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Project Finance - August, 2013

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• Texas Justices Poised To Shake Up Public Works Projects
• Enviros Lose Bid To Shut Down $1B Power Line Project
• Fla. Sens. Back $2.8M For Water Flow Improvement Projects
• Pa. Rep. Seeks To Repeal Contested Pro-Fracking Zoning Law
• Longview Power Hits Ch. 11, Citing Problems At $2B Plant
• Sunoco Wins Pa. PUC Approval For Gas Pipeline Project
• Sinopec Pays $3.1B For Apache Egypt Oil Biz Stake
• Adani Proposes $300M Power Link For $6B Aussie Coal Plant
• Russian Oil Pump Maker Seeks $736M Financing Boost
• DOE Sinks $16M Into Hydrokinetic Projects
• Devil In Details As NY Mulls Record $5B Enviro Bond Debt
• Comply With Your Air Permit And Be Sued Anyway
• Gas Drillers Likely To Exceed EPA Regs To Skip Pa. Permit
• China Halts New Energy Projects Over Pollution Violations
• Expressway Authority Buys Land For Orlando-To-Miami Train
• Ex-Im Backs $1.5B Pemex Bonds For US Drilling Equipment
• DOT Rule Would Hand Enviro Review Power To States
• NY High Court Jumps Into Fight Over Local Fracking Bans
• Rainmaker Q&A: Buchalter Nemer's Manny Fishman
• San Miguel To Join K-Water On 281-MW Hydroelectric Plant
• Enbridge Gets OK To Replace 1st Segment Of Ind. Pipeline
• New Nuclear Projects Face Tough Odds Amid Gas Boom
• Sealing The Deal: Bilzin Scores $1B Convention Center Project
• Army Corps Awards Solar Contracts In $7B Renewables Push
• Fla. Tabs $90M For Everglades Bridge To Improve Water Flow
• Emera Inks Deal To Buy New England Plants For $541M
• Consol Unveils $1B Pittsburgh Airport Gas Drilling Plans
• King & Spalding Nabs Apache Corp. Global Transactions Pro
• Conservation Easement Bars Pa. Shale Fracking, Judge Says
• ConocoPhillips Tops High Bidders In Western Gulf Lease Sale
• Prepping For Project Bonds
• Energy Cos. Brace For DOL Crackdown As Worker Deaths Rise
• DOE Names New Oil-Gas, Clean Coal Research Chiefs
• Fla. County OKs Incentives To Lure Clean Energy Co.
• Calif. Appeals Court Says Challenge To Water Project Moot
• Calif. Appeals Court Affirms SF Win In Waterfront Project Row
• Alaska City Beats FCA Suit Over $1M In EPA Grants
• JA Solar Targets Eastern China In 300-MW Development Push
• Appeals Court Upholds TransCanada Land Seizure
• Oneok Plans $440M Powder River Basin Gas Project
• PPL, Enviros Spar Over $247M Pa. Power Line Project
• 10 Ways To Defuse A Project Turned Political Bomb
• Harrisburg Offers Financial Plan For Pa. Court Approval
• Climate Plan Isn't A War On Fossil Fuels, DOE Chief Says
• GE Unit-Led Partnership Buys 50-MW Canadian Solar Plants
• Siemens Installs Wind Power Link After Year Of Delays
• Pa. Bill Aims To Raise $1B For Roads By Leasing To Drillers
• DOE To Team With NJ To Bolster Transit After Sandy
• Nigeria Privatizes Power Plants, But Tread Cautiously
• Fission Could Go Hostile After JV Partner Snubs $163M Bid
• Anadarko Reaps $3B From East Africa Gas Field Stake Sale
• Keep Watch Of Endangered Salamander Rules In Texas
• Lost Opportunities: Why Cases Settle At The Wrong Time
• FERC OKs Rate Increase For Power Transmission Project
• Spectra Seeks FERC Approval Of $113M Pipeline Expansion
• 3rd Circ. Ruling Gives Courts Broad Air Permit Powers
• V&E Aids Natural Gas JV On $800M Credit Facility
• Gov't Faces Pressure From All Sides To Alter Fracking Rule
• Keystone Conflict Report Won't Be Ready Until January
• Utilities Urge FERC To Correct 'Discriminatory' Filing
• Brazil Energy Auction To Spur 66 New Wind Projects
• UK's Petrofac Earns $300M In North Sea Oil Services Deals
• Investing In Africa BIT By BIT
• NY Bill Would Allow State To Issue $5B In Enviro Project Debt
• Chapman And Cutler Snags Paul Hastings Energy Finance Pro
• Deals Rumor Mill: Amgen, Panasonic, Direct Edge
• Financing Chinese Petrochemical Projects — Sponsor's Take
• Gas Co. Pushes 2nd Circ. To Undo NY Fracking Loss
• Jordan Approves Plans For 1st Nuclear Reactor
• EOS Inks $200M Deal For Buccaneer Alaska Oil Project Stakes
• Regs, Gas Prices To Shutter 60 GW Of Coal Power: Study
• Pa. Towns Push For Prevailing Wage Reform Bills
• Barrick Nets $300M In Sale Of Australian Gold Mines
• Army Corps Eases Flows From Fla.'s Lake Okeechobee
• PetroVietnam Gets $141M Loan For $1.7B Power Plant Project
• Panda Power Grabs Gas-Fired Plant Near Marcellus Formation
• US Fracking Rules A Must, Former DOI Secretary Salazar Says
• FirstEnergy Units Settle $1B W.Va. Power Plant Transaction
• Landowner Can't Bar Keystone From Repairing Pipeline
• $1B Utility Line Needs More Gov't Review, Lawmakers Say
• Texas Coal Plant Permit Fight Dropped Amid Finance Woes
• BSEE Rule Toughens Offshore Oil Production System Regs
• Rosneft, ExxonMobil Seek LNG Contractor
• 3rd Circ. Frees Pa. Coal Plant Operators From CAA Suit
• Ill. Regs OK Landmark $1B Ameren Transmission Line
• Mexican Infrastructure Development — Watch This Space
• Deals Rumor Mill: TPG, Blackstone, AIG
• Rainmaker Q&A: Dickinson Wright's Harlan Robins
• Fracking Gag Orders For Kids Go Too Far
• DOI Tells Fed. Circ. New Drilling Regs Didn't Breach Lease
• NY Judge Punts Argentine Oil Co.'s Suit Against Repsol
• Calif. Gov. Says Judge's Ruling Won't Derail $68B Bullet Train
• Enviros Want Construction Halted On $1B Power Line
• Key Energy Legislation To Watch This Fall
• Feds Owe Fla. $1.6B For Enviro Projects, Gov. Scott Says
• Indian Point Unit Can Operate During NRC License Review
• Wash. Wind Farm To Buy Siemens Turbines
• 3rd Circ. Says CAA Doesn't Preempt State Pollution Claims
• Tutor-Led Venture Wins $1B Contract For Calif. Rail Project
• BHP Billiton Thaws Spending Freeze With $2.6B Investment
• Mayer Brown Lands Deals Wiz From Allen & Overy In NY
• PE-Backed Meritage Midstream Buys Wyo. Natural Gas Co.
• US Beats Another Enviro Suit Over $2.2B Mojave Solar Plant
• Dubai Authority Details Plans For 1,200-MW Clean Coal Plant
• Calif. Clears The Air For Significance Thresholds
• Australian Appeals Court Shoots Down $40B LNG Project
• Fla. DOT Awards $5M In Freight Transportation Grants
• Techint Units To Build $1B Gas Power Plant In Mexico
• Wyo. Lawmakers Push For Federal Fracking Rule Exemptions
• Apollo, Freepoint Sink $110M Into New Offshore Energy Co.
• ConocoPhillips Nets $600M Unloading Stake In T&T Gas Plant
• OMV Pays $2.65B For Statoil North Sea Oil, Gas Stakes
• Petrobras Rakes In $2.1B Through Oil, Gas Asset Sales
• Panda Power To Build 859-MW Power Plant In Md.
