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Honestly, how much oil is leaking into the Gulf?

05/07/2010 07:36:00 Kathlyn Stone

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We don’t have a clue.

For two weeks oil has been leaking into the Gulf of Mexico from the BP (“Beyond Petroleum,” formerly British Petroleum) offshore well following an oil rig explosion.

The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) experts estimate that 5,000 barrels a day of oil are spilling into the gulf, up from officials’ initial estimates of 1,000 barrels.

Independent experts such as Ian D. MacDonald, an oceanography professor at Florida State University, suggest the leak volume could be 25,000 barrels a day, much higher than official estimates.

But the truth may be more than what those responsible want us to hear. BP believes the leak could be as high as 60,000 barrels a day, according to a New York Times report on what a BP executive told Congress members at a closed-door briefing this week.

PBS NewHour created a meter showing how much oil may have leaked into the Gulf based on each estimate. Go ahead and enter your figure. It's anyone's guess.

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Comments (11 posted):

m3 carta on 05/08/2010 01:46:49

Well no one has the idea of how much oil spill has taken place but this oil spill will cost us too much and may probably create a difficulty to get oil in future from Gulf.

Xrumer on 05/09/2010 13:50:15

This is really big issue, I remember those days when an oil ship was broken at the Arabian sea and all the oil spread over the entire sea. I just visited the coast and found many dead fishes and sea animals. That was horrible.

luxury bedding on 05/10/2010 00:55:20

These forms can prove toxic to marine life, but after a time with weathering, feasting micro organisms and solar decomposition the water self-purifies.

mesa dentist on 05/10/2010 04:50:24

People are constantly working in the direction and finding out the main cause and the scope to eradicate this process, though its not an easy job but there needs a solution which is unique and can help in solving the oil spreading problem in gulf.

acekard on 05/11/2010 01:23:27

That's true that this is very big issue but government is also taking decision for it. Many people are helping for this.
Government constantly working in this direction to prevent oil spreading problem. They are taking markable decision and helping people also. So we cant blame government more.

Cheap Web Design on 05/12/2010 06:16:21

I think the volume of oil leakages are rolled down. Skytruth estimates are based on satellite imagery and the adoption of industry standards oil thicknesses Sheen seems to have validity and should be considered by all credible news agencies.

personal injury Houston on 05/13/2010 01:51:37

I think its too much oil, so it can take advantage of anyone. .... Steel in Sea.I just dislike the size of the disasters that we need people to wake up and see what happens. I like humanity to be pessimistic, but in all honesty and sincerity, I do not spend the next 100 years.

iedge on 05/28/2010 00:22:25

The eleven missing oil rig workers were declared dead late last night by the U.S. Coast Guard. It amazes me how I keep posting things about the spill & how few responses I get, yet on other trivial topics I get so many.

Cheap Web Design Manchester on 12/06/2010 08:47:53

In this day and age, you would have thought this was a problem that they could have fixed quicker than they did. Especially with the technology and money involved in the industry.

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