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Project Finance - May, 2014

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• OMV Invests $681M In Tunisia Natural Gas Project
• DOE Changes The Game For LNG Export Project Reviews
• EPA Strikes Deal With Enviros Over Sulfur Dioxide Deadlines
• Texas Supreme Court Cases To Watch For This Summer
• SABIC, SK Global Ink $595M Plastics Joint Venture Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Telefonica, Element Financial, Kinross
• Total to Draw Back on Alberta Joslyn Oil Sands Mine
• Okla. Lowers Oil And Gas Well Production Tax
• DC Circ. Blocks EPA's Air Emissions Permitting Directive
• NY, NJ Transit Agencies Land $234M In Sandy Relief Funds
• GDF Suez Subsidiary Spends $335M To Acquire Avista Unit
• Total Sells Stake In $28B Caspian Gas Project For $1.5B
• Hong Kong Group's $2.2B Bid Wins Over Envestra Board
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Michael Best's Mary Turke
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Husch Blackwell's Hayley Hanson
• Can Bankrupt Law Firms Claw Back 'Unfinished Biz' Profits?
• Big Federal Push For Expediting Infrastructure Projects
• DOD, SunZia Agree To Bury Power Lines Near Missile Range
• Army Corps Backs $1B Los Angeles River Restoration Plan
• Troutman Nabs 5 More K&L Gates Attys For Real Estate Team
• What To Watch For As White House Unveils Carbon Rules
• EPA Appeals Board Nixes Fracking Waste Well Challenge
• Aussie Offshore Oil Permits Could Net $372M In Investments
• DOE Mulls Scrapping Conditional LNG Export Approvals
• Advice From Counsel: The Emerging E-Discovery Playbook
• BHP Billiton Clinches More LNG For Its Chile Copper Mine
• Top NY Court Set To Shine Spotlight On Local Fracking Bans
• Laredo Lands $130M In PE Funding For Drilling Program
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Stewart Bernstiel's Bernstiel
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Whyte Hirschboeck's Gina Carter
• FERC OKs $149M TransAlta Settlement In Calif. Energy Crisis
• Is It Time To Increase Your Billing Rates?
• High-Stakes Litigators Can Cost $1,500 An Hour
• GCs Question If Partners Are Worth The Cost
• BigLaw Hourly Rates Dwarf Rivals' Across The Board
• Port Authority Again Delays Vote On $1.2B In 3 WTC Funding
• Former Pa. Officials Testify Against Corbett's Drilling Plan
• DOE Puts Up $217M Match For Fluor's Nuclear Technology
• 5 Insights From Ingram Micro's Lily Hughes
• Apollo Invests $500M In Energy Deal With CSV Midstream
• ConocoPhillips Can't Ax Challenge To Alaska Drilling Permit
• Akin Gump Reps Hannon In $107M Clean Energy Acquisition
• $272M Alaska Rail Project Survives Enviro Challenge
• A Long Time Coming: EPA Cooling Water Rule Settles
• US Pushing For Wind Power Investments Near NY, NJ Coast
• Weir Drops Metso Stock-Swap Takeover Bid After Snub
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Kilpatrick's Mehrnaz Boroumand
• Deals Rumor Mill: LA Clippers, Alstom, Ontario Teachers
• SunPower, Xcel Energy To Build Colo. Solar Plant
• McCarthy Reps Spartan On $90M Oil Asset Buy
• NJ Moves To Repeal Cap-And-Trade Regs
• Ex-Kleinberg Kaplan Deals Pro Returns To Haynes And Boone
• DOE Says $7.7B Nuke Project Falls Short On Cost Controls
• Rio Tinto, Chinalco Ink $20B Deal With Guinea For Iron Mine
• Chinese Solar Co. Plans $774M Share Sale, Name Change
• Aussie Agency Warns Against AGL's $1.4B Macquarie Buy
• A 'Prisoner's Dilemma' For Issuers And Underwriters
• EPA Should Halt Power Plant Rules, GOP Senators Say
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Barnes & Thornburg's McGee
• 5 Insights From MetLife General Counsel Ricardo Anzaldua
• Enviros Sue DOI For Greenlighting Coal Mine Expansion
• UK Creates Fracking Compensation Scheme For Landowners
• EPA Power Plant Rules Should Be Delayed, Senators Say
• EPA Selenium Shift Heralds Steep Drop In CWA Suits
• Deals Rumor Mill: Areva, ADM, Roberto Cavalli
• NY Gets $600M Chunk Of Storm Funding For Infrastructure
• Total, Lukoil Form JV To Develop Siberian Shale Oil Field
• India Exim Bank Gives $100M For Nigerian Energy Projects
• Pa. Gov. Ends Moratorium For Gas Leases On State Land
