{"id":1505722,"date":"2022-06-06T16:34:54","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T20:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1505722"},"modified":"2022-06-06T16:35:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T20:35:19","slug":"fact-check-did-a-bp-executive-make-this-statement-about-why-gas-prices-are-so-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-a-bp-executive-make-this-statement-about-why-gas-prices-are-so-high\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did A BP Executive Make This Statement About Why Gas Prices Are So High?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-a-bp-executive-make-this-statement-about-why-gas-prices-are-so-high%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1505722&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><span>A post <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MAGANOMICS\/posts\/pfbid03389fsTABdvqn9SLpqkEmV1AXA245m62NZaCPWQB4EjSxxFgUnsXxQVfbrpNK8TYl\"><span>shared on Facebook<\/span><\/a><span> claims a BP executive<\/span><span> wrote a statement blaming \u201cpeople in power\u201d for high gas prices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is no record of any BP executive making such a statement. A spokesperson for BP confirmed there is no Brice Cromwell working for the company and that the text did not originate with anyone from the company.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The average price of gas in the U.S. increased to $4.87 a gallon on Monday, setting a new record, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/06\/06\/business\/gas-price-surge\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN<\/a>. Experts suggest the prices will remain high as summer travel increases, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/06\/06\/energy\/record-gas-prices-causes\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">outlet<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Facebook post claims an alleged BP executive named Brice Cromwell wrote a lengthy statement linking the high price of gas to those in political power. The statement blames elected officials for importing oil instead of drilling domestically. <span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/06\/02\/fact-check-costco-gas-pump-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Viral Image Of Costco \u2018Blame Joe Biden\u2019 Gas Pump Screen Is Digitally Edited)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only have the people in power decided to kill American jobs and create high prices, but they\u2019ve also passed legislation to make it harder for an American oil and gas company to produce &#038; transport our very own product,\u201d the post reads in part. It goes on to praise former President Donald Trump for his economic policies. \u201cIf you take away your dislike for DJT, you\u2019ll admit that you miss those times and enjoyed them. Your 401K was higher, gas prices were lower and we were booming as a country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>The post is fabricated. There is no one by the name of \u201cBrice Cromwell\u201d listed or mentioned on BP\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bp.com\/en\/global\/corporate\/who-we-are\/board-and-executive-management\/leadership-team.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>. There are likewise no credible\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=I%E2%80%99ve+been+in+oil+and+gas+for+a+decade+and+sometimes+forget+how+the+average+person+may+not+know+what+I+see+everyday.&#038;sxsrf=ALiCzsagdfKMYPdnabJnHkz0CZMglxiPPw:1654526978253&#038;source=lnt&#038;tbs=li:1&#038;sa=X&#038;ved=2ahUKEwjtmr2miZn4AhUKtYQIHZJ1C7sQpwV6BAgBECA&#038;biw=1536&#038;bih=722&#038;dpr=1.25\">news reports<\/a> suggesting any BP executive or any other official from an oil company made such a statement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are in the process of working with our team to look into this, but we can confirm we do not currently have an employee with that name and this text did not come from BP,\u201d a<span>\u00a0spokesperson for BP confirmed in an email to Check Your Fact.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time high gas prices have been the basis of misinformation. Check Your Fact recently <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/05\/23\/fact-check-diesel-reach-9-a-gallon-august\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked<\/a> a claim suggesting diesel prices could reach $9 a gallon by August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A post shared on Facebook claims a BP executive wrote a statement blaming \u201cpeople in power\u201d for high gas prices.Verdict: FalseThere is no record of any BP executive making such<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":613,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1505722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1505722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1505722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1505722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1505722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1505722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1505722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}