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Project Finance - July, 2013

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• 9th Circ. Nixes Oil Exploration Plan For Mont. Historic Site
• Deepwater Wind Wins Offshore Leases With $4M Bid
• Global Alumina Hit With Suit Over Failed $15M Loan Deal
• Gas Driller Sues Pa. Landowners Under Lease Pooling Law
• Dentons Lures Energy Attorney from Dickstein Shapiro
• House Panel Backs $24B Spending Bill Slashing EPA Budget
• S. African Builder To Pay $5.6M Over World Cup Bid-Rigging
• Cuomo Offers Bank Credits To Spur $3B Infrastructure Effort
• Rockies Express Fires Back In $22M Tariff Row With FERC
• Texas Lawmakers Ordered To Keep Hashing Out Road Funding
• Nev. Enviros Sue To Halt Reno Road Project
• Senate Bill Would Cut Permitting Red Tape On Federal Land
• New Orleans Backs FERC's $1.8B Entergy Project Ruling
• PE Pair Scoops Up Colombian Oil Player Vetra
• Beverly Hills Says LA Subway Project On The Wrong Track
• Crowell Continues Dickstein Energy Drain With Trio Hire
• Deals Rumor Mill: Roche, Invensys, Rio Tinto
• Questar Spends $106M To Bump Up Stake In Wyo. Gas Area
• BP Nets $1.5M In Atty Fees From Chesapeake Title Defect Suit
• Alaska Utility Seeks Permit For US-Canada Electric Line
• Rainmaker Q&A: Thompson & Knight's Holt Foster
• Talks With Mongolia Delay $5B Rio Tinto Mine Expansion
• Daewoo Wins $709M Contract To Build Iraqi Gas Facility
• FERC OKs $923M Sale Of Pa. Natural Gas Power Plant
• $135M DOE Grant For Electric Vehicles Legal, Watchdog Says
• Cuomo Signature Sets Long Island Power Grid On New Course
• K&L Gates Snags Ex-Pinsent Masons Energy Pro In London
• Rio Tinto Rakes In $820M For Majority Stake In Aussie Mine
• Saudi Arabia Awards $22.5B In Contracts For Rail Project
• Coming To America: Sharia-Compliant DIP Financing
• Spectra, NextEra To Build $3B Fla. Utility Gas Pipeline
• Repsol Asks World Bank Panel To Block $1.5B YPF Shale Deal
• Travelers Says It Needn't Cover Suit Over Wastewater Project
• Equitix JV Closes In On $533M Offshore Wind Links
• Enbridge Begins Construction On $1.3B Pipeline Expansion
• Deals Rumor Mill: Vivendi, Alibaba, Oaktree Capital
• NRC Foreign Ownership Policy: New Course For 21st Century
• Repsol Eyes Sale Of $6B LNG Stake After Shell Deal Closes
• BHP, Rio To Sink $3B Into Chilean Water Desalination Plant
• Harrisburg Avoids Ch. 9 With $345M Restructuring Deal
• Gazprom Neft, Total Form Bitumen JV In Russia
• DC United, City Sign Deal To Build $300M Stadium
• Archer-Hubbard JV Wins $840M Atlanta Road Contract
• 2013's Big Energy Decisions Tip In Favor Of Industry
• EDF Renewable Nabs Interests In $285M Texas Wind Farm
• EIB Curbs Lending For Coal-Fired Power Projects
• NY, Feds Working On $1.5B Loan For Tappan Zee Project
• Senate Grills New DOT Secretary On Infrastructure Loans
• 500 Days Of The Revised Removal Statutes
• EPA Scientist Backs Fracking Study Amid GOP Skepticism
• FERC's Lessons From DC Energy Rehearing Order
• 10th Circ. Chucks Enviro Challenge To Coal Plant Permit
• Sens. Slam DOI For 'Double Standards' On Revenue Sharing
• NJ Court Nixes Challenge To $6.3M Condo Grant
• $1.45B Funneled Into Ill. High-Speed Rail Project
• Statoil, Tullow Abandon Mozambique Offshore Gas Well
• Goldman, PE Firm Team Up On $100M Oil Co. Investment
• Chevron Forks Over $847M For North Sea Oil Contracts
• US Signs Off On $1.2B In Gulf Offshore Lease Sales
• Thai Telecom Aims To Raise $2.3B With Infrastructure Fund
• China Puts 5-Year Ban On New Gov't Office, Hotel Projects
• Rainmaker Q&A: Miles & Stockbridge's Michael Brown
• Pa. Rep. Unveils $6B State Infrastructure Funding Plan
• Broe, Chicago Reach Early Deal For $500M Port Project
• Forecast Is Sunny For Solar Projects In Calif.
• $398M Maine Wind Farm Faces Enviro Concerns In Hearings
• Army Corps Beats Suit Over $791M Fla. Airport Project
• Mitsui Nabs Share Of $200M Gas Export Pipeline In Ariz.