• Pa. AG Takes Up Harrisburg Incinerator Investigation
• Funder Of Calif. Arena Petition Revealed In Loeb & Loeb Row
• New Zealand Walks Back Ambitious Carbon Reduction Target
• More Info Needed To Limit Keystone's Enviro Impact, DOI Says
• Pa. Supreme Court Will Hear Philly Senior Housing Appeal
• BLM To Auction Rocky Mountains Land For Solar Projects
• Formosa To Sink $1.15B Into Aussie Iron Ore Project
• Duke Energy Acquires 4.5-MW Solar Project In San Francisco
• Pa.'s New 'Oil And Gas Lease Act' Is Here. More To Come?
• $5B Honolulu Railway Violates Fed. Law, 9th Circ. Hears
• NJ Gov. Commits $135M To Post-Sandy Affordable Housing
• Coal Company Loses Bid For Damages In Pipeline Row
• 9th Circ. Says Shell Project Doesn't Need Air Quality Review
• Turkmenistan Launches $2B Seaport, Tourist Project
• Ind. Utility Gets OK For $511M Enviro Upgrades To Plants
• Predrilling Efforts Can Extend Fracking Leases, Judge Says
• Apache Agrees To $214M Sale Of Canadian Oil, Gas Assets
• Telefonica Named Top Bidder For $2.3B UK Meter Contract
• Fluor Gets Nod To Begin Building $1.3B Dominion Gas Plant
• Limestone Co. Sues To Block $300M Gas Pipeline On Its Land
• Energy Cos. Weigh Promise Of Mexico's Oil Reforms
• Coal Power Giving Way To Gas In Pa. As Enviro Rules Tighten
• Coast Guard Vet Is Named To Lead Offshore Drilling Agency
• Ind. Justice Refuses To Step Down From Gas Contract Case
• The Cost, And Ethics, Of Doing (Legal) Business
• DOI Focuses On Public Lands In Renewable Energy Push
• Baker Botts Ramps Up Energy Practice With New Rio Office
• Nev. Tribe Forms JV To Build 1.5GW In Renewable Projects
• Gold Financiers To Merge As Metal's Price Drop Stings
• Elon Musk's Hyperloop Would Hit CEQA Speed Bumps
• FERC Judge's Ruling Will Spark Transmission Rate Fights
• DC Circ. Orders NRC To Finish Reviewing Nuclear Waste Site
• Utility Seeks Go-Ahead To Build 150-MW Wind Farm In ND
• Ikea To Buy Irish Wind Farm In $2.3B Clean Energy Push
• How Calif. Wrongly Decided Ceres V. Stanislaus County
• Houston Astrodome Renovation Will Be Decided By Voters
• BOEM Gives Enviro Approval To 1st Hydrokinetic Project
• Deals Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Onyx, Steinway
• Argonaut Puts Up $187M In Assets For Compressor Co. Stake
• EPA Nixes Industry Challenge To Biofuel Diesel Standard
• Brazil Delays Bidding For $17.8B High-Speed Train Project
• Steptoe Lures 5 Energy, Enviro Attys From Jackson Kelly
• Pa. Rep. Seeks To Repeal New Gas Lease-Pooling Law
• Blackstone's Sithe Pulls Out Of $835M Guyana Hydro Project
• Mexico Unveils Oil Reforms To Lure Private Sector
• Latham Reps Calumet In ND, Mont. Crude Oil Asset Buy
• Hot Deals Market In Africa Drawing BigLaw Manpower
• France, Norway Energy JV Wins $3.5B In Petrobras Contracts
• TransCanada Firms Up Rates With NGTL Pipeline Shippers
• NGP Closes $65M Investment In Midland Basin Developer
• White House Urges More Investment In US Electric Grid
• Renewable Fuel Revisions No Panacea For Biofuel Projects
• Transocean Claims $5.2B In Contract Backlog For 2013
• Officials Offer Plan To Fund Orlando Soccer Stadium
• DOI Proposes To Clarify Federal Coal Royalty Payments
• New Banking Guidance May Impact Leveraged Lending
• Dutch Driller Secures €1B In Brazil Pipe-Laying Contracts
