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Energy - July, 2013

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• 9th Circ. Nixes Oil Exploration Plan For Mont. Historic Site
• Calif. Court Denies Class Cert. In PG&E Easement Suit
• House Overwhelmingly Approves New Iran Sanctions
• Oil Co. Hit With $1.5M Fine For Well Violations
• Deepwater Wind Wins Offshore Leases With $4M Bid
• Halliburton Arraigned For File Deletion In Deepwater Case
• Ex-Venezuelan Ambassador Accuses Energy Execs Of Bribery
• Gas Driller Sues Pa. Landowners Under Lease Pooling Law
• Enviro Groups Sue Feds Over $90M Loan For Coal Exports
• Dentons Lures Energy Attorney from Dickstein Shapiro
• House Panel Backs $24B Spending Bill Slashing EPA Budget
• Insurers Needn't Cover W&T $50M Hurricane Ike Claims
• K&L Gates Boosts Seattle Office With Tax, Energy Partners
• Hanwha Unit Launches Fraud Suit Over $240M Oil Project
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, Accenture, Soros
• Rockies Express Fires Back In $22M Tariff Row With FERC
• Murray & Roberts Makes $400M Play For Clough Shares
• Kaiser-Francis Pays $35M To Settle Gas Royalty Suit
• Pemex's Racketeering Suit Against Siemens Gets Axed
• GOP Sens. Rip Bill Requiring Consent For Nuke Waste Storage
• Consultant Lays Claim To $47M From BP Asset Purchase
• TVA Beats Challenge To Power Line Tree Maintenace
• Senate Bill Would Cut Permitting Red Tape On Federal Land
• New Orleans Backs FERC's $1.8B Entergy Project Ruling
• PE Pair Scoops Up Colombian Oil Player Vetra
• Halliburton To Admit To Deepwater Evidence Spoliation
• Spain Targets BP, Others In Auto Fuel Antitrust Probe
• Alstom Exec Pleads Guilty In Foreign Bribery Scheme
• Crowell Continues Dickstein Energy Drain With Trio Hire
• EPA Deals Enable $30M Urban St. Louis Cleanup Project
• BSEE Launches Panel Probe Into Hercules Rig Blowout
• Questar Spends $106M To Bump Up Stake In Wyo. Gas Area
• Ohio Sens. Push ITC To Find Oil Well Tube Imports Harm US
• Kirkland Aids Hess In $1B Marketing Biz Sale
• BP Says $20B Deepwater Horizon Claims Fund Running Dry
• NIST Cybersecurity Framework: Participate Now Or Pay Later
• Rainmaker Q&A: Hangley Aronchick's Steven Miano
• JPMorgan To Pay $410M Over FERC's Price-Rigging Claims
• Donziger's Fraud Claims Nixed In Chevron Racketeering Suit
• JPMorgan Energy Unit Rigged Energy Markets, FERC Says
• FERC Alters Rule To Build Competition For Ancillary Services
• Seneca Must Cover Suit Over Gas Station Slip, REIT Says
• BP Nets $1.5M In Atty Fees From Chesapeake Title Defect Suit
• VPR Creditors Say PE Owner's $50M Claim Must Be Redefined
• Alaska Utility Seeks Permit For US-Canada Electric Line
• 5th Circ. Urged To Keep BP, Anadarko On Hook For Gulf Spill
• Rainmaker Q&A: Thompson & Knight's Holt Foster
• Ex-Engineer's Erratic IP Claims Persist in Appeal, GE Says
• Patriot Coal Can Pay Hedge Funds $2M In Rights Offering Deal
• Daewoo Wins $709M Contract To Build Iraqi Gas Facility
• Internal EPA Doc Warns Of Drilling's Harm To Pa. Town's Water
• FERC OKs $923M Sale Of Pa. Natural Gas Power Plant
• $135M DOE Grant For Electric Vehicles Legal, Watchdog Says
• Butamax Shakes Gevo Patent Suit Over Biofuel Technology
• SEC's New Focus On Accounting Fraud: What's On Its Radar?
• EU Says China Open To Talks On Wine, Polysilicon Probes
• Cuomo Signature Sets Long Island Power Grid On New Course
• Shumaker Loop Lands Ex-Fowler White Atty In Tampa
• K&L Gates Snags Ex-Pinsent Masons Energy Pro In London
• EU Defends Chinese Solar Deal Against Industry Outcry
• Get Ready For Stricter Energy Star Enforcement
• Norse Energy Gets Nod On Plan To Sell NY Drilling Rights
• Spectra, NextEra To Build $3B Fla. Utility Gas Pipeline
• NRC Cautions PSEG After 'Chilling' Retaliation Verdict
• GOP Senator Targets Costly EPA Regulations
• Exxon Can't Dodge $105M MTBE Verdict At 2nd Circ.
• Under Pressure, JPMorgan To Sell Physical Commodities Unit
• USDA Floats Rule To Sell Excess Sugar For Bioenergy
• Repsol Asks World Bank Panel To Block $1.5B YPF Shale Deal
• Oil Co. Liable For Landman's Leases: Texas Appeals Court
• Zoning Review Still On Hold In Pa. Fracking Battle
• Texas, Wyo. Lose DC Circ. Challenge To GHG Rules
• Equitix JV Closes In On $533M Offshore Wind Links
• Ruling Gives Pa. Electric Providers Greater Discretion
• Enbridge Begins Construction On $1.3B Pipeline Expansion
• Enbridge Units Sued Over Minn. Pipeline Discharge
• Enviro Modeling: When To Use It And What To Look For
• Rainmaker Q&A: Robins Kaplan's Martin Lueck
• 9th Circ. Nixes Gas Co.'s $5M Indemnity Win Against Syntellect
• Halliburton To Plead Guilty To Destroying Deepwater Evidence
• NRC Foreign Ownership Policy: New Course For 21st Century
• NJ Enviro Groups Say $3.9B Grid Project Affects Ratepayers
• Bracewell Brings Public Sector Veteran To Energy Practice
• IIl. Sues ExxonMobil Over Hydrogen Sulfide Release
• La. Gov. Bashes Levee Board's Multibillion-Dollar Oil Co. Suit
• Sinopec Slammed With $5B False Imprisonment Suit
• Repsol Eyes Sale Of $6B LNG Stake After Shell Deal Closes
• Ex-BP Engineer's Deepwater Forensics Subpoena Tossed
• House Votes To Weaken EPA Oversight Of Coal Ash
• FERC Rules Unfairly Snub State Authority, Agencies Say
• Harrisburg Avoids Ch. 9 With $345M Restructuring Deal
• Gazprom Neft, Total Form Bitumen JV In Russia
• DOJ Antitrust Probe Into Fracking Market Underway, Cos. Say
• MarkWest Gas Plant Challenge Can Proceed, Pa. Judge Says
• Spain Raids More Fuel Cos. In Price-Fixing Probe
• House GOP Wants To Ease Federal Fracking Regs
• Ex-Dresser-Rand Managers Get Trade Secrets Suit Pared
• NJ's Sandy Response Marked By Rebuilding, Energy Oversight
• 5th Circ. Revives Refining Co.'s Challenges To Ch. 11 Plan
• Shake-Up Of Brass Will Help End Efficiency Woes, DOE Says
• 2013's Big Energy Decisions Tip In Favor Of Industry
• EDF Renewable Nabs Interests In $285M Texas Wind Farm
• BP, Energy Cos. Sued For Billions Over La. Coastal Damage
• Top Dem Wants Crackdown On Banks' Commodities Activities
• Enviros Hit EPA With PG&E Power Station Permit Challenge
• EIB Curbs Lending For Coal-Fired Power Projects
• 500 Days Of The Revised Removal Statutes
• EPA Scientist Backs Fracking Study Amid GOP Skepticism
• FERC's Lessons From DC Energy Rehearing Order
• Transocean Can't Shake Deepwater Doc Subpoenas: 5th Circ.
• 10th Circ. Chucks Enviro Challenge To Coal Plant Permit
• Del. Rulings Invite Partnerships To Draft Duties Away
• Sens. Slam DOI For 'Double Standards' On Revenue Sharing
• SAIC To Face Jury In Suit Over Nuke Recycling Contract
• Chevron, Shell Among Oil Giants Hit With Asbestos Claims
• NY Nuke Plant Supervisor Charged With Faking Safety Tests
• Statoil, Tullow Abandon Mozambique Offshore Gas Well
• Kansas Considering New Fracking Disclosure Rules
• Bankrupt Smelter Can Cut Operations As It Awaits Utility Ruling
• Commerce To Probe Dumping Of Oil Well Tubes
• Rio Grande Standby Mining Permit Nixed For Improper Review
• Goldman, PE Firm Team Up On $100M Oil Co. Investment
• And Now A Word From The Panel ...
• Chevron Forks Over $847M For North Sea Oil Contracts
• O'Quinn Firm Wants $1.3B Chevron Malpractice Suit Pared
• TCPA Suits Not Allowed In NY, NRG Tells 2nd Circ.
• US Signs Off On $1.2B In Gulf Offshore Lease Sales
• Latham Hires Ex-Covington Antitrust Ace In Brussels
• Sidley Austin Snags Global Finance Pro From Baker Botts
• Senate Dems Question Banks' Control Of Energy Assets
• DOI Official Stands By Coal Mining Rulemaking Process
• Morgan Stanley Beats Counterclaim In $41M Gas Account Row
• Coal Mine's Selenium Discharge Violates CWA, Judge Says
• Forecast Is Sunny For Solar Projects In Calif.
• GOP Bill Would Slash $3B From EPA Funding
• 10th Circ. Haze Plan Ruling Leaves States At EPA's Mercy
• Fed Looks Poised To Dial Back Banks' Energy Biz
• SEC Reverses Nasdaq Delisting Of CleanTech
• Shareholder Class Action Says $390M Crimson Sale Too Low
• Texas Appeals Court Axes $72M Drilling Rig Death Payout
• $398M Maine Wind Farm Faces Enviro Concerns In Hearings
• Patriot Coal Investors Slam Execs' Bid To Ditch Fraud Suit
• Energy Department To Undergo Leadership Shake-Up
• Mitsui Nabs Share Of $200M Gas Export Pipeline In Ariz.
• CIBC Dodges $77M Suit Over Failed Oil Well
• Shell To Beef Up Brazilian Drilling Operations
• 4th Circ. Won't Revive Gas Distributor Antitrust Suit
• Taylor Can't Dodge Gulf Spill Clean Water Act Suit
• Coal Industry Again Loses Reclamation Fee Fight In Fed. Circ.
• Chevron Dodges Calif. Claims In 'Hot Fuel' MDL
• 5 Tips For Independent Directors Of Public Cos.
• US Tabs Va. Coast For Offshore Wind Lease Sale
• Ins And Outs Of CEQA Streamlining For The Bay Area
• High-Speed Trader To Pay $3.7M Over Market Manipulation
• NJ BPU Denies Wind Developer, Ratepayer Advocate Deal
• Trustee Blasts Ch. 7 Bid In Mont. Power Co-Op Case
• Leaked EU Draft Policy Allows State Aid For Nuclear Power
• Conergy Plans To Sell Brand To Fla.-Based Kawa Capital
• National Grid Won't Hit Flood-Stricken New Yorkers With Fees
• DOE Study Says No Groundwater Pollution At Pa. Fracking Site
• Pa.'s New Defense Rule Gives Big Policyholders Upper Hand
• Deals Rumor Mill: Time Warner, Lloyds, Blackstone
• 10th Circ. Rejects Okla. Challenge to EPA Sulfur Rule
• With West In Tow, World Bank Bets Relevance On Green Power
• UK Cuts Gas Development Taxes To Spur Fracking Projects
• Law360's Global 20 Firms Blaze New Trails Worldwide
• State Fracking Rules Would Trump US Regs Under GOP Bill
• Apache Redirects Focus With $3.8B Gulf Asset Sale
• 6th Circ. Denies Gas Utility's Bid For Sovereign Immunity
• EPA Strikes Deal To Review Updated Calif. Ozone Plan
• Md. Can't Balk On Dominion Plant Permit, DC Circ. Says
• BP Loses Bid To Halt Deepwater Spill Payments
• More Than Just A Pretty Picture: Presenting Enviro Data
• Rainmaker Q&A: Morgan Lewis' David Asmus
• Carbon Reduction Puzzle Awaits New EPA Administrator
• Tide Gas Wins Bid To Halt $120M Arcapita Claim Fight
• Barclays Will Test FERC's Power To Police Energy Pricing
• Wiseman Settles Superfund Coverage Suit Against TIG
• Contractor Urges High Court To Review Gulf Drilling Ban
• Travelers Slips Coverage Of NY Utility's Gas Plant Pollution
• China Resources Defends Deal For Coal Mines
• Indonesian Coal Miner Hit With Suit To Halt $501M Stake Sale
• Senate Easily Confirms McCarthy As EPA Administrator
• China Hits US, Korea With Steep Duties On Solar Material
• Clean Energy Projects Stymied By Financing Costs, Sens. Told
• No More SEC Resource Extraction Rule — For Now
• Aventine Sues 3 Ethanol Producers Over Soured Contracts
• Deals Rumor Mill: PepsiCo, Petrobras, T-Mobile
• DOI Admits Fault In Stream Buffer Zone Rule Suit
• Enviros Seek Limits On Conoco's Rights In Alaska Suit
• Mitsubishi Parts Caused Nuke Plant Closure, Utility Says
• New Texas Laws Will Boost The State's Energy Industry
• 5th Circ. Vacates $6M Oil Spill Fine Against Citgo
• 3rd Circ. Invigorates Underused EPA Cross-State Air Power
• Calif. Judge Deals Blow To Suction Dredge Mining Operations
• Lukoil To Pay $93M To Settle Getty Transfer Claims
• 10th Circ. Won't Let Mahalo Directors Skirt Debt-Shifting Suit
• Valero Resists Tax Assessor's Bid For Texas Refinery Data
• World Bank To Stop Financing Most Coal-Fired Plants
• JPMorgan Could Pay $1B To End FERC Energy-Pricing Probe
• Jewell Says 'All Of The Above' Energy Plan Guides DOI Policy
• House Panel OKs Bill Restricting Costly EPA Energy Rules
• Total, Trammo Dodge Puerto Rico's MTBE Case
• ConocoPhillips To Pay BP $264M Under Alaska Pipeline Plan
• BP Gets Hearing On Bid To Stop Deepwater Payments
• Pa. PUC Finalizes Settlement In Fatal Philly Gas Explosion
• Donziger Can't Halt $19B Chevron RICO Suit
• Morgan Lewis Snags Top Kaye Scholer Litigator
• Enviro Group Sues State Dept. Over Keystone Lobbying Docs
• Chevron Worker Gets 2 Years For Indonesian Cleanup Scam
• Travelers Avoids Covering $4M Alagasco Cleanup
• Chevron, YPF Team Up On $1.5B Argentinian Shale Deal
• Norton Rose Fulbright Lures Energy Pro From King & Spalding
• Sidley Lands Clean Tech Atty To Boost Energy, RE Teams
• Equator Principles III Demand Deeper Due Diligence
• Brazil Has Had It With Corporate Bribery
• Bankrupt Smelter Can Seek Better Power Deal, Court Says
• Barclays, Traders Fined $453M Over Energy Pricing Scheme
• BP Wants Deepwater Payouts Stopped Amid Fraud Probe
• DC Circ. Ruling Warns EPA To Rein In Emissions Rulemaking
• CPUC Asks PG&E To Pay $300M Fine Over Pipeline Blast
• Senate Vote On EPA Nominee Appears Imminent After Deal
• Duke Energy Settles NC Water Contamination Lawsuit
• Exxon, BP Hit With MTBE Suit By Mass. Towns
• Gastar Beats Denial Of Coverage For Mare Investment Suits
• Newfield, Hess Dissolve Pa. Gas Drilling Partnership
• Calif. Appeals Court Overturns Low Carbon Fuel Regulation
• Split Pa. Utility Agency OKs Equitable Gas' System Upgrades
• Thompson & Knight Aids EnCap's $150M Investment In Isis
• BP Snaps Up New Offshore China Acreage From CNOOC
• Renewable Fuel Standards Are 'Broken,' Valero Says
• Enviros Blast API Intervention Bid In Fracking Lease Suit
• Baker Botts Nabs 14-Atty Middle East Team From Norton Rose
• EU Continues State-Aid Probe Of German Energy Law
• Australia's ALS Puts Up $533M For Gas Industry Servicer
• Rainmaker Q&A: Greenberg Traurig's Nancy Mitchell
• Senate Confirms Cordray For CFPB As Dems Pull NLRB Picks
• Senate Mulls Over Changes To Filibuster Rules
• EQT Midstream Inks $540M Deal For Sunrise Pipeline Assets
• Enviros Want To Weigh In On $4B NJ Grid Upgrade
• Obama Takes Aim At Drillers With Vow To Cut Methane
• Deepwater Horizon Securities Suit Against Anadarko Slashed
• GOP Reps. Want Info On Pending DOI Offshore Drilling Regs
• Texans Tell 5th Circ. $8B BP Settlement Favors Louisianans
• Exxaro, GDF Suez Team Up On 600-MW Plant In S. Africa
• BP Takes Stake In Petrobras' Brazilian Offshore Blocks
• Memorial Pays $606M For Permian Basin, Rockies Assets
• PE-Backed Driller KrisEnergy Plans $214M Singapore Debut
• UK Watchdog Still Open To Oil Probe After Fuel Price Study
• Chevron Beats Pa. Fracking Water Storage Challenge
• Waste Oil Co. Will Pay $19M After Copping To TSCA Breach
• Occidental, Qatar Will Sink $3B Into Offshore Oil Project
• Fed. Agencies Want Cape Wind Project Approval Upheld
• Ayala-Led JV To Build $220M Wind Farm In Philippines
• Defamation Claims Increase Cost Of Cooperation With Gov't
• Nabors Ducks Encana Subcontractor Claims In Appeals Court
• NRC Says Overworked Duke Analysts Missed Nuke Plant Crack
• Texas Biofuel Co. Launches $10M Suit Over Failed Venture
• 3rd Circ. Backs EPA's Order For Pa. Plant To Cut Emissions
• DOE Floats Energy Conservation Regs For Computers, Servers
• DC Circ. Nixes EPA's Biomass Carbon Emissions Exemption
• Ore. Breaks With FERC In $6.3B LNG Export Hub Review
• $210M Pipeline Project Needs Full Enviro Review, FERC Told
• Nigeria LNG Pays $140M To End Port Blockade
• Calif. Oil Refinery Oversight Needs Work, Report Says
• Online Posts Expose EPA To More Heated Litigation
• Linn Energy Execs Accused Of Pumping Up Stock Value
• Samsung, Lowe's Must Face Energy Star Class Actions
• Ill. Regulators Investigate ExxonMobil Gay Bias Claim
• Valero Plans $700M Methanol Plant At La. Refinery
• Weatherford Names Ex-Lufkin Exec As New VP, Co-GC
• House Energy Chairman Wants Study Of Nuke Export Policy
• Deals Rumor Mill: Smithfield, Swiss Re, GLG
• 10 Personal Liability Pitfalls For Directors And Officers
• BP's Deepwater Medical Benefits Deal Unfair, 5th Circ. Hears
• Power Grid Co. Settles EEOC Postpartum Disability Suit
• Rainmaker Q&A: Paul Hastings' Michael Fitzgerald
• Texas Pipeline Cos. Now Under Closer Watch
• Seyfarth Shaw Adds Schwartz Junell Commercial Litigation Pro
• RJ Machine Sues Pipe Rival Over Expired-Patent Monopoly
• NJ's Enviro Agency Accused Of Skipping Out On Settlements
• CPUC Arm Spurns $2B PG&E Upgrades In Place Of Fine
• Oil Train Crash Pushes Rail Cos. To Sharpen Legal Defenses
• Transgender Woman Sues Sunoco Over Hostile Workplace
• Texas Appeals Court Guts $40M Energy Trade Secret Verdict
• Halliburton Asks High Court To Nix ERISA Class Action
• Maersk Wants High Court To Nix Transocean's $15M Patent Win
• Coral Gables Sues To Block Utility's 'Massive' New Poles
• Ampal Trustee Says CEO Must Be Included In Bankruptcy
• DOE Says Climate Change Threatens US Energy Infrastructure
• Williams Owes Anadarko $9M In Oil Deal, 5th Circ. Says
• NY Floats Tighter CO2 Caps In Northeast US Emissions Pact
• Contractor's Worker Got Kickbacks For Referrals, Feds Say
• BP Is 1st Oil Co. To Add Trading Unit To CFTC Swap Dealer List
• Feds Push Alternate Route For $3B Southwest Power Line
• Chinese Co. Didn't Seal Wind Farm Deal Nixed By Obama: US
• Texaco, Others Block Challenge To Pa. Gas Leak Settlement
• Enviro Group Challenges Calif. Oil Well Project
• Paul Hastings Adds M&A, Energy Pro To Houston Office
• House Approves $30B GOP Energy Spending Bill
• RWE's $5.4B Wind Farm Gets UK Energy Minister's Nod
• Interior Blasts Pipeline Route For $7.5B Jordan Cove Project
• Regulating Global Oil Benchmarks Is Not So Easy
• Bankrupt Smelter Says Utility Deal Not A Contract
• Revised $635M ATP Asset Sale Wins Judge's Initial OK
• Obama's Navy Pick Strengthens Green Energy Efforts
• House Committee OKs Proposed Pipeline Approval Deadlines
• PE Firm Accused Of Aiding Pipeline Co.'s Trade Secrets Theft
• K&L Gates Nabs White & Case Partner In London
• House GOP Slams EPA's Cost Analysis Of Clean Air Rules
• FERC Trial Staff Rips Ruling Over $1.8B Entergy Project
• US, China Agree On Broad Greenhouse Gas Push
• Green Group Brings Coal Mine Designation Suit To DC Circ.
• Pa. Appeals Court Sets New Standard For Coverage Feuds
• Enviros Tell FERC $3.4B LNG Export Project Needs More Study
• BP Snags Major Stake In $2B Trans-Adriatic Pipeline
• Top Dems Rip State Department's Keystone XL Review
• Split 9th Circ. Won't Rehear Shell's Greenpeace Protest Win
• EPA Says Oil Refinery Is Polluting Ark. Waterways
• Shell To Spend Up To $160M To Settle CAA Suit
• Bill Restricting EPA Energy Rules Passes House Panel
• Sens. Urge DOE Chief To Speed Up LNG Export Reviews
• EPA Concessions Clear Way For Senate Vote On Nominee
• Where To Bring Process Claims: Hints From Sucralose
• 10th Circ. Decertifies Classes In XTO Gas Royalty Suits
• Pa. Lease Pooling Law Paves Way For Marcellus Expansion
• Energy Execs Push For Deadline On FERC Pipeline Approvals
• FirstEnergy Shutters 2 Pa. Coal Plants, Blames EPA
• Top US Offshore Drilling Regulator Steps Down
• Colo. Appeals Court Nixes Lone Pine Order In Fracking Case
• White House Pledges To Reject GOP Energy Spending Bill
• Problems With The DOE's Proposed Export Compliance Rule
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, Hulu, TPG
• China Natural Gas Drops Fight Against Bankruptcy Case
• Macquarie Unloads 22-MW Solar Development To PE-Led Pair
• China's Yanzhou Wants Full Control Over Aussie Coal Unit
• Syntellect Asks 9th Circ. To Toss $5M Contract Judgment
• Enviros Defend Fracking Ban To Delaware River Agency
• Latham DQ May Complicate MDL Conflicts, Judge Says
• Enviros Score $2M Deal To Settle PG&E Plant Pollution Beef
• Controversial Natural Gas Plant Secures Permit Extension
• Coast Guard, DHS Concealed Wind Project Docs, Suit Says
• Texas High Court Asked To Nix Keystone Land Seizure Ruling
• Gibson Dunn Lures Asia Energy Partner From Hogan Lovells
• GE, Enel Ink $260M Deal To Fuel Kan. Wind Power Project
• Utility Wants Bankrupt Smelter Kept From Altering Energy Deal
• EU's Cap-And-Trade Freeze Isn't Long-Term Fix System Needs
• Conn. Enacts Legislation To Boost Gas, Hydropower Use
• Worldwide Energy Seeks Ch. 11 Protection
• BP Escapes Biofuel Patent Suit
• 7th Circ. Won't Revive EPA's CAA Claims In ComEd Suit
• Utility's Emission Plans For Plant Upgrade Lacking, EPA Says
• Unit Operator Inflating Earn-Out Sum, Construction Co. Says
• DOI Blocks New Mining On Land Tabbed For Solar Projects
• Porter Hedges Adds Harrison Bettis Energy Litigation Pro
• Total SA Cleared Of Iraq Oil-For-Food Bribery Charges
• Pa. Too Lax On Fracking To Lift Ban, Ex-DEP Head Says
• Coal Tax Is A Veiled Export Tax, Industry Tells Fed. Circ.
• CNPC Grabs Stake In $12.5B Ecuadorean Refinery Project
• Patton Boggs Settles Energy Co.'s $1.3M Malpractice Claim
• Mid-America Pipeline Expansion Project Wins BLM Approval
• Nigeria's Promising Yet Problematic Petroleum Bill
• EPA OKs Two New Biofuel Crops For Renewable Fuel Program
• Texas Land-Pooling Fights Spur New Work For Energy Firms
• Oil Payment Disclosures Coming, Despite Court's SEC Rebuke
• EU Biofuel Production Is Inefficient, Report Says
• Toshiba Gains Controlling Stake In Energy Management Firm
• Provident Execs Sentenced For Roles In $485M Ponzi Scheme
• World Bank Backs $157M Kenyan Oil Plant
• BP Workers Seek To Revive Abraham Watkins Malpractice Suit
• FERC Denies Protest Over $445M Midwest Power Line Project
• Energy Plus, Plaintiffs Seek OK For $11M Rate Settlement
• EU Delays Releasing Carbon Permits To Boost Prices
• EXCO Unit To Pay $1B For Chesapeake Shale Plays
• Utility Operators Close Colo. Plant To Settle CAA Suit
• Enviro Groups Sue Feds To Halt Arch Coal Mining Expansion
• Ill. Follows Vapor Intrusion Regulation Trend
• Ex-SemGroup CEO Can't Dodge Limited Partners' Fraud Suit
• Ex-FBI Director To Head Probe Of Deepwater Horizon Payouts
• 2013's Big Enviro Decisions Tip In Favor Of Private Sector
• Refinery Equipment Maker Says Exec Stole Client List, Data
• Morgan Lewis Dubai Expansion Signals Region's Resurgence
• Florida Jump-Starts Public Projects With New Finance Law
• BP, Shell Slammed With More Crude-Oil Price-Fixing Claims
• DOE Releases Criteria For $8B Fossil Fuel Loan Program
• US Cities Hand Renewable Energy Developers A Tall Order
• Ex-BP Exec Gets Deepwater Criminal Trial Pushed To March
• Gibson Dunn's Scalia Wins Again As SEC-Killer Rep Grows
• SEC Probes Linn Energy Over $4.3B Berry Deal
• Patriot Coal Close To Deal With Miners Union
• DLA Piper Lures Energy Pro From Day Pitney
• AG Urges NC High Court To Overturn $179M Duke Rate Hike
• DC Court Strikes Down SEC Oil Payment Disclosure Rule
• Antofagasta Inks Deal For 40% Of Hydroelectric Project
• Kazakhstan Muscles In On $5B ConocoPhillips Stake Sale
• Exxon, Quanta Drag Other Cos. Into Enviro Cleanup Fight
• 13 AGs Push EPA To Finalize Emissions, Fuel Standards
• ATP Oil Unit Can't Dodge Discharge Concealment Suit
• Gas Pipeline Co. Asks FERC To Toss Rate Investigation
• Bill Challenges Obama's Use Of Carbon Social Costs
• Rosneft Pays $2.9B To Round Out Itera Stake
• Insurers Get $20M Siemens Turbine Case Remanded
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carlyle, Providence Equity, Toksoz
• Practice Tips For Working In The Williston Basin
• A Primer On WTO Dispute Settlement
• Gas Station Seller Owes $1.5M For Contract Breach: Judge
• Oil Industry Vet Cheated Investors Out Of $17.6M, SEC Says
• UK, Kazakhstan Bolster Ties With $1.6B Oil And Gas Plant
• Crowell Lures Dickstein Energy Head, Project Team
• Enviros Seek To Sink Gulf Drilling Lease Sale
• Ala. High Court Says PCB Pollution Was 1 Occurrence
• Enviro Groups Seek Review Of Williams Pipeline Expansion
• BP Reaches $7M Consumer Deal Over Tainted Gas
• Greens Ask Cuomo To Fly Solo On Solar If NY Bills Fail
• Covington Grabs 2 Energy Arbitration Pros For London Office
• NJ Utility Co. Battles Insurers Over Sandy Recovery
• 7th Circ. To Consider Court Review Of EEOC Conciliation
• SandRidge Can't Escape Suit Over $75M Oil Project
• EPA Sends New Plant Carbon Rule to White House
• Pa. Legislature OKs Fracking Royalty Transparency Bill
• Enviro Risk Assessment Is Simpler Than You Think