• Developer Of $320M Ice Center Froze Out Partners, Suit Says
• Southern Unit, Turner Buy 50-MW Plant From First Solar
• Pulling Up Stakes: Nixon, Barnes & Thornburg, Ulmer
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Shearman's Antonia Stolper
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Keating Muething's Rachael Rowe
• EPA Coal Rules Will Hook The Country On Natural Gas
• $477M Sacramento Kings Arena Hit With Enviro Challenge
• Beckham Group Unveils New Plan For Waterfront Stadium
• NJ Assembly Urges Christie To Rejoin Regional GHG Pact
• 5 Insights From Hewlett-Packard GC John Schultz
• Senate Clears $12.3B Water Bill With 91-7 Vote
• Tribal Treaty Can't Block Enbridge's $2.6B Pipeline
• EPA Greenlights Dow's $3B Gas-Processing Plant In Texas
• EBRD Pledges $172M For Modernization Of Egypt's Railroads
• Pebble Mine Sues EPA For Preapplication Block On Permits
• Dem Sens. Urge Obama To Rethink New Plant Emissions Rule
• LA Subway Line Project To Receive $2.1B Federal Lift
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Cohen & Gresser's Bromberg
• Helios Pushes NY For Quick Decision On Coal Plant Restart
• Polymetal Pays $619M For Pair Of Kazakh Gold Deposits
• Wind In The Sails Of Energy Projects After Cape Wind
• $300M Wrigley Field Revamp To Move Ahead Amid Legal Threat
• Sanchez Energy Drops $639M For Shell Eagle Ford Assets
• 6th Circ. Revives Sierra Club Suit Over Ethanol Plant
• Russia, China Ink Long-Awaited Gas Deal Worth Up To $400B
• Florida Gov. Campaigns To Promote $1B More Port Funding
• The Trial Lawyer's Guide To A Winning Direct Examination
• EPA Sets Stage For Federal Fracking Framework
• NJ Utility Board OKs PSE&G's $1B Grid Resilience Project
• Capital One Invests $100M In SolarCity Fund
• Noble, Woodside Scrap $2.6B Israel Gas Field Deal
• 5 Insights From Caterpillar Chief Legal Officer Jim Buda
• Orlando Sues Church To Take Land For $85M Soccer Stadium
• US Cuts Recoverable Oil Estimates At Monterey Shale By 96%
• Regulators Playing Catchup With Energy Boom, Execs Say
• Oil Field Developer Can't Break Up Investor Class
• Deals Rumor Mill: Alstom, PHH, Helios
• $477M Sacramento Kings Arena Scores Final City Approvals
• Rio Alto To Pay $274M To Acquire Rival Gold Mining Co.
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Blank Rome's Linsey Bozzelli
• Calif. County Approves Ban On Fracking
• Deals Rumor Mill: Commerzbank, Repsol, Wencor
• EPA's Cooling Water Rule Invites Industry-Enviro Clashes
• Miami-Dade Chooses Aecom To Oversee $2B Sewer Project
• New Rule For Hazmat Railcars On The Way, House Panel Hears
• The No-Nonsense New Yorker: Justice Jeffrey K. Oing
• 5 Insights From Prudential General Counsel Susan Blount
• CORRECTED: $200M Orlando Magic Complex Gets Planning Panel's Nod
• House Overwhelmingly Passes Updated Water Projects Bill
• Bakken Oil OK For Rail Transport, Industry Group Says
• Blackstone Seeks Permit For $1.2B Green Power Line
• Enterprise Products Contests Jury's $319M Pipeline Verdict
• Lawmakers Grill FERC Chair Nominee Over Tough Enforcement
• SemGroup Unit To Build Natural Gas Pipeline In Canada
• Steelers, Authority Reach Deal Over $42M Stadium Expansion
• Ray LaHood Heads From DOT To Investment Firm Meridiam
• NY AG Wants Utilities To Address Climate Change Risks
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Troutman Sanders' Amie Colby
• 5 Insights From Microsoft Deputy GC David Howard
• EPA Cooling Water Rule Requires New Fish Protections
• Obama To Unveil Controversial Power Plant Emissions Regs
• Beckham's MLS Stadium Will Rise At New Miami Site
• EIB Shells Out $75M For Ukraine Railway Tunnel
• Oklahoma House Approves State Labor Dept. CNG Control
• GDF Suez To Supply LNG From $6B Project To Japan Utility
• NC Bill Would Criminalize Disclosure Of Fracking Chemicals
• BLM Begins Review Of Wyo. 5K Well Oil And Gas Project
• TIAA-CREF Invests In EDF Renewable Energy Solar Project
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Zelle's Judy Langevin
• Delaware Court Grants Cert. To El Paso Pipeline Investors
• Miami-Dade Rail Link Could Be Model For Future Projects
• DOE To Pay Chevron $19M In Oil Field Asset Dispute
• Coping With Robinson Township — 5 Tips For Oil Cos.