• Break Out The Crystal Ball To Evaluate Your Project
• Municipal Issuers, Check Your Math
• EPA Carbon Authority Cemented By DC Circ. Ruling
• Kinder Morgan, MarkWest JV Will Develop Gas Plant, Pipeline
• K&L Gates Bolsters Singapore Office With Energy, M&A Pros
• MarkWest Can't Toss Evidence Ruling Over Pa. Plant Permit
• Enterprise Products Can't Dodge ETP Pipeline Deal Suit
• Exxon, Imperial Pay $720M For Conoco Canadian Oil Field
• Keep Watch Of Calif.'s Health Care Construction Bill
• Troutman Nabs Ex-Winston & Strawn Tax Pro In Chicago
• Bracewell Partner Joins Haynes And Boone's Energy Team
• LA Council Backs Law To Lower Infrastructure Bond Hurdle
• GE Takes First Solar Stake Under New Tech Partnership
• Gibson, US Development Group To Build Alberta Rail Terminal
• Chesapeake In Talks To Drop Some Embattled NY Gas Leases
• DOE Greenlights 3rd LNG Foreign Export License
• World Bank Injects $340M Into African Hydropower Project
• Calif. Light Rail Ruling Makes For Thornier Enviro Reviews
• Texas Passes Road Funding, Ends Legislative Session
• Shell's Spill Response Plans Withstand Enviros' Challenge
• Deals Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Rio Tinto, Globe Tower
• DOE Should Eye Climate Impact Of LNG Exports, Report Says
• Ex-Cadwalader Atty Conspiracy Suit To Proceed In NY Court
• Barrick Hit With Another Suit Over $8.5B Chilean Mine
• Orlando Venues Seek Millions In Orange Co. Tourism Funds
• Gas Group Urges DOE To Snuff Gulf LNG Export Bid
• Potash Giant K+S Sticks To $4B Project Despite Sector Woes
• EPA Agrees To Update Oil Refinery Emissions Rule By 2015
• Siemens Scores $967M Contract For Saudi Power Plant
• Rainmaker Q&A: Goodwin Procter's Gil Menna
• Landowners Lose Class Cert. Bid In Oil, Gas Royalties Suit
• Blue Earth Announces $20M Solar Projects Deal
• Fla. Allows DEF To Charge Customers For Failed Nuke Projects
• Husch Blackwell Nabs FERC Pro For Energy Compliance Team
• World Bank Unit Puts $150M Into Colombian Infrastructure
• GDF Suez Partners With Marubeni On Portugal Power Assets
• Neb. High Court Says Wind Tax Credit Is Constitutional
• Calif. High Court Denies Attempt To Halt Expo Line Extension
• Banks Back $112M Loan For Swedish Wind Project
• ADB Injects $410M Into Vietnamese Road Project
• Japan's Marubeni Takes $132M Stake In Irish Renewables Co.
• Rainmaker Q&A: Lindquist & Vennum's Frank Bennett
• Senators Seek $415M To Restore Lake Tahoe
• GE Energy To Pour $42M Into Indian Hydro-Power Project
• FERC Grants License To $39M Alaskan Hydro Project
• Bipartisan Sens. Look To Revamp Hydropower Regulations
• Keppel Secures $200M Oil Rig Contract For Mexico Project
• Calif. Water Group Settles $400M Desalination Project Row
• Enviros Score Big Win In Purchasing Doc Row With Mining Co.
• 8 Vinson & Elkins Attys Form Pipeline-Focused Boutique
• Duke Energy Cancels Plans For $25B Fla. Nuclear Plant
• Gazprom, Total To Invest $130M In Bolivian Oil Field
• UK To Invest $100 Million For Offshore Wind Development
• Enviros Sue To Block Port Authority Bayonne Bridge Raising
• TransCanada OKs $12B Crude Pipeline To Eastern Canada
• BrightSource Snags Pair Of Chinese Solar Contracts
• Noteworthy Changes To Wash. Model Toxics Control Act
• Dechert Steers Sputtering Miner Mechel To $425M Asset Sale