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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

A Frontera well in Eastern Georgia's Kakheti Region. Photo: Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media.

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Georgian Government reverses course on cancelling contract with oil firm Frontera

by OC Media

•5 min read

The Georgian government have reversed their decision to terminate their contract with US oil and gas company Frontera Resources, citing the need to protect the country’s international reputation. In a statement on Thursday, the government said they had offered to extend the three month termination period in order to seek a mutual compromise with the company ‘in a bid to maintain [Georgia’s] reputation as an exemplary country for investments’. They said Frontera had rejected the offer, after

Avtandil Onanashvili. Photo via Facebook.

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Frontera employee reportedly takes own life after ‘not being paid for 14 months’

by OC Media

•5 min read

An employee of American oil and gas firm Frontera Resources has taken his own life in Georgia after not being paid for 14 months, the head of the Georgian Trade Union Federation has said. In a Facebook post on Friday, Irakli Petriashvili wrote that 53-year-old Avto Onanashvili’s family had ‘collapsed’ after the Frontera worker was left without an income. Petriashvili also pointed the finger at US congressional lobbyists. Since January, several high-profile US congresspeople have made state

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Georgian government ‘terminates contract’ with US oil firm Frontera

by OC Media

•2 min read

The Georgian government is to terminate their contract with American oil and gas firm Frontera Resource, which has been extracting in the country since 1997. The decision came after a ruling by the International Arbitration Tribunal which the Georgian Government claims went in their favour. Frontera has accused the government deliberately misrepresenting the ruling but have so far provided no details on which of the government’s claims were false. Georgia had accused the company of viola

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Georgian Government wins arbitration with US oil and gas firm Frontera

by OC Media

•4 min read

The International Arbitration Tribunal has upheld the vast majority of claims filed by the Georgian Government against the US oil and gas firm Frontera Resources, the government says. Georgia had accused the company of violating the terms of their contract, signed in 1997. They claimed that Frontera refused to return to the state land they were no longer using for extraction. After Georgia filed the appeal at the International Arbitration Tribunal in January 2018, Frontera responded with a