• CIBC Dodges $77M Suit Over Failed Oil Well
• Shell To Beef Up Brazilian Drilling Operations
• US Tabs Va. Coast For Offshore Wind Lease Sale
• Ins And Outs Of CEQA Streamlining For The Bay Area
• Leaked EU Draft Policy Allows State Aid For Nuclear Power
• Sedgwick Adds Real Estate Finance Pro In San Francisco
• With West In Tow, World Bank Bets Relevance On Green Power
• UK Cuts Gas Development Taxes To Spur Fracking Projects
• Law360's Global 20 Firms Blaze New Trails Worldwide
• State Fracking Rules Would Trump US Regs Under GOP Bill
• Apache Redirects Focus With $3.8B Gulf Asset Sale
• Md. Can't Balk On Dominion Plant Permit, DC Circ. Says
• Rainmaker Q&A: Morgan Lewis' David Asmus
• Carbon Reduction Puzzle Awaits New EPA Administrator
• Feds Halt Review Of $5.5B Loan For Vegas Rail Plan
• Clean Energy Projects Stymied By Financing Costs, Sens. Told
• Deals Rumor Mill: PepsiCo, Petrobras, T-Mobile
• Enviros Seek Limits On Conoco's Rights In Alaska Suit
• New Texas Laws Will Boost The State's Energy Industry
• Senate Confirms Hochberg As Ex-Im Bank President
• $2.6B Ky. Bridge Project Survives Enviro Challenge
• World Bank To Stop Financing Most Coal-Fired Plants
• Pollution Claims Slashed In Nucor's Suit Against Neighbor
• ArcelorMittal 2nd Firm This Week To Dump India Plans
• ConocoPhillips To Pay BP $264M Under Alaska Pipeline Plan
• Enviro Group Sues State Dept. Over Keystone Lobbying Docs
• Chevron, YPF Team Up On $1.5B Argentinian Shale Deal
• Norton Rose Fulbright Lures Energy Pro From King & Spalding
• Equator Principles III Demand Deeper Due Diligence
• Brazil Has Had It With Corporate Bribery
• 3 Resolutions To The Cross-Claim Conundrum
• DC Circ. Ruling Warns EPA To Rein In Emissions Rulemaking
• San Francisco Board OKs Changes To CEQA Appeals Process
• 7th Circ. Halts Environmentalists' Challenge Of Highway Project
• Newfield, Hess Dissolve Pa. Gas Drilling Partnership
• Thompson & Knight Aids EnCap's $150M Investment In Isis
• BP Snaps Up New Offshore China Acreage From CNOOC
• Renewable Fuel Standards Are 'Broken,' Valero Says
• Enviros Blast API Intervention Bid In Fracking Lease Suit
• POSCO Eyes $12B India Steel Plant After Axing Smaller Plans
• Rainmaker Q&A: Greenberg Traurig's Nancy Mitchell
• Senate Mulls Over Changes To Filibuster Rules
• EQT Midstream Inks $540M Deal For Sunrise Pipeline Assets
• Enviros Want To Weigh In On $4B NJ Grid Upgrade
• Obama Takes Aim At Drillers With Vow To Cut Methane
• Exxaro, GDF Suez Team Up On 600-MW Plant In S. Africa
• BP Takes Stake In Petrobras' Brazilian Offshore Blocks
• Memorial Pays $606M For Permian Basin, Rockies Assets
• PE-Backed Driller KrisEnergy Plans $214M Singapore Debut
• Chilean Court Won't Let Work Resume At $8.5B Barrick Mine
• Occidental, Qatar Will Sink $3B Into Offshore Oil Project
• Fed. Agencies Want Cape Wind Project Approval Upheld
• Ayala-Led JV To Build $220M Wind Farm In Philippines
• Rainmaker Q&A: Seyfarth's Andrew Pearlstein
• Miami Beach Panel Won't Delay Convention Center Vote
• Ore. Breaks With FERC In $6.3B LNG Export Hub Review
• $210M Pipeline Project Needs Full Enviro Review, FERC Told
• Pa. Bill Would Up Threshold For Prevailing Wage Projects
• Valero Plans $700M Methanol Plant At La. Refinery
• House Energy Chairman Wants Study Of Nuke Export Policy
• Deals Rumor Mill: Smithfield, Swiss Re, GLG
• Rainmaker Q&A: Paul Hastings' Michael Fitzgerald
• Texas Pipeline Cos. Now Under Closer Watch
• DOE Says Climate Change Threatens US Energy Infrastructure
• Feds Push Alternate Route For $3B Southwest Power Line
• Calif. County Sidesteps Protest Of $248M Rail Extension
• Chinese Co. Didn't Seal Wind Farm Deal Nixed By Obama: US
• Macquarie Can't Nix Syncora Suit Over $500M Toll Road Deal
• House Approves $30B GOP Energy Spending Bill
