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Chevron

Greenpeace activists sit chained in front of Chevron's drilling site for shale gas during a protest in the village of Pungesti, Romania.

American and Russian energy giants battle over a small Romanian town

Conflict

Residents of a rural Romanian town claim to have driven American oil company Chevron out of town over its plans for gas exploration. But who’s really behind the conflict?

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