SMH: Romania town battles Chevron on shale gas
US energy major Chevron, shielded by barbed wire, under police protection and under fire from egg throwers, is in trouble in Romania with villagers angry at its drive to drill for shale gas.
Opposition is fierce in the tiny remote village of Pungesti near the border with Moldova which has become a symbol of hostility to the environmentally controversial techniques of extracting shale gas.
"In other countries, I have not experienced this type of protest", said grim-faced drill site-manager for Chevron, Greg Murphy.
His words were almost drowned out by cries of "stop Chevron", "thieves", and "please leave" from dozens of demonstrators at the wire barriers as he showed journalists the site in the northeast of the country.