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Cases

Gulf spill victims fight companies’ effort to gut punitive damage claims (Added 05/22/2013)

Texas Sues Companies Connected to Macondo Oil Spill (Added 05/22/2013)

US Judge Dismisses Obstruction Charge Against Former BP Executive (Added 05/22/2013)

Judge tosses obstruction charge against former BP exec in spill case (Added 05/21/2013)

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Commodity Trading

As Natural Gas Prices Rise, Who Stands to Lose the Most? (Added 05/23/2013)

Coal regains some electric generation market share from natural gas (Added 05/23/2013)

Platts, Argus, ICIS Plan Reviews to Combat Manipulation (Added 05/23/2013)

Rumors of US-China Trade Settlement Talks Fuel Solar Stocks (Added 05/23/2013)

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Compliance/Regulation

Obligation of Futures Commission Merchants, Clearing Members and Foreign Brokers to Report Omnibus Account Information in a Timely Manner as Required by Commission Regulation 17.04(a) (Added 05/23/2013)

Execs call for US SEC, CFTC coordination on cross-border rules (Added 05/22/2013)

Unlikely alliance: Political foes plea for more time on fracturing rule (Added 05/22/2013)

Generators urge US FERC to throw out ISO-NE memo on performance (Added 05/21/2013)

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Deals

EnerVest acquires Anadarko Basin properties in $438M deal (Added 05/23/2013)

Private equity, top traders mull $1 bln commodity venture (Added 05/22/2013)

New Dallas firm buys up 3 energy companies with $425M investment (Added 05/21/2013)

Plains Exploration shareholders approve Freeport-McMoRan buyout (Added 05/21/2013)

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Investigations

Manipulation Probe Draws Attention to Oil Firms' Trading Desks (Added 05/22/2013)

Senator seeks probe into impact of alleged EU oil price manipulation (Added 05/22/2013)

CFTC Revokes Registrations of Georgia Resident Robert A. Christy and his company, Crabapple Capital Group LLC (Added 05/21/2013)

Coast Guard begins drill barge grounding inquiry (Added 05/21/2013)

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Legislation

S.1024 : A bill to provide for the inclusion of Lease Sale 220 in the outer Continental Shelf leasing program for fiscal years 2012-2017, to revise the map for the Mid-Atlantic planning area, and for other purposes. (Added 05/23/2013)

H.AMDT.75 to H.R.3 An amendment numbered 10 printed in House Report 113-88 to increase American energy independence by requiring that all oil and refined fuels transported through the Keystone XL Pipeline be used here in the United States and not exported, unless the President finds that an exception is required by law or in the national interest. (Added 05/23/2013)

S.1007 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include biomass heating appliances for tax credits available for energy-efficient building property and energy property. (Added 05/23/2013)

S.1020 : A bill to improve energy performance in Federal buildings, and for other purposes. (Added 05/23/2013)

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Projects/Infrastructure/Transmission

House passes bill to speed up Keystone XL (Added 05/23/2013)

Keystone XL’s southern leg nears completion (Added 05/23/2013)

Texas company planning Eagle Ford refinery (Added 05/21/2013)

US Energy Infrastructure Fails to Keep Pace with Boom (Added 05/21/2013)

Renewable Power

Majority thinks global warming, clean energy should be priorities (Added 05/23/2013)

Extended tax credits could raise projected renewable electricity capacity and generation (Added 05/22/2013)

Hydropower growth slows, but value remains high (Added 05/22/2013)

Using solar power to pump oil (Added 05/22/2013)