Thomas Rowley

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Thomas Rowley is Lead Editor at oDR.

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London arbitration court ruled against Frontera, documents reveal

by Thomas Rowley

•9 min read

London-listed and US-based oil and gas company Frontera Resources lost its high-profile international arbitration case with Georgia after spending $1m on lobbying fees to pressure the country’s government, openDemocracy and OC Media report today. The confidential international arbitration decision shows how Frontera misled the public over their high-profile standoff with the Georgian Government. The dispute between Houston-based Frontera Resources and Georgia’s State Oil and Gas Corporation

The #2 well in the Nazarlebi oil field, Dedoplistskaro Municipality, Kakheti, Georgia. Photo: Shota Kincha/OC Media/openDemocracy.

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Frontera spent $1 million on US lobbying while its Georgian workers went unpaid

by Thomas Rowley

•13 min read

US oil and gas company Frontera spent $1 million on lobbying in an attempt to sway an international arbitration case in Georgia, while many of its workers went unpaid, openDemocracy, OC Media, and Sludge report today. For years, the company promised Georgia and other Black Sea states their ‘energy independence’, and was originally founded by Bill White, a former US deputy secretary of energy, and the sons of a former US treasury secretary and the chair of US oil giant Conoco. But since Fron

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