• Texas Utility To Battle $90M Reservoir Project In Court
• FERC Reversal Tilts Playing Field For Transmission Projects
• Enviro Group Files BLM Protest Over Nevada Fracking Sale
• Oklahoma Oil Co. Shells Out $80M For Eagle Ford Stake
• Cuomo Strikes Deal With Developer To Repair NYC Pier
• IFC Pumps $200M Into Wind Power Energy Projects In Brazil
• NY Bill Would Redirect Funds For $280M 'New Capacity Zone'
• Pulling Up Stakes: Perkins Coie, McDermott, Holland & Knight
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Frost Brown Todd's Beth Naylor
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Genova's Kathleen Einhorn
• Suez JV Nabs $612M In Chinese Utility Stake Sale
• Pa. Senators Unveil Latest Natural Gas Tax Proposal
• Duke Preps Construction Of $600M Gas Plant In SC
• CORRECTED: FERC Gives Nod to Maine's Downeast LNG Import Project
• Law Practice Is Evolving Via 'Legal Project Management'
• NJ Appeals Court OKs Town Voters' Anti-Bond Referendum
• FERC Greenlights Dominion Cove Point LNG Export Facility
• FERC Says State Laws OK For Transmission Planning
• NY Bid To Undo Hudson Valley Power Bill Hikes A Longshot
• New Horizons In Solar Financing
• 5 Insights From Aetna General Counsel William Casazza
• Northern Plains Opposes Bull Mountains Mining Project
• DTE Energy Announces Pa. Pipeline Expansion
• Liability Fears, Financing Stymie EPA's Renewables Push
• Reed Smith Hooks Texas Energy Atty With Industry Chops
• EnCap Flatrock Closes $3B Midstream Fund Above Target
• Texas Developer To Build $100M Mixed-Use Complex In NC
• EIB Pledges €100M For French Highway Project
• Georgia Power To Build 3 Solar Plants For US Army
• For Solar Industry, Obama's REIT Rewrite Falls Flat
• Siemens Inks $2.1B Deal To Provide Services For Dutch Plant
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Lowenstein's Sharon Levine
• Cairn Nails Down $575M Loan For Offshore Oil Projects
• Va. Regulators OK Panda Power's $500M Power Plant
• Miami-Area Mayors Object To FPL Nuke Project Plan
• Air Quality Harm Should Bar LA Port Project, 9th Circ. Told
• P3 Attys Eye States' Potential If Feds End Highway Toll Ban
• EPA Appeals Board Clears Permit For Exxon's Baytown Plant
• IFC To Invest In First Solar's $366M Chilean Solar Project
• Colo. Ruling Bolsters State Green Energy Mandates
• Obama Aims To Speed Infrastructure Project Reviews
• Yallingup Accused Of Stiffing Consultant On Project Funds
• 5 Insights From Cisco General Counsel Mark Chandler
• EPA Greenlights $301M Texas Gas-Fired Power Plant
• Ill. Regulators OK Pipeline For $1.7B Clean Coal Project
• PPL Sued For Blocking Pa. Solar Supplier's Projects
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Kilpatrick's Audra Dial
• The World Cup Is Changing Brazil — Time To Invest
• Local Fracking Regulation Still In Play In Act 13 Case
• The Tenacious Technocrat: Judge Francis Allegra
• Seaway Initial Decision Spurns FERC Rate Holding
• AfDB Puts $1B Toward Angola Energy Sector Reforms
• Duke Energy To Build $1.5B Florida Natural Gas Plant
• Newmont Reaps $77M From Sale Of Australian Gold Mine
• $2B Grain Belt Express Gets FERC Nod For Wind Power Sales
• Highway Repair Bill Floated, But No Clear Funding Sources
• 5 Insights From MassMutual General Counsel Mark Roellig
• Pembina Sinks $460M Into NGL Infrastructure Upgrades
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Butler Snow's Christy Jones
• NJ Soccer Stadium Developer On Hook For Property Taxes
• NJ Lawmaker Says Sandy Relief Is Moving Too Slow
