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  • 2022-06-24 (xsd:date)
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  • Does This Video Show A Recent Ukrainian Attack On A Russian Oil Well? (en)
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  • 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 Russian-Ukrainian conflict. The footage is not from the coast of Crimea or the Black Sea. Fact Check: 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 Reuters . The drilling platforms, located in the Black Sea, were owned by Crimean oil and gas company Chernomorneftegaz, the outlet reported. The Facebook video appears to show a burning ocean platform being extinguished by two ships. Russian 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, the video’s caption claims. 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, Oil rig in Red Sea extinguishing . The video’s description lists the location as the Red Sea , a body of water located between the Arabian peninsula and Africa. An image of what appears to be the same ships extinguishing a fire can be seen on Marine Traffic , a website that tracks ships internationally and provides maritime intelligence. The photo is dated July 10, 2004, and labeled Gulmar Eagle , which is the ship on the right helping to extinguish the fire. Benjamin Pittet, an open-source intelligence (OSINT) investigator at the Centre for Information Resilience, tweeted that the platform appeared to be the Global Santa Fe (GSF) Adriatic IV platform. (RELATED: Does This Video Show A Russian Warship Being Hit With Missiles?) 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. https://t.co/1sbKvsCRx2 pic.twitter.com/Qd1LWKiNhZ — Benjamin Pittet (@COUPSURE) June 20, 2022 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 the European Commission Offshore Authorities Group . The platform was deemed as not salvageable and was ordered to be destroyed, the group reported. (en)
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