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Energy - November, 2010

177 articles

• GrafTech Acquires Ex-Supplier On Heels Of DOJ Deal
• Water Availability Could Limit Oil Shale Industry: GAO
• Texas Plant Needs Enviro Determination: 5th Circ.
• Kirkland Represents ABB in $4.2B Baldor Deal
• Shell To Toss Most Drawback Claims In Duties Battle
• NY Assembly Votes To Suspend Hydraulic Fracturing
• Ex-Quest CFO Gets 16 Years After Fraud Conviction
• Sullivan Reps BP In $7B Asset Sale In Wake Of Spill
• Andrews Kurth, Lufkin Fail To Nix Oil Well IP Suit
• Husky To Pay $841M For Exxon Oil, Gas Assets
• Cellulosic Ethanol Goal Put At 6.6M Gallons For 2011
• Halliburton Staff Freed In Nigerian Bribery Probe
• BACT, In The Future
• EBG Wins OK For $1.1B Asset Sale To Constellation
• US Investigators Say Transocean Isn't Cooperating
• Government Designates Polar Bear Critical Habitat
• Massey Units Fail To Shake CWA Citizen Suit
• Sierra Club Wins Bid To Join DTE Power Plant Fight
• Propelling Offshore Wind Projects In NJ
• Exxon, BP, Shell Fight Price-Fixing Suit Appeal
• Former Enron VP Pleads Guilty But Avoids Jail
• DOI Moves To Jumpstart Offshore Wind Projects
• UGI Wins Exit From Frontier Suit Over Maine Cleanup
• Utility Hits CNA, Zurich Unit With $3M Coverage Suit
• Exxon Mobil Sues Prysmian Over Bad Submarine Cable
• Chesapeake Energy Vows To Remedy CWA Violations
• Oil Well Patent Suit Against Andrews Kurth Trimmed
• Dynegy Shareholders Snub Blackstone's $4.7B Bid
• Comverge Sued Over Allegedly Faulty Thermostats
• Four Indicted For $7.2M Petro America Fraud
• Global Warming Committee In Danger Of Elimination
• The Content Marketing Revolution
• Mass. OKs National Grid Offshore Wind Contract
• Ecuadoreans' Atty Told To Keep Docs In Chevron Case
• EPA Finalizes Carbon Sequestration Rules
• Wrong BP Spill Rate Estimates Hurt Response: Panel
• ARCO To Pay $7M For Couer D'Alene Cleanup
• MSHA Targets 13 Mines Over Repeat Safety Violations
• BP Seeks Quick Win In Fight Over Oil Duty Refunds
• Petro Settles Oil Well Dispute With EPL For $3.8M
• Marathon, Pacific Energy Pitch Ch. 11 Platform Deal
• American Oil Ends Investor Fight Over $445M Hess Deal
• Vinson Reps Energy XXI In $1B Exxon Buy
• CPUC Mulls Fines In Deadly PG&E Blast
• Final Claims Subrogation Could Leave BP Big Winner
• EPA Delays Decision On E15 For Older Cars
• Bribery Defendant Giffen Walks Away With No Penalty
• Continental Settles Decade-Long Reinsurance Fight
• Former Con Ed Manager Cops To $800K Bribe Scheme
• Sens. Seek To Renew Diesel Emissions Reduction Bill
• Vedanta Secures $6B In Financing For Cairn Deal
• Feds Say Alaska Spill Violates BP's Probation
• FERC Enforcement Actions Decrease In FY2010
• FERC Probes Kinder Morgan, Ozark Over Pipeline Rates
• The 21st-Century Law Firm
• Simpson Reps Walter Energy In $3B Bid For Coal Co.
