Experts Double Estimate of BP Oil Spill Size
June 11th, 2010Experts also tell us what the unemployment numbers are. So, double or triple it again and maybe we’ll be in the ballpark.
Via: BBC:
As many as 40,000 barrels (1.7m gallons) of oil a day may have been gushing out from a blown-out Gulf of Mexico well, doubling many estimates.
The US Geological Survey says that flow rate could have been reached a capping device was put on the well on 3 June
BP’s chairman has been invited to meet President Barack Obama next week, as concerns grow over the effect of the spill on US-UK ties.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron is to speak with Mr Obama at the weekend.
Oil has been leaking into the Gulf since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded on 20 April and sank off the coast of the US state of Louisiana, killing 11 workers.
BP said the device placed on the well collected 15,800 barrels of oil on Wednesday – slightly up on the 15,010 barrels collected in the previous 24-hour period.
