{"id":1528178,"date":"2022-06-24T16:50:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T20:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1528178"},"modified":"2022-06-24T16:50:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T20:50:18","slug":"fact-check-does-this-video-show-a-recent-ukrainian-attack-on-a-russian-oil-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-a-recent-ukrainian-attack-on-a-russian-oil-well\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show A Recent Ukrainian Attack On A Russian Oil Well?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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-does-this-video-show-a-recent-ukrainian-attack-on-a-russian-oil-well%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=1528178&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--><div><\/div>\n<p>A video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/103975598773926\/videos\/446366857309422\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims to show the aftermath of a Ukrainian attack on an oil well off the coast of Crimea.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The video predates well-before the current Russian-Ukrainian conflict. The footage is not from the coast of Crimea or the Black Sea.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sergei Askyonov, the Russian-installed head of the disputed region of Crimea, claimed Ukrainian forces attacked oil wells June 20 off the southern coast of the region, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/ukraine-hits-oil-crimean-drilling-platforms-pro-russian-regional-head-says-2022-06-20\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reuters<\/a>. The drilling platforms, located in the Black Sea, were owned by Crimean oil and gas company Chernomorneftegaz, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/103975598773926\/videos\/446366857309422\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a> appears to show a burning ocean platform being extinguished by two ships. \u201cRussian State Duma MP from Crimea Mikhail Sheremet stated that the Ukrainian attack on Chernomorneftegaz oil wells should be treated as a terrorist attack, because civilian infrastructure and civilians were attacked,\u201d the video\u2019s caption claims.<\/p>\n<p>The video predates the current Russian-Ukrainian conflict. A reverse image search revealed the same video had been published on YouTube in 2008, with the title, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CEvbiWvjDrw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oil rig in Red Sea extinguishing<\/a>.\u201d The video\u2019s description lists the location as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Red-Sea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Red Sea<\/a>, a body of water located between the Arabian peninsula and Africa.<\/p>\n<p>An image of what appears to be the same ships extinguishing a fire can be seen on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinetraffic.com\/en\/photos\/of\/ships\/shipid:460820\/ships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marine Traffic<\/a>, a website that tracks ships internationally and provides maritime intelligence. The photo is dated July 10, 2004, and labeled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shipspotting.com\/photos\/1630308\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gulmar Eagle<\/a>,\u201d which is the ship on the right helping to extinguish the fire.<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin Pittet, an open-source intelligence (OSINT) investigator at the Centre for Information Resilience, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/COUPSURE\/status\/1538928915972071425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1538928915972071425%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Ffactcheck-oilrig-clip-idUSL1N2Y91ML\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> that the platform appeared to be the Global Santa Fe (GSF) Adriatic IV platform. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/06\/17\/fact-check-russain-warship-missile-attack-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Does This Video Show A Russian Warship Being Hit With Missiles?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A quick reverse image search of the orange ship, DP EAGLE (IMO: 7407752), since renamed and decommissioned, shows that this video is old. I believe the burning platform is the GSF Adriatic IV which sank in 2004. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1sbKvsCRx2\">https:\/\/t.co\/1sbKvsCRx2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qd1LWKiNhZ\">pic.twitter.com\/Qd1LWKiNhZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benjamin Pittet (@COUPSURE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/COUPSURE\/status\/1538928915972071425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Adriatic IV oil rig caught on fire off Port Said of Egypt on Aug. 10, 2004 when a gas blowout occurred during a drilling operation, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/euoag.jrc.ec.europa.eu\/node\/41#:~:text=Global%20Santa%20Fe%20(GSF)%20reported,petroleum%20minister%20ordered%20its%20destruction.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the European Commission Offshore Authorities Group<\/a>. The platform was deemed as \u201cnot salvageable\u201d and was ordered to be destroyed, the group reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video shared on Facebook claims to show the aftermath of a Ukrainian attack on an oil well off the coast of Crimea.Verdict: False The video predates well-before the current<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1528178","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\/1528178","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\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1528178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1528178\/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=1528178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1528178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1528178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}