Energy Archive » September, 2010

Energy - September, 2010

196 articles

• 5th Circ. Moots Drilling Ban Challenge
• Another Inergy Investor Fights To Block $1.9B Merger
• EPA Hits Exxon Mobil With RCRA Toxic Waste Fine
• Electric Co-Op Gets Claim Cut In Okla. Antitrust Suit
• BP To Pay Record $15M Fine Over Texas Refinery
• ABB To Pay $58.3M For Bribing Mexican Officials
• DOI Releases New Offshore-Drilling Safety Rules
• New Hope Power Wins Suit Over 'Wetlands' Definition
• US Too Dependent On China For Minerals, Sens. Told
• Spent Nuclear Fuel Costs Skyrocket As Cases Drag On
• Penn Virginia Investor Seeks To Block $954M Deal
• Senate Bill Aims To Expand Liability For Oil Spills
• Sierra Club Wants In DTE Power Plant Emissions Suit
• MTBE Contamination Battle Spreads To Mo.
• ABB Charged With Bribing Mexican, Iraqi Officials
• Pollution Suit Against RRI Energy Unit Gets New Life
• EU Settles With ENI In Gas Monopoly Case
• US Reps Back USW Against China's Green Tech Sector
• Murphy Oil To Spend $145M Over Refineries' Pollution
• Massey Hits JSW Steel With $648M Contract Suit
• Enzi Blocks Mine Safety Bill From Senate Floor
• Westar Energy Exec Wants Records Expunged
• Special Master Appointed To Sort Out BP MDL Claims
• Morrison Ruling Applies To RICO Suits, 2nd Circ. Says
• Accusers Of Amaranth Win Class Certification
• BP Plans First Post-Spill Bond Offering
• Salazar To Decide Future Of Drilling Ban After Report
• Chesapeake Exploration Underpays Gas Royalties: Suit
• Jones Day Snags Akin Gump Trial Vet In Houston
• Novozymes Loses Bid For Ethanol Enzyme Injunction
• EPA Slaps 4 Ethanol Plant Operators With CAA Suit
• Measure To Bar EPA Carbon Rules Stalls In Senate
• Baker Hughes Fights To Keep Pacific Energy Cash
• Covanta Settles CAA Suit Over NJ Incinerator
• Salazar's Vision Countered With Skepticism At Hearing
• Alliant Unit Sued Again Over Wis. Power Plant Pollution
• Con Edison Probes Alleged Bribery Scheme
• Xcel Energy Can't Muzzle Expert In Fatal Fire Case
• Ex-Army Sgt. Pleads Guilty In Fuel Contract Scheme
• 2 Nabbed For Insider Trading On Exxon-XTO Deal
• 9th Circ. Denies Rehearing On Asarco Land Swap
• FWS Withdraws Lexam Drilling Project Approval
• Massey Energy Managers Sue To Quash Subpoenas
• Staying In Compliance With New FERC Guidelines
• Calif. Passes 33% Green Energy Rule
• 5th Circ. Tosses Expert In Benzene Exposure Suit
• Enviro Calls Out EPA On Overdue BP Plant Decision
• 10th Circ. Refuses To Halt Utah Mining Permit Process
• Chevron, Others To Pay $2M For Calif. Cleanup
• Korea National Wins Controlling Stake In UK's Dana
• Calif. Sens. Push Bill To Ratchet Up Pipeline Safety
• Ecuadoreans Argue Against Chevron Probe Into Atty
• Enterprise Faces 2nd Shareholder Suit Over $9B Deal
• Drilling Ban Threatens Obama's OMB Chief Nominee
• BP Seeks To Speed Up Venue Ruling In Coverage Spat
• What Happens If The US Ethanol Tariff Expires?
