeline Approvals
• TransCanada Rebuts EPA's Keystone Concerns
• Apache Preps $4B In Asset Sales, $2B Stock Buyback
• Baker Botts Adds Trio of Partners To Offices In NY, DC
• MidAmerican Helms $1.9B Iowa Wind Power Expansion
• US Offshore Regulators Will Beef Up Joint Oversight
• Canada Pushes EU On Tar Sands Emission Classification
• Latest In EPA's Series Of Aggressive Coal Plant Rules
• $500M LA Rail Yard Project Chugs Through City Council
• Syrian Oil Still Risky Business As EU Yanks Embargo
• Petronas Eyes Brazil With $850M Oil Block Buy From OGX
• Chevron, Noble Say Enbridge Pipeline Rates Are Too High
• Enbridge Eyes $300M Upgrades As Oil Sands Production Rises
• Shell Sets Off On Landmark Ultra-Deepwater Gulf Project
• Exxon, Statoil Kick $4B Ultra-Deepwater Project Into Gear
• Pros And Cons Of Recent Renewable Energy Bill
• African Bank Launches $1.26B Kenya-Ethiopia Power Project
• Funds Commit $660M To Solar Projects In Middle East, Africa
• Sequester Will Stall Energy Projects, Interior Secretary Says
• Nepal Lands €55M EIB Loan For Hydropower Plant
• Keystone Is Safe Oil Transport Option, Lawmakers Hear
• Deals Rumor Mill: Warburg Pincus, Carlyle, Telefonica
• Canadian Pension Fund Puts Up $1.4B For German Airport Biz
• Flaws In NY Court's Ruling Of Recent Natural Gas Cases
• All Aboard Florida Says $1.5B Rail Project Running On Track
• Stroock Picks Up Energy Deals Pro From Chadbourne
• EPA's Keystone Critique May Herald Tougher GHG Reviews
• Risk Perception Keeps African Investment Down: E&Y
• Shell, BP Challenge $3.4B Cove Point LNG Export Project
• CNOOC Inks $2B Deal To Up Stake In BG Group LNG Project
• Crestwood, Inergy Midstream Ink $7B Merger Deal
• Ex-DOE GC Joins Wilkinson As Co-Managing Partner
• Syncora Didn't Investigate Toll-Road Bonds, Macquarie Says
• $10M Security Fix For NYC Court Escapes US Spending Cuts
• A Troubling Surprise For Construction Projects
• House Floor Set To Vote On Keystone Pipeline Bill This Month
• BP Racks Up $665M Bill For Gulf Oil Spill Restoration
• Turkey, Japan Ink $22B Nuclear Reactor Deal
• Duke Shelves Plans To Expand NC Nuke Plant
• Sens. Ask GAO To Probe Costly Fusion Energy Project
• EQT Pays $113M To Scoop Up Marcellus, Utica Lands
• Md. Gov. OKs Gas Infrastructure Improvement Surcharge
• Va. DOT Can't Set Tolls For $2B Tunnel, Judge Rules
• Planned ATP Lease Sale May Create Enviro Hazards, Feds Say
• Calif. Fracking Rules May Curb Monterey Shale Rush, For Now
• Energy Cos. Urge High Court To Revive DOI Oil Lease Claims
• NY, NJ Get $609M In Sandy Aid For Water, Energy Projects
• Fla. High Court Affirms Nuclear Cost Recovery Act
• Exxon's Fight To Curb Citizen Suits Again Rejected In Texas
• Pa. Falling Short In Fracking Oversight, Enviros Say
• TransCanada Will Sink $900M Into Alberta Pipeline, Terminal
• Apollo, Apex Team Up On Northeast Shale Property Venture
• SC Appeals Court Nixes Duke's Win On Hydro Dam Permit
• Drillers Can't Use NY Law To Supersede Local Fracking Bans
• National Ocean Plan Affects A Sea Of Users
• BP Snaps Up $110M Stake In Gulf Blocks From Petrobras
• Quantum Puts Up $225M For Majority Stake In Canadian Oil Co.
• Cheniere Gets Thumbs-Up From FERC On La. LNG Project
• EPA Not Ready To Cut Off Public Input For Fracking Study
• Atomic Energy Act Precludes Toshiba Nuke Plants, NRC Says
• BP Pays $340M Toward La. Coast Oil Spill Restoration Projects
• $2B Bill For New Water Projects Stalls In Texas House
• Pa. Senate Panel Passes Bills To Boost Natural Gas Access
• Chesapeake Sells $300M In Midstream Assets To SemGroup
• Chesapeake, Encana Deny Rigging Bids On Oil, Gas Leases
• Neighbor To $3.4B Iron Plant Loses Air Permit Row With EPA