The Ethiopian government dropped pebbles to the natural gas of the ocibouts to Djibouti because of financial restrictions and project. But posts circulation on Facebook request to show continuous build of Ethiopia export pipeline. However, this is fake: The video shows a relationship of related clips, including the film from India and Australia. The construction on the prowlen-Djibouti-Djibouti’s previous pipeline ever started.
An amharic post office Published on Facebook and shared more than 480 times read: “Incredible pipeline excess the one that transports Ganes.”
Screenshot of the False Post, taken on July 4, 2025
It is place, published on June 27, include 30 seconds that appear the construction of many pipels and refinery, no male voice in the background.
“Ethiopia, construction of a large gas pipeline that transports gas from the bacade ocaden for export”, the narrator says.
Ogaden’s basin lies in the Somalia region of Ethiopia and maintain the significant reserves of the raw oil and natural gas.
“Gas pipeline is 767 miles and connect the gas directly to the red sea for shipping,” the video narrator. “The construction of the pipeline, he interrupted many times in the past, it’s time to ritate in full ability.”
The latter pretend the pipeline was built by a Chinese company and transport more than 12 billion a natural gas meters of natural gas.
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Ethiopian gas
The Ethiopia has actively exploring the oil and natural gas in partnership with Chinese companies.
The first attempts were amazed by the tragedy when, in 2007, more than 65 Ethiopi and Chinese workers were killed by the Ethiopian rebels from the National Rewards Front (onlf) in a field of oil in the ohaden basin (filed here).
In 2018, after the election of the First Aphmed API minister, Etiopia taught the production of raw oil For the first time by two reserves in the basin goes – kalub fields and hilala in the eastern part of the country (archived here).
The exploration of the natural gas production and crossroads were carried to partnomed with the Chinese polyty polit company.
In 2019, Ethiopia and Djibouti signed a dollar of mill I agree Take the 760-kilometer-kilometer-long gas of kalub and hibout to the djibouti port (filed here).
However, the video did not show this proposed project.
Inexistent pipelines
Keyword searches reveal that the construction of pipeline has never been out of the ground.
Verification of the AFP made found a speech ABIY has given the Parliament of Parliament 2025 when said country starts the production of gas per domestic use in September (archived) here).
His announcement followed 2025 of your release of 415 Report Title “Etiopea Etiana Optian ..25”, in the Ministry confirmed that the government has canceled the planned gas project and file as natural gas of the pipeline and filed here).
According to the report, Anniellation has been financial with financial retards in the project implementation as a change toward domestic consumption.
June 28, 2025, local average reported that the decision to finish the natural gas pipeline project has already taken in 2022 and only publicized (filed here).
Videos related
AFP control check also used video verification tool Inside-wevovfy to make Reverse imagine searches on key from the video.
Research results included a link to a video instagram showing a Arabic bustle of crude hair In India, that involves a 489-mile pipeline of mounting joint in Gujarat to the Bars Definy in Rajasthan.
Has been submitted from the megha and infrastructure ltd infrastructures, the company responsible to build pipeline (archived here).
Further research revealed part of the film was also Posted from the same company in YouTube in the 2053 October (archived here).
The fact AFP verifies the company’s Scribrce from the original video in Instagram at Frames by the clip in False Post.
Screenshots of Orginal video (Left) and the fake place, taken on 7 july 2025
Research results also revealed that the other parts of the False was taken from filmed of the Fire Fire of the Fire of a “Fort Etchy Fire Pipeline” published in YouTube in February 2015 (Filed here).
The project has seen the Construct of a 270 mile pipeline connecting the wander’s billing pipeline of transalte’s bunbon in the power power station in Western Australia (archived) here).
Screenshots of the original video from 2015 (left) and the fake place, taken 07 July, 2025
None of the images presented in the video supports the statement that show the construction of an Ethiopian gas pipeline.