• Getty Settles MTBE Claims In 27 Lawsuits
• Enbridge To Pay Up To $60M Over Chicago Oil Spill
• SemGroup Execs To Pay $30M To Settle Fraud Charges
• Bill Targets Energy Cos. For Iran Sanctions Violations
• EPL Fails To Stick Petro With Oil Well Repairs
• Green Group Tries To Block Ariz. Gas Pipe Repairs
• Massey Challenge Of MSHA In Blast Probe Dismissed
• Chevron Wins Bid To Depose Consultant In Enviro Suit
• Ion Award Cut To $11M In Seismic Sensor Patent Suit
• Pacific Energy, Alaska Reach Deal Over Oil Leases
• Small Biz Group Wins Fees In FOIA Battle With DOE
• US Needs Green Energy Incentives, House Panel Told
• Overseas Investors Beware: Hardship May Upset Pacts
• Sharp Adds Solar Producer Recurrent For $305M
• Sens. Push For Renewable Energy Standard
• Fla. Appeals ESA Ruling In Tri-State Water Wars
• FERC Delays Look At New Intrastate Pipeline Rules
• Vectren Unit, Others To Pay $4.3M Over Ind. Cleanup
• Constellation Investors Take Another Shot At Fraud Suit
• The Central Counterparty Model In PJM RTO Structure
• Mining Group Seeks Halt To Tighter EPA Permit Rules
• China Tops List Of FCPA Hot Spots
• Kirkland Files $24M Fee Application In Flying J Case
• Creditors Lose Battle To Dilute EBG Lender Protections
• BP Fights Insurers Over Venue For Gulf Coverage Spat
• US Appeals $68.8M Hit In Aviation Fuel Case
• McMoRan To Buy Gulf Exploration Assets For $818M
• Chevron Asks To Join Fight Over Seismic Surveys
• Kerr-McGee Owes US $23M Over Royalty Shortage
• How To Stem Risks In Sea Of Uncertainty Over Drilling
• Brooklyn Oil Refiner To Pay $1.5M For EPA Cleanup
• EPA Launches Pollution Probe Of Texas BP Refinery
• Shell Not Liable For Human Rights Abuses: 2nd Circ.
• Senate Votes Down Biodiesel Tax Credit Extension
• US Withholding Docs On BP Spill Rates, Enviro Claims
• Discovery Closed In $27B Enviro Suit Against Chevron
• Tipping The Balance Against Retroactive NSR Action?
• 5th Circ. Undoes Noble Loss In $50M Rig Damage Suit
• Mexican States Join In Deepwater Horizon Litigation
• Consol To Pay $1.4M To End Coal Mining Pollution Suit
• NM Uranium Mining Case Appealed To High Court
• 5th Circ. OKs Toss Of Gas-Rate Tampering Suit V. ETP
• SC River Cleanup To Exceed Contract Costs, GAO Says
• GE, Enviros Press For Renewable Energy Bill Passage
• Stay On $53M Ruling Upheld In Spent Nuclear Fuel Suit
• $2B Inergy Merger Would Shortchange Investors: Suit
• PPL, E.ON Settle Energy Suppliers' Merger Worries
• AEP Off Hook In Natural Gas Price-Fixing Suit
• NRG To Buy Green Mountain Energy For $350M
• IP Fraud Trial Against Headwaters Ends In $7M Verdict
• Dodd-Frank And The Future Of The Carbon Market
• Texas, Manufacturers Want Halt Of EPA's GHG Rules
• U.S. Drops Case Against Last Nigerian Barge Defendant
• DOI Orders Energy Cos. To Decommission 'Idle Iron'
• 'Foreign-Squared' Plaintiffs Ousted From Alstom Suit
• Poland Picks Energa Buyer Despite Antitrust Concerns
• La. Goes After Transocean Over Deepwater Horizon
• 9th Circ. Limits Electronic Search In MLB Steroid Case
• Pa. Families Sue Over Alleged Fracking Contamination
• Okla. Gas Royalty Owners Seek Cert. In BP Action
• Oil Rig Helicopter Cos. Beat Price-Fixing Class
• Salazar And Far-Reaching Changes At BOEMRE
• DOT Pledges Higher Fines For Pipeline Safety
• CFTC Fines Vitol $6M For Market Disclosure Failure
• Oil, Gas Cos. Hang On To Tax Deduction
• Chevron Settles Suit Over Oil Leakage In Calif.
• Winstead Adds Thompson & Knight Corporate Pro
• BP, Others Want Deepwater Claims Sent To Escrow 1st
• DOI Wants Extra $66M To Fund Offshore Drilling Reform
• Mirant Can't Escape Md. Landfill Leaching Suit
• When Cloud Computing Meets E-Discovery Obligations
• DOJ Expects To Bring Civil Suit Over Gulf Spill
• SemCrude Gets OK For $1.8B Claims Estimate
• MMX To Sell $2.2B Stock To Back Deal For Port Project
• Shareholders Sue Over $9B Enterprise Deal
• Japan Fights Canada's Solar Power Subsidies At WTO
• National Oilwell To Buy Oil Ship Tech Firm For $500M
• Sustaining Renewable Energy And Carbon Markets
• 9th Circ. Upholds Chevron Win In Protester Killing Case
• NTSB Begins Probe Of Fatal Calif. Gas Pipeline Blast
• 9th Circ. Nixes Challenge To Calif. Gas Pipeline
• Fed. Circ. Revives Wind Energy Patent Dispute
• DOI Loses Bid To Kill $173M Pipeline Contract Spat
• Fulbright Lures FERC Guru From Skadden
• Sierra Club Sues Alliant Unit Over Wis. Power Plants
• Is Fracking The Next MTBE (Or Worse)?
• Alaska Gov. Says DOI Illegally Banned Arctic Drilling
• US Steelworkers Target China Over Green Tech Aid
• EPA Taps Energy Firms For Fracturing Data
• Kleen Energy Faces More Suits Over Fatal Plant Blast
• Enviro Denied Quick Win In PG&E Water Pollution Spat
• Exxon Refinery Sued Over Dust Cloud Release In La.
• Oil Exec's Assets Frozen In $17M Fraud Suit
• Chevron Hit With Antitrust Suit From Gas Wholesaler
• Ill. Law Too Vague To Sustain CAA Suit: 7th Circ.
• Vinson, Baker Botts Advise In $300M Targa IPO
• 2 Things To Learn From English Patents Court
• Caribbean Petroleum's Ch. 11 Will Stay in Del.
• Exxon To Pay Up To $5.5M For La. Superfund Site
• National Coal Settles Suit Over Selenium Discharges
• DOI Urges Higher Fines On Offshore Drilling Violations
• Dana Fights $2.9B KNOC Bid, Buys Suncor UK Unit
• Financing Offshore Wind Development
• BP Spreads Blame For Deepwater Horizon Disaster
• Total Hits Team Industries With $4.8M Contract Suit
• Patton Boggs Lures Thompson Green Energy Chair
• Exxon Can't Escape $105M Verdict In MTBE Suit
• Inergy To Buy Natural Gas Storage Facility For $725M
• Skadden Reps Stillwater In $118M Marathon PGM Buy
• Andrews Kurth Reps Enterprise Products In $9B Deal
• Establishing A North American Clean Energy Beachhead
• 7th Circ. Revives Wis. Gas Pricing Law
• CNG Hit With Class Action Over SEC Nondisclosure
• 8th Circ. Says National Union Owes Travelers $10M
• Ex-Chevron Employee's Slander Suit Endures
• Industry Urges High Court To Nix Global Warming Suit
• Chesapeake Energy Securities Action Survives
• Pipeline Co. Sues Ore. Over LNG Permitting Barriers
• Chevron Wins Bid To Seek Info For Attys' Defense
• Foreign Investment Options In US Nuclear Reactors
• Sierra Club Sues Luminant Over Power Plant Emissions
• Enterprise Products Fined Over Fatal Explosion
• Ex-VeraSun Execs Cleared In Shareholder Suit
• The Potential For Carbon-Free Energy Via Biotech
• Anadarko, Others Escape Ark. Oil Rights Action
• Suit Over DOI's Nixing Of Drilling Leases Time-Barred
• Rig Fire Adds Fuel To Drilling Controversy
• Brazilian Regulator Levies $2B Gas Cartel Fine
• Judge Won't Moot Challenge To Drilling Ban
• Dallas Cabbies Lose Bid To Enjoin Natural Gas Rule
• Mobil Class Suit Stays In Mariana Islands Federal Court
• Patriot Told To Pay $45M Over Selenium Discharges
• Mass. High Court OKs Controversial $1B Wind Farm
• Texas Man Cops To $485M Oil, Gas Ponzi Scheme
• Squire Sanders Adds Jackson Kelly Enviro Attys
• St. Paul Off Hook For $16M Alstom Power Plant Spat
• BP To Unload Malaysian Ethylene Assets For $363M
• Can Smart Grids Rise Above The Storm?
• Oil Regulators Face Crackdown On Conflicts Of Interest
• SEC Accuses Halek, CBO Of $22M Oil Scheme