• Enviros Allege DOT Missteps In $1.2B Ill.-Ind. Expressway
• RWE's $5.4B Wind Farm Gets UK Energy Minister's Nod
• Interior Blasts Pipeline Route For $7.5B Jordan Cove Project
• Contractor Sues Fla. County Over Sewer Project Solicitation
• House Committee OKs Proposed Pipeline Approval Deadlines
• K&L Gates Nabs White & Case Partner In London
• FERC Trial Staff Rips Ruling Over $1.8B Entergy Project
• Enviros Tell FERC $3.4B LNG Export Project Needs More Study
• BP Snags Major Stake In $2B Trans-Adriatic Pipeline
• Top Dems Rip State Department's Keystone XL Review
• Split 9th Circ. Won't Rehear Shell's Greenpeace Protest Win
• Hogan Lovells Opens Rio De Janeiro Office
• Sens. Urge DOE Chief To Speed Up LNG Export Reviews
• Fort Lauderdale OKs $23M Tax For Downtown Streetcar
• Pa. Lease Pooling Law Paves Way For Marcellus Expansion
• Energy Execs Push For Deadline On FERC Pipeline Approvals
• Top US Offshore Drilling Regulator Steps Down
• White House Pledges To Reject GOP Energy Spending Bill
• Macquarie Unloads 22-MW Solar Development To PE-Led Pair
• China's Yanzhou Wants Full Control Over Aussie Coal Unit
• Enviros Defend Fracking Ban To Delaware River Agency
• Controversial Natural Gas Plant Secures Permit Extension
• Coast Guard, DHS Concealed Wind Project Docs, Suit Says
• Akerman's Latin American Group Head Jumps To Jones Day
• Texas High Court Asked To Nix Keystone Land Seizure Ruling
• Gibson Dunn Lures Asia Energy Partner From Hogan Lovells
• GE, Enel Ink $260M Deal To Fuel Kan. Wind Power Project
• EU's Cap-And-Trade Freeze Isn't Long-Term Fix System Needs
• Officials Rushed $3B Ind. Highway Project, Enviros Tell Judge
• Conn. Enacts Legislation To Boost Gas, Hydropower Use
• Morgan Lewis Hires Finance Team From Gide Loyrette
• Utility's Emission Plans For Plant Upgrade Lacking, EPA Says
• DOI Blocks New Mining On Land Tabbed For Solar Projects
• Pa. Too Lax On Fracking To Lift Ban, Ex-DEP Head Says
• CNPC Grabs Stake In $12.5B Ecuadorean Refinery Project
• Mid-America Pipeline Expansion Project Wins BLM Approval
• Nigeria's Promising Yet Problematic Petroleum Bill
• Oil Payment Disclosures Coming, Despite Court's SEC Rebuke
• LA Metro Asks Judge To Toss Challenge To $1.7B Light Rail
• World Bank Backs $157M Kenyan Oil Plant
• FERC Denies Protest Over $445M Midwest Power Line Project
• EU Delays Releasing Carbon Permits To Boost Prices
• Enviro Groups Sue Feds To Halt Arch Coal Mining Expansion
• Morgan Lewis Dubai Expansion Signals Region's Resurgence
• Florida Jump-Starts Public Projects With New Finance Law
• DOE Releases Criteria For $8B Fossil Fuel Loan Program
• Hancock Can't Dodge Ex-JV Partner's Mine Ownership Claims
• US Cities Hand Renewable Energy Developers A Tall Order
• Gibson Dunn's Scalia Wins Again As SEC-Killer Rep Grows
• DLA Piper Lures Energy Pro From Day Pitney
• DC Court Strikes Down SEC Oil Payment Disclosure Rule
• Antofagasta Inks Deal For 40% Of Hydroelectric Project
• Kazakhstan Muscles In On $5B ConocoPhillips Stake Sale
• Gas Pipeline Co. Asks FERC To Toss Rate Investigation
• Rosneft Pays $2.9B To Round Out Itera Stake
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carlyle, Providence Equity, Toksoz
• Practice Tips For Working In The Williston Basin
• 9th Circ. Sides With DOI In Calif. Water Rights Dispute
• Kuwait Plans To Invest $5B In UK Infrastructure, Report Says
• UK, Kazakhstan Bolster Ties With $1.6B Oil And Gas Plant
• Crowell Lures Dickstein Energy Head, Project Team
• Enviro Groups Seek Review Of Williams Pipeline Expansion
• Greens Ask Cuomo To Fly Solo On Solar If NY Bills Fail
• SandRidge Can't Escape Suit Over $75M Oil Project
• Pa. Legislature OKs Fracking Royalty Transparency Bill
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, Blackstone, BC Partners