• Lew OK'd As OMB Chief After Landrieu Releases Hold
• Platinum Management Faces $20M Suit Over Oil Deal
• Enviros Sue EPA In Bid To Block Wash. Power Plant
• Attorney Suspended Over Conduct In Black Lung Case
• Ky. Power Co-Op Jumps Into Coal-Fired Plant Suit
• Review Of Texas Enviro Regulators Dodges Fed Fight
• NJ Balks At Liberty Offshore Natural Gas Plan
• The Robins Economic Loss Rule And Offshore Wind
• Exxon To Pay $25M To End Brooklyn Spill Suit
• Tronox Wins Judge's Blessing For Restructuring Plan
• Calif. Exxon Workers Reach Settlement In OT Suit
• Cavalier BP Didn't Learn From Past Mistakes: Report
• US Told To Reply To Ex-Westar VP's Bid To Nix Record
• Heartland Atty Dodges Some Claims Over $14M Fraud
• Pittsburgh Bans Drilling On Marcellus Shale
• Dynegy Stalls Vote On Blackstone's New Takeover Bid
• AIG Dropped From Energy Co.'s $29M Enviro Fight
• Enviro Groups Look To Intervene In W.Va. Mining Suit
• Investor Sues To Block Chevron's $3.2B Atlas Deal
• Puma Energy To Snag BP African Units For $296M
• Vallar To Buy Stake In Indonesian Coal Cos. For $3B
• DOI Approves Solar Trust Power Plant On Nev. Land
• Chevron Attys Face More Sanctions In Rain Forest Suit
• High Court Asked To Clarify Use Of 'Me Too' Evidence
• Pollution Claims Against Cabot Survive Dismissal Bid
• A Potential Shield Against GHG Permits
• Bouchard Settles Federal, State Oil Spill Claims For $6M
• Grynberg Hits Total With New Kazakh Oil Profits Suit
• Suit Over Ship Parts Grounded By Summary Judgment
• GOP Won't Sink Obama Drilling Policy, Attys Say
• BP Settles Suit Over Pension Plan Interest Rates
• Coal Co.'s Bid For Injury Claim Coverage Survives
• 2nd Circ. Rejects Atty's Stay Effort In Chevron Battle
• High Court Declines To Review Uranium Mining Case
• Williams To Buy Bakken Oil Properties For $925M
• Kinder Morgan, Investor Class Near $200M Settlement
• GAO Calls For More Flexible Oil Pollution Act
• Former Quest CEO To Pay $5M, Serve 9 Years
• Exxon Workers' Testimony Upheld In Race Bias Suit
• Russian Court Upholds Antitrust Fine For Lukoil Unit
• Controlled Oil Burns Posed Few Health Risks, EPA Says
• Mayne Can't Pursue $300M Mineral Lease Suit: 5th Circ.
• Enviros Appeal NC Tree-Burning Order For Duke
• Swepco Plant Suit Heads To Ark. High Court Again
• Barton, Upton Jockey For Control Of Key Committee
• EPA To Set New Rules On Power Plant Pollution
• Greenpeace Seeks To Halt New Offshore Drilling In UK
• A Path To Safety For Companies Dealing With Iran
• Polar Bear Ruling May Open Door For ESA Suits
• Seneca Launches Proxy Fight For Dynegy
• 10th Circ. Bars Foreign Waste From Utah Nuclear Site
• Green Group To Sue EPA Over Use Of Oil Dispersant
• EPA Orders Halliburton To Share Fracking Data
• DC Circ. Voids NJ Assumption Of Nuclear Oversight
• EU High Court Calls Portugal's Golden Shares Illegal
• EU High Court Rejects Appeal Of Repsol Contract Suit
• Lloyd's, Taylor Settle Suit Over Sunk Oil Platform
• EPA Releases Guidance On GHG Permitting
• High Court Hears CSX Challenge To Ala. Fuel Taxes
• Harman Mining Sues Massey Again For $45M
• Industry Groups Launch Suit Over EPA's E15 Decision
• White House Drilling Ban Edits Muddied Support: DOI
• Alternative Energy: Not In My Back Yard
• 5th Circ. Sides With Insurer In $1.2M Oil Leak Battle
• Nuclear Facility Settles DOE Worker Exposure Probe
• Jury Says Gas Station Chain Should Cough Up $30M
• BP Culture Of Safety Must Be Reformed: Spill Panel
• 10th Circ. Affirms Mining Co. Creditors Violated Stay
• Power Plant Wastewater Emissions Spark Enviro Suit
• Tesoro Explosion Subject Of EPA Criminal Probe
• 4th Circ. Tells W.Va. To Get Permits For Mine Cleanup
• Shell Unit Sells Off $3.2B In Woodside Shares
• The MOU: Not All 1st Dates Lead To Marriage
• Skadden Advises Chevron In $3.2B Atlas Energy Buy
• No Direct Exchange Of Safety For Cost In BP Spill: Panel
• FirstEnergy Can't Shake $75M CERCLA Suit
• Morgan Stanley Seeks $40M In Futures Contract Spat
• DOJ Asks Court to Toss Alaska's Drilling Ban Suit
• Class, Collective Cert. Granted In Entergy OT Suit
• Kyrgyz Officials Protest $315M DOD Fuel Contract
• 10 Appellate Tips From A Former Chief Justice
• DC Circ. Sends Mobile-Sierra Dispute Back To FERC
• China, Cambodia Sign Trade Deals Worth $6.4B
• Spain Opens Another Competition Probe Into Endesa
• Crowell Sues St. Paul, Others For Well Cleanup Costs
• Transocean To Share Findings Of Gulf Spill Probe
• Zurich Exits Coal Co.'s Pollution Coverage Suit
• Court Orders Interior Dept. To Review Polar Bear Listing
• W.Va. High Court Greenlights Drilling In State Park
• EPA's Proposed Labeling Regs On E15 Draw Furor
• Lukoil Loses Challenge To $13M Monopoly Fine
• Exxon, CBS Off Hook For $3.7M Pa. Landfill Cleanup
• Suit Over Arch Coal Mine In W.Va. Stayed Until Feb.
• Tapping Latin America's Lithium Resources
• Exxon Faces $12M Wrongful Death Suit For Gas Leak
• Fuel Co. Fights To Revive PR Ports Antitrust Case
• DOL Fights To Close Massey Unit Mine In Ky.
• Securities Markets At Stake In Enron Suit: Investors
• Elections Move Enviro Focus Out Of Congress
• Russian High Court Reinstates Lukoil Antitrust Fine
• NM To Join Regional Cap-And-Trade Program
• EPA Delays Enactment Of Stricter Smog Standards
• Chevron Intervenes In Enviro Drilling Suit Against DOI
• Judge Holds Firm On Ark. Power Plant Injunction
• Calif. Voters Reject Effort To Kill Climate Bill
• Lloyd's On Hook For Energy Co.'s Storm Damage Costs
• Another Suit Filed In Fatal Calif. Pipeline Blast
• DOT Warns Chevron Of Possible Fine For Utah Oil Spill
• Fla. Agency Told To Clarify Price-Gouging Law For Exxon
• 2nd Circ. Favors Aetna, Algonquin In Notes Sale Suit
• Idaho Court OKs Conoco Bid To Ship Refinery Parts
• BP Says Deepwater Horizon Spill Has Cost It $40B
• Mayer Brown Lures Another Thompson & Knight Atty
• Skilling Asks 5th Circ. To Reverse Conviction
• Dismissal Of Antitrust Claims Against AEP Upheld
• High Court Seeks US View On Mont. Riverbed Dispute
• US Ordered To Revisit BHP Mining Permit In NM
• FERC's Road Map For Feed-In Tariffs
• Tribe Tries To Dim Solar Project On Calif. Public Lands
• Russian Court Cuts TNK-BP Antitrust Fine By $100M
• Vinson & Elkins Reps Exco CEO In $4B Takeover Bid