• Ballard Spahr Pays Homage To Late Bond Lion Rick Ballard
• Energy Users Challenge Rate Hike For $1.5B Plant Costs
• 5 Insights From UPS Chief Legal Officer Teri McClure
• Enviros Challenge US Approval Of Bridge Across Fla. Parks
• GE, Devon Energy Team Up To Develop, Deploy New Tech
• BLM Didn't Inspect High-Risk Oil And Gas Wells, GAO Says
• Low-Carbon Future Will Cost $44T, IEA Report Says
• EU Puts Up €750M For Trans-European Energy Projects
• Kenya, China Sign $3.6B Finance Deal For Nairobi Railway
• Energy Boom Tests State Eminent Domain Laws
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Meyer Suozzi's Lois Schlissel
• Statoil Nets $200M In Sale Of Angola Offshore Stake
• Texas Quakes Unlikely To Spur Tough New Drilling Laws
• $1.6B Miami-Dade Sewer Dispute Won't Flow Back To Court
• Constellium, UACJ To Build $150M Ky. Aluminum Plant
• Miami OKs Controversial $600M Hotels, Marina Project
• Wal-Mart, Apple, Google Join Obama's Clean Energy Push
• EPA To Consider Fracking Disclosure Mandates
• With SEC Petition, Enviros Test New Way To Fight Projects
• NY Mining Law Doesn't Trump Fracking Bans, Experts Say
• IGas Set To Drop $198M On Australia's Dart Energy
• Essar Energy Shareholders OK $1.5B Hostile Takeover Bid
• Balancing The Cost Of Legal Research Investments
• ShawCor Ponies Up $260M For Pipeline Test Services Co.
• Deals Rumor Mill: Allergan, Alstom, Seven Generations
• Chile's Enviro Authority Approves Abengoa's $1B Solar Plant
• Canadian Regulators Say $7B Dam Will Harm Environment
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Frandzel Robins' Pat Trendacosta
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Kasowitz's Linda Kornfeld
• Pulling Up Stakes: Dinsmore, Dorsey, DLA Piper
• Beckham Mulls New Stadium Site Amid Mounting Opposition
• Edwards Wildman Works On $201M Miami Tunnel Bond Deal
• EU Invests €419M In Polish Transportation Upgrades
• TransCanada Sketches Out Substitute Canadian Gas Pipeline
• SEC Ends Chesapeake Probe Over Ex-CEO's Gas Well Perk
• Nev. Tribe Wins Approval For 200-MW Solar Project
• Republican Sens. Ask EPA To End Fracking Investigation
• House Panel OKs Bill That Could Hasten Keystone Approval
• Hong Kong Group Values Envestra At $2.2B In Takeover Bid
• Latham & Watkins Reps Freeport-McMoRan In $1.4B Deal
• Shanghai Electric To Pay $555M For Italian Energy Co. Stake
• Queensland Greenlights Adani's $15.5B Coal Mining Project
• A Complete Paradigm Shift In Chinese Outbound Investments
• Parliament Panel Finds Fracking 'Urgently Needed' In UK
• 5 Insights From Sprint General Counsel Charlie Wunsch
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Brinks' Laura Beth Miller
• EIB Pledges Another $278M For Turkish Rail Project
• Rebuttal: Mandatory Pro Bono Is Needed
• DOE Commits Up To $141M For Offshore Wind Power
• Atlas Puts Up $420M For Colorado Oil Reserves
• Mich. House Panels OK Road Improvement Funding Package
• Miami-Dade Slams Bid To Reopen $1.6B Sewer Deal
• SkyPower JV Inks Deal For $5B Solar Projects In Nigeria
• Cimarex Inks $497M Deal For Okla. Oil, Gas Assets
• For $1.26B, Repsol Unloads Most Of Stake In Argentina's YPF
• Ill., Ind. Solidify Details For $1.51B Highway Project
• Pa. Sen. Pushes Severance Tax, New Fracking Protections
• Pa. County Signs Off On $8M Drilling Plan For Public Park
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Munsch Hardt's Deborah Perry
• Encana Drops $3.1B For Piece Of Oil-Rich Eagle Ford
• 5 Insights From News Corp. GC Gerson Zweifach
• NJ, NY Govs. To Form Port Authority Reform Panel
• Sierra Club Asks Texas Court To Rehear Waste License Case
• Elder Statesman Of The Capital Court: Judge Paul Friedman
• EBRD Lends Ukraine €200M For Road Modernization Project
• Miami-Dade Mayor Suggests Site For Beckham's MLS Stadium
• Sen. Rockefeller Fires Up Pair Of Clean Coal Bills
• Enviros Fed Up With EPA's Temporary Cross-Border Air Rules
• Vinson & Elkins, Simpson Thacher Rep Sabine In Forest Buy
• EPA Watchdog To Investigate Pebble Mine Impact Report
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Blank Rome's Carol Joseph
• A Reminder To Challenge Unclear Bid Specifications Prebid
• Kinder Morgan Sinks Another $671M Into CO2 Projects
• 5 Insights From Archer Daniels Midland GC Cameron Findlay
• Think Like A Screenwriter: 5 Tips For Trial Lawyers
• Deal Struck In Row Over $6.4B Philly Airport Expansion
• 7 Questions For NRG's Top Deals Atty Brian Curci
• Williams Plant Will Spend $2M To Reduce Emissions
• Mass., Others Dodge Challenge To Wind Power Project
• 5 Insights From AIG General Counsel Tom Russo
• Enbridge Gets OK To Pursue Land Seizures For Ill. Pipeline
• China's Baosteel Drives $1.3B Bid For Aussie Iron Ore Miner
• New Regulation Adds Questions To $1.5B Essar Energy Bid
• CFIUS Deal Bar Flouts Due Process, Ralls Tells DC Circ.
• Enviro Groups Block Planned Calif. Highway Project
• Judge Voids Lease For $4M Pa. Range Drilling Project
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bracewell's Dee Martin
• HudBay Extends Augusta Takeover Bid After Poison Pill Vote
• Memorial Production Puts Up $935M For Wyoming Oil Assets
• Texas Rulings Could Ease Permit Battles At TCEQ
• BP's $24M Win On Well Title Defects Sticks To Chesapeake
• Fla. Legislature Approves New Process For Stadium Funding
• Fracking Revolution Imperils US Renewable Energy Future
• White House To Renominate FERC Commissioner LaFleur
• GOP Sen. Floats Bill To Slash Energy Tax Credits
• SF Energy Co. Pays $125M For Major Stake In Texas Wind Farm
• D&O Insurance Roadblocks In Bankruptcy Are Unwarranted
• Canadian Solar Gets $105M From Nat'l Bank For Solar Plants
• Pa. Oversight Body Advances Flat-Fee Fracking Plan
• Berkshire's Energy Unit Drops $2.9B On Canadian Power Co.
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fine Kaplan's Bobbi Liebenberg
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hiscock's Connie Cahill
• Pulling Up Stakes: Latham, Choate Hall, Dorsey
• BASF Mulls Spending €1B For Gulf Coast Gas-Fired Plant
• Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Inosi Nyatta
• Fed. Claims Court Axes Challenge To Million-Acre Mining Ban
• Latham & Watkins Atty Approved As Asst. Interior Secretary
• First Wind Gets $369M From KeyBank For Maine Wind Project
• Bird Group Picks Legal Fight Over Eagle Death Permits
• Keystone Vote Looms As Sens. Rally Around Pipeline Bill
• How Obama's Highway Toll Bill Would Affect PPP Activity
• Va. Scores $2B Federal Loan For Dulles Rail Project
• PSE&G, NJ Nail Down $1.22B Grid Upgrade Deal
• Sinopec Acquires 15% Stake In Canadian LNG Project
• Pebble Mine Group Takes On EPA Permit Veto Process
• Colo. Gov. Set To Sign Advanced-Industry Tax Break Bills
• EQT Corp. Inks $1.2B Deal For Gas Gathering System
• Mexico Outlines Regs To Govern Oil Reforms
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: BatesCarey's Maria Enriquez
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McManis' Sharon Kirsch