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Energy - March, 2010

215 articles

• DOJ OKs Baker Hughes, BJ Merger With Divestitures
• SemGroup Litigation Trust Seeks $56M Recovery
• SEC Inks 3rd Deal In SemGroup Insider Trading Probe
• Chevron Awarded $700M In Ecuador Arbitration Feud
• EnCana Wants Out Of $6M Xtreme Oil Rig Suit
• FERC's Latest Take On Civil Penalties
• Lugar Seeks Support For Bipartisan Climate Plan
• Calif. Court Hoses Pollution Suit Over PacifiCorp Dams
• White House Opens New Areas For Offshore Drilling
• Questar Defense Survives Assault In CAA Suit
• Trident Plan Proposes $800M Debt Reduction
• Can An RTO's Performance Be Measured?
• Total SA's Liability For Erika Tanker Spill Upheld
• Pacific Ethanol Seeks To Unload Debt, Keep Plants
• Murkowski Presses EPA For Details On GHG Rules
• Emery Gas Royalties Dispute Survives Dismissal Bid
• Claims, Damages Pared In TVA Coal Ash Spill Suit
• EPA To Crack Down On GHG Emissions In 2011
• Hot Fuel Judge Rebuffs Oil Groups' Bid To Keep Docs
• GAO Sees Pros & Cons Of Cap-And-Trade Options
• Shell Sheds NZ Gas Stations, Refinery For $490M
• Skadden Counsels Sinopec In $2.5B Angola Purchase
• Addressing The NYC Capacity Market
• Linn Energy Picks Up Permian Basin Gas Field For $305M
• Arch Coal Mountaintop Mine An Enviro Threat: EPA
• Federated Not Liable For Gas Leak Coverage: 7th Circ.
• GE Appeals Arbitration In $3.8M Turbine Repair Spat
• $42M Verdict Against BP Stands In Suit Over Plant Sale
• Chinese Oil Co. Says Ex-Worker Took Daimler Bribes
• Coastal Sens. Take Issue With Offshore Drilling Proposal
• Calif. GHG Allowances Should Be Free: Schwarzenegger
• Chesapeake, Schlumberger Settle La. Toxic Spill Claims
• White Energy To Pay $13M To End Spat With Creditor
• Greenwich Not Liable For Gas Well Blowout: 3rd Circ.
• Schlumberger To Pay $1B For France's Geoservices
• Alaska House Gives Boost To Gas Pipeline Project
• Italy Fines ButanGas, Liquigas €22M Over LPG Cartel
• Conoco FMLA Plaintiffs Appeal Loss To 9th Circ.
• El Paso Natural Gas To Appeal Uranium Cleanup Loss
• White House Sets Sights On Sustainable Hydropower
• Herbert Smith Snags Linklaters Energy Finance Duo
• In The EPA Crosshairs: Energy Extraction
• Latham Represents CCMP Capital In $345M Energy Deal
• House Panel OKs Electric Grid Safety Upgrade
• BG, CNOOC Strike 20-Year, $70B LNG Supply Deal
• Alstom UK Offices Raided in Bribery Probe
• Defendants Pan SEC's 'Feeble' Insider Trading Case
• Delta-T Flubbed $100M Ethanol Plant In Miss.: Suit
• Bosque Power Fires Up Ch. 11 Petition
• Suit Over Pipeline Hazard To Coal Mine Survives
• Legislators Fight To Revive Yucca Nuclear Waste Plan
• Mining Cos. Appeal Invalidation Of Army Corps Permit
• Chevron Evades Sanctions In Suit Over Ohio Refinery
• Conoco To Cut Lukoil Stake As Part Of $10B Asset Sale
• EPA Seeks GHG Emissions Data From Oil, Gas Sector
• Babcock To Purchase Rival VT Group For £1.3B
• Exxon Wins Judgment On $15M Burst Pipe Claims
• New Climate Change Guidance For Federal Agencies
• Senate Dems Demand Climate Bill Vote By End Of 2010
• Utilities, Green Groups Back Robust Forest Offsets
• Colo. Ups Renewable Energy Goal To 30% By 2020
• Whipstock, Smith International Drop Drilling IP Spat
• Power Co-Op Antitrust Suit Survives Dismissal Bid
• Senate Approves Obama Picks For Nuclear Agency
• Gilbert & Tobin Advises Arrow In $3.2B Sale To Shell
• FERC's Proposed Disclosure Of Enforcement Targets
• 16 States Rally Against EPA In GHG Regulation Feud
• USG&E Name Change In NY Blocked For Now
• Chesapeake Energy Sued Over Fatal Gas Well Blast
• DataTern Cuts SunTrust From Database Patent Suit
• Rex, Homeowners End Gas Pollution Fight For $1.9M
• DC Circ. Backs Diesel Exhaust Mining Safety Rules
• Hogan & Hartson Reps Opon In $400M Delta Deal
• From Fracking Legislation To Groundwater Litigation
• FERC Orders NERC To Close Standards Loophole
• Troutman Energy Team To Launch Portland Office
• US Suspends Oil Leases For Environmental Review
• Solar Cell Maker MEMC Loses Bid To Toss ERISA Suit
• New Trial For Boston Gas, Century In Coverage Suit
• Green Groups Fight Va.'s Bid To Block GHG Action
• Gas Cos. Go For Win In BP Propane Monopoly Suit
• Faulty Accounting Lands Ormat In Securities Flap
• PG&E Ballot Measure In Calif. Anti-Competitive: Utilities
• FERC Unveils New Civil Penalty Enforcement Guidelines
• NuStar To Pay $1.2M To Settle Monitoring Suit
• EPA Launches New Hydraulic Fracturing Probe
• Ecuadoreans Appeal Arbitration Move In Chevron Spat
• Innospec Settles Bribery, Embargo Claims For $40M
• DOI Scores $950M In Gulf Of Mexico Oil Lease Auction
• Auto Industry Group Takes EPA's Side On GHG Limits
• SEC Atty Seeks To Avoid Deposition In Fraud Suit
• Calif. Energy Officials Back Major Solar Power Project
• Schumer Pushes For Probe Of NRC Background Checks
• Return To PLAs On Federally Funded Plant Construction
• 11th Circ. OKs Trustee's Recovery Of Marathon Funds
• Troutman Advises Massey On $960M Cumberland Deal
• VeraSun, AgStar Settle 'Multitude' Of Sale Disputes
• Utility Group Aims To Revive Yucca Nuclear Waste Plan
• $100M Verdict For BP Workers Slashed In Gas Leak Suit
• EU OKs Antitrust Deal For Electricite De France
• REC Sued Over Emissions At Wash. Silicon Plant
• GOP Lawmakers Pooh-Pooh SEC Climate Directive
• Pro-Wind Governors Urge Renewable Energy Reforms
• Md. Power Cos. Hit With Wage-&-Hour Action
• Exxon, XTO Deal Secures Antitrust Clearances
• Gas Caucus Defends 'Fracking' In Face Of Probe
• Ga. High Court Gives Go-Ahead To Southstar Billing Suit
• Wyo. Says New DOI Rules Slowing Coal Leases
• Strategies In PSD Permitting Of Greenhouse Gases
• Obama Faces Backlash Over Iran Sanctions Exemptions
• EU Hands Review Of €246M Shell Sale To Greek Gov't
• Ambac's Breach Suit Against Utility Agency Survives
• Don't Put GHGs Under CAA Purview: Chamber
• ConocoPhillips Loses Fight Over Refinery Emissions
• Ponzi Schemer Gets 17.5 Years, $18M Restitution
• Conoco Unit To Pay Up For 2004 Wash. Oil Spill
• Akin, Wachtell Advise Consol On $3.5B Dominion Deal
• DOJ Scrutinizes $5.5B Baker Hughes, BJ Merger
• Evonik Sues Rivals Over Biofuel Process Patents
• US Asks CIT To Affirm BP Petroleum Import Duties
• Insurer Ruled Not Liable For Ky. Coal Dust Pollution
• Petrohawk To Sell La. Natural Gas Field For $320M
• Halliburton Liable For Cleanup Costs At 3 Texas Sites
• Apache Gets OK To Exclude Plan From Proxy Materials
• BP Seeks To Unravel Franchisees' Contract Suit
• Eagle Rock Looks To Settle Unit-Holder Class Suit
• Sierra Club Can Sue Over W.Va. Mine Pollution: Judge
• Exelon To Pay $1M To End Nuclear Plant Leak Suits
• CORRECTED: DLA Piper Hires Kaye Scholer Energy, Finance Expert
• Conference Committee Picked For Iran Sanctions Bill
• Cowboys Owner's Oil Co. Snared In $15M Fraud Suit
• Natural Gas Group Balks At EPA Plan To Curb GHGs
• Citizens United: A Congressional Opportunity
• Suit Seeks To Stop FirstEnergy Purchase Of Allegheny
• $640M Award To Transcor In Petrobras Fight Confirmed
• Chevron, Ecuador Dispute Can Be Arbitrated: Judge
• W.Va. High Court Declines To Revisit Massey Ruling
• Claims Trimmed In CAA Suit V. Midwest Generation
• Pa. Utility Commissioner Joins Buchanan Ingersoll
• AIG Unit Says It Wrongly Paid $1M For Oil Spill Cleanup
• Linklaters Represents BP In $7B Oil Deal With Devon
• XTO Gets Tax Refund Derivative Suit Tossed Over Venue
• Grain Co. Loses Appeal Of $5M Claim Against Renew
• Mont. City Ordered To Hand Over Power Plant Docs
• Ky. Oil Told To Quickly Clean PCB-Laden Trailer
• MEMC Shareholders Lose Suit Over Factory Problems
• Lugar Floats New Energy Plan Minus Cap-And-Trade
• Bat Woes On Wind Farms: Obstacles For Industry
• Howrey Int'l Dispute Team Jumps To Chadbourne
• Energy Groups Seek Exemption From OTC Reform
• NY Legislators Target Controversial Gas Drilling Method
• Citgo Liable For CWA Violations In La. Oil Spill: Judge
• Markey Calls On GAO To Examine Nuclear Plant Policy
• Supreme Court Rejects Fish Cos.' $45M Valdez Claim
• Wyo. High Court Says Powder River Plant Can Fire Up
• White House Nominates LaFleur For FERC Vacancy
• Kinder Morgan, Ethanol Co. End Plant Explosion Feud
• 10th Circ. Affirms NM Uranium Mining Permit
• EPA Chief Bashes Efforts To Delay GHG Regulations
• Jury Awards $1.2M To Oil Pipe Cleaners Over Radiation
• Ohio BP Refinery Slapped With $3M In OSHA Fines
• Shell, PetroChina Offer $3B For Aussie Gas Mining Outfit
• Inventor Retains Win In Suit Over Sulfur Test For Oil
• Climate Change Considerations Under NEPA
• SEC, Wellco Salesmen Strike Deal In Oil Venture Suit
• FERC Fines Fla. Power Grid Agency Over Blackout
• Free Speech Defense Nixed In Hot Fuel MDL
• Sage Grouse Ruling Allows For More Oil Development
• 10th Circ. Hands Win to Suncor In Pipeline Fight
• Italiana, United Coal Resolve $9M Contract Dispute
• Oasis Plans $350M IPO For Williston Basin Play
• Climate Favorable For Nuclear Revival, Attorneys Say
• Petition Over BP Alaskan Oil Unit Denied
• Halliburton, Others To Pay $4M Over Landfill Cleanup
• Exxon Solely Liable For Gas Station Cleanup: 9th Circ.
• Safety Citations Knowingly Unfounded: American Coal
• Sens. Seek To Extend Tax Breaks For Wind Projects
• BLM Must Issue Final Decision In Drilling Spat: 10th Circ.
• DOE Pulls Plan To Store Nuclear Waste At Yucca Site
• Pacific Rim Wants Out Of $6M Oil Rig Liability Suit
• Judge Clears $28.7M Deal In Ky. Gas Royalties Suit
• Climate Change Disclosures For Public Companies
• Creditors Battle Renew Energy Ch. 7 Conversion Idea
• Green Group Allowed To Intervene In PG&E Permit Suit
• Sens. Want Private Energy Projects To Buy American
• S. Africa Watchdog Urges Fines In Bitumen Probe
• Rockefeller Seeks To Delay EPA Emissions Action
• Pollution Claims Trimmed In Fla. Sewage Suit
• Utilities' Pay Records Are Proprietary Info: Fla. Court
• Sens. Put Forth $6B Home Star Energy Savings Bill
• XTO Energy Investors Move To Stop $41B Exxon Deal
• Bracewell Snags 2 Paul Hastings Energy Partners
• Sens. Aim To Restore States' Control Over LNG Sites
• 9th Circ. Stands By Nixing Of $32M BPA, Alcoa Contract
• Duke Energy Settles Va. Boiler Emissions Liability
• Full 5th Circ. To Hear Katrina Public Nuisance Case
• High Court Limits PMPA Claims From Station Owners
• Mayer Brown Nabs Energy Guru From Kirkland
• Worker Wants Collective Cert. In Conoco FLSA Suit
• Support Builds To Block EPA's GHG Finding
• Green IP: Avoiding Mistakes Of Technologies Past
• PetroBakken To Pick Up Energy Co. For $241.5M
• 2nd Circ. Revives Power Co.'s Hudson Cleanup Suit
• Supreme Court Won't Tackle MGE Gas Tax Fight
• No FERC Appeal For Pipeline Rate Contract: DC Circ.
• Citgo Wants EPA To Hand Over Docs On La. Oil Spill
• Abu Dhabi Investment Arm Sued Over Dropped Deals
• DC Circ. Won't Look At NM Oil Competition Claims
• Suit Over Chesapeake CEO's $75M Bonus Tossed
• BP Propane Price-Fixing Suits Survive Dismissal Bids
• Star Receiver Settles Fraud Suit Against Broker
• Class Certification Sought In BP Gas Royalties Action
• Sierra Club, Others Denounce Energy-Only Climate Bill
• FTI Consulting Asks For $3M For TXCO Bankruptcy
• Energy Litigation Strategy: It's Not Just About Money