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An Alaska Superior Court judge at the end of December ruled that the state’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) was in the right when it rejected the 22nd plan of development for the state’s Point Thomson oil and gas field.

An Alaska Superior Court judge Thursday ruled that the state’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) was in the right when it rejected the 22nd plan of development for the state’s Point Thomson oil and gas field.

A federal appeals court in Boston Friday rejected challenges to FERC’s order conditionally approving Weaver’s Cove Energy’s proposed liquefied natural Gas (LNG) terminal in Fall River, MA, saying it was unlikely that the project would get built anyway.

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, Thursday rejected a request by Rosetta Resources Inc. to dismiss Calpine Corp.’s allegations of fraud by the oil and gas producer. Calpine made the charges as part of its ongoing Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding. A trial is now expected in December.

In a split decision, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week rejected a request to expand an injunction that would have prevented coalbed methane (CBM) development on additional lands in the Powder River Basin in Montana and Wyoming.

In a split decision Tuesday, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a request to expand an injunction that would have prevented coalbed methane (CBM) development on additional lands in the Powder River Basin in Montana and Wyoming.

In a stunning defeat, the Montana Public Service Commission (PSC) unanimously rejected an Australian company’s $2.2 billion bid to buy NorthWestern Energy. The PSC said the purchase would put Montana consumers at risk for higher rates and poor service.

FERC last Wednesday rejected Enstor Gulf Storage LLC’s application to operate a “virtual” Gulf Coast storage facility, saying that the company’s proposal was “deficient.”

FERC Wednesday rejected Enstor Gulf Storage LLC’s application to operate a “virtual” Gulf Coast storage facility, saying that the company’s proposal was “deficient.”