(AFX UK Focus) 2010-06-20 18:07 Document shows BP estimates spill up to 100,000 bpd
WASHINGTON, June 20 (Reuters) – An internal BP Plc document released on Sunday by a senior U.S. congressional Democrat shows that the company estimates that a worst-case scenario rate for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill could be about 100,000 barrels of oil per day. The estimate of 100,000 barrels (4.2 million gallons/15.9 million liters) of oil per day is far higher than the current U.S … Read more on Interactive Investor
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-06-21 11:18 WRAPUP 2-BP estimates spill up to 100,000 bpd in document
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New BP oil spill flow estimates: 20,000 to 40,000 barrels per day
For nearly a month and a half, BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil blow-out is likely to have pumped between 20,000 and 40,000 barrels of oil a day into the Gulf of Mexico, according to new estimates of the flow. Read more on The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News
Scientists offer varied estimates, all high, on size of BP oil leak
Pick a number: 12,600 barrels . . . 20,000 . . . 21,500 . . . 25,000 . . . 30,000 . