Energy Archive » August, 2009

Energy - August, 2009

167 articles

• DOE Can Split Nuclear Site Cleanup In Two: 2nd Circ.
• Chevron Claims Judge In Ecuador Case On The Take
• Wilson Sonsini Adds Baker McKenzie Energy Partner
• Oil Leader Baker Hughes To Buy BJ Services For $5B
• Kinder Morgan To Buy Crosstex Gas-Treating Assets
• TXCO, Creditors Defy Bank's Bid To Seize Rigs
• 9th Circ. Backs Feds In Sale Of Offshore Oil Leases
• Weatherford Nails Halliburton For Drill Patent Claim
• NYC, Exxon Face Off In Crucial Phase Of MTBE Trial
• Mexico To Open $600M Pipeline Plan To Private Cos.
• 2nd Circ. Says No Jurisdiction Over NRC Exemptions
• Battle Heats Up Over Pacific Energy's Alaska Assets
• Utah Seeks Fast Call On Venue Shift In Oil Leases Suit
• EPA Sues Edison Unit Over Coal-Fired Power Plants
• Energy Transfer, FERC Reach Wholesale Price Deal
• Green Group Seeks Cert For Mountaintop Mine Case
• UK Moves Against Oil-For-Food Trader
• Russian Antitrust Bureau Fines Gazprom Neft, TNK-BP
• Xcel Fails To Broaden Coverage For $120M Cleanup
• Coal Can't Be Used As Bid Bond Asset: Fed. Circ.
• Judge Hands Partial Victory To CIBC In Fraud Suit
• Class Cert. Granted In Okla. Oil Royalties Case
• Australia Gives Go-Ahead To Chevron LNG Project
• NYC Beats Out Exxon In Phase 2 Of MTBE Trial
• Schlumberger Appeals $32M DIP Approval For TXCO
• Raytec Metals To Purchase Lion Petroleum
• Suez Environnement Mulls Selling Gas Natural Stake
• 10th Circ. To Rehear Hydro Appeal Over Mine Permit
• SemGroup Ch. 11 Plan Features Settlement Offers
• Shipper Fights Columbia Gas Antitrust Suit Dismissal
• Insurers, Utilities Clash Over Explosion Coverage
• US Chamber Demands Hearing On GHG Finding
• 7th Circ. Says Apex Cleanup Not Discharged In Ch. 11
• Daewoo To Launch Aussie Unit For $93M Coal Stake
• Venture Succumbs To Centrica's Hostile Bid
• FERC Grants Hearing On New England Power Claims
• Enviros Have Standing In PacifiCorp Plant Suit: Judge
• NH High Court Pulls Oil Cos. Back Into MTBE Suit
• Oil Cos. Merge To Form Norway's 2nd-Largest
• Feds Win Extension To Respond To Oil Shale Suit
• Sierra Club's Fight Against RUS Coal Plant Approvals
• Texas 'Boiler Room' Oil Outfit Settles With SEC
• Sunoco Can't Seek Costs, Fees From US: Judge
• Renew Gets OK For Severance Pay, Just In Case
• SC Utility Shuts Off Plans For $1.3B Coal Power Plant
• Jury Begins Deliberating In Exxon MTBE Case
• GE Aims To Torpedo Arranger Liability Ruling
• Opening Act: 2 DOE Loan Guarantee Solicitations
• 10th Circ. Nixes Union Carbide Radiation Suit
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Star Gas Securities Fraud Action
• Duke Denied New Trial In Pipeline Spat With Ranch
• Georgia-Pacific On Hook For Ark. Mine Cleanup
• Coverage Spat Over Drilling Co.'s Waste Nixed
• Thompson Coburn Nabs Ex-Ambassador To Sweden
• Securities Suit Over Orion IPO Survives Dismissal Bid
• France Targets Total, Shell Over Propane Gas Sales
• State Department Issues Tar Sands Pipeline Permit
• FTC Clears Arch Coal $761M Rio Tinto Mine Buy
• Arbitration Order Nixed In La. Mineral Rights Fight
• UK Launches Crackdown On Carbon Credit Tax Fraud
• Clean Energy Patents Reach New High In Q2: Report
• Ensuring Carbon Offsets Do Their Job
• 7th Circ. Lets Wis. Gas Dealers Join Suit Over Markups
• Australia Passes Renewable Energy Bill
• Exxon, PetroChina In $41B Pact For Aussie LNG
• Turbine Debts Force Lehman Unit Into Ch. 15
• FERC, Maine Forge Deal For East Coast Tidal Power
• Creditor Loses Bid To Attach Enarsa Assets
• La. Landowners Want Class Cert. In Chesapeake Suit
• South Korea Wins Back Right To Nigeria Drilling
• Chevron Hit With Suit Over Texas Plant Emissions
• Crowell Mines Patton, EPA, DOI For 7 Enviro Attys
• Alaska Oil Industry Seeks To Toss Polar Bear Case
• DOI Take For Offshore Leases Drops To $115M In '09
• Deutsche Bank Pulls Plug On New Crude Oil Notes
• Goodyear Workers Wrongful Death Suit Survives
• K&L Gates Adds Cleantech Lawyer To IP Practice
• JPML Weighs Transfer Of Insurer, GeoStar Dispute
• Communicating Effectively When Bad News Breaks
• 2nd Circ. Hands Venezuela Win In $210M Mining Suit
• Duke Energy To Appeal Ruling In Power Plant Suit
• Bingham Scoops Up Sheppard Mullin Enviro Litigator
• Costco Settlement In Hot Fuel MDL Gets First OK
• SCE Pens Solar Power Project Deal
• DOT Proposes Fine For Sunoco Pipeline Spill
• Expansion Of Clean Energy In The US — Part II
• 1 Of 2 Claims Dumped In Chevron Oil Spill Suit
• FMC Technologies Hit With Fine Over Valve Exports
• Obama Announces Chair For Mine Safety Commission
• Pipeline, Operators To Pay $4M Over Ammonia Spills
• Shell Seeks Sanctions Against Nigerian Protestors
• Pacific Energy Seeks Asset Exchange Approval
• Australian Government Breaks Up Climate Change Bill
• 10th Circ. Remands Energy Consultant Copyright Suit
• Ohio Edison To Re-Power Plant With Biomass Fuels
• Curbing Wholesale Petroleum Market Manipulation
• Australian Senate Rejects Carbon Trade Bill
• Conergy Antitrust, Contract Claims Survive Dismissal
• Maritime Cos. Appeal Insurer's Win Over Tanker Crash
• ACCC Targets Marine Hose Makers Over Cartel
• 5th Circ. OKs SeaQuest Ch. 11 Claim Subordination
• Application Season Opens For Cleantech Tax Credit
• 5th Circ. Sends Ensco Rig Debris Suit Back To Dallas
• Exxon Pleads Guilty In 5 States' Bird Death Suits
• Yanzhou Coal Reaches $2.9B Deal For Felix
• New 18-Year Repayment Terms From Ex-Im Bank
• Mass. Greenlights 1st Major Solar Power Project
• NYC Wins First Phase In MTBE Trial Against Exxon
• 2nd Circ. Nixes FERC License For NY Hydro Plant
• Judge Refuses To Vacate Bush-Era Mining Rule
• Sinochem To Pay $877M For UK's Emerald Energy
• Wash., DOE Revise Hanford Nuclear Cleanup Plan
• Amaranth To Pay $7.5M In FERC, CFTC Settlements
• Australian Agency OKs Chevron Gorgon Enviro Plan
• Master Asset Sues Over 2006 La. Oil Refinery Sale
• Plaintiffs Want $3M In Fees In Natural Gas MDL
• Houlihan Hits Back At Judge's Scathing Ruling
• Union Pacific, Pumpelly Settle La. Oil Spill Fight
• Va. Dominion Plant's Environmental Permit Dumped
• Class Cert. Granted In Fuel Pump Skimming Scheme
• EPA Refuses To Reanalyze Waxman-Markey Bill
• CDX Disclosure Statement Wins Court Approval
• Alaskan Lawmakers Override Palin's Stimulus Veto
• Ex-Westar Execs Must Face 3rd Trial: 10th Circ.
• Texas Court Reverses Ruling On Oil Cos.' Covenant
• DOE To Revisit Transformer Efficiency Standards
• Valero OT Class Action Plaintiffs Want $100M
• Sen. Dems Want Climate Bill To Protect Manufacturers
• Exco, BG Group Strike $249M Midstream Asset Deal
• Yanzhou Coal, Felix Nearing Deal: Report
• EPA Takes Heat For Renewable-Fuel Standard Review
• NY Gov. Signs Executive Order To Reduce Emissions
• Power Transmission Cost-Sharing Plan Unfair: 7th Circ.
• DOE Grants $377M For Renewable Energy Research
• Stay Lifted In Insurance Spat Over Massey Mine Fire
• 'Cash For Clunkers' Extended
• Senate Bill Seeks To Reform Biodiesel Credit
• Clean Energy Cos. Scramble For $30B In DOE Backing
• Coal Companies Unite In $2B All-Stock Merger
• Change In The Wind Direction: BPA's 2010 Rate Case
• 9th Circ. Denies Bonneville Power's Bid For Rehearing
• Deloitte Hire Boosts Venable's Green Energy Practice
• Sierra Pacific Seeks $20M In Dam Coverage
• Exxon, DuPont Sue Alumax Over NJ Landfill Cleanup
• FTC Adopts Rule Barring Oil Market Manipulation
• White House Gives $2B Jolt To Electric Car Efforts
• Alabama Power Gets Tardy Win In Water Rights MDL
• Noble Group's $65M Bid Wins SemGroup Auction
• Chevron Stays On Hook In Landfill Contamination Suit
• Senate Weighs Carbon Incentives For Private Forests
• Bill Would Roll Back Tax Break For Hard Rock Mines
• Chevron's Bid For Legal Fee Ruling Shot Down
• IP Strategies For A Clean Energy Economy
• 401(k) Fee Case Against Edison Winnowed
• Sierra Club Asks DOJ For Criminal Probe Of Lobbyists
• Economists Urge Limits On Carbon Credit Giveaways
• Sierra Club Fights To Unplug Sunflower Power Plant
• Expansion Of Clean Energy In The US — Part I
• 5th Circ. Affirms Exxon Asbestos Case Dismissal
• Energy Partners Wins Approval For Chapter 11 Plan
• Arbitration Award In Favor Of KeySpan Stands
• Enviros To Appeal Dismissal Of Duke Energy Suit
• Davis-Lynch Attacks Inequitable Conduct Allegations
• VeraSun Plan Seeks Canceling Of Stock, Consolidation
• 3rd Circ. Revives IP Spat Over Electrical Connectors
• ConocoPhillips To Turn Over $26M To SemCrude
• NC Enacts New Oversight For Coal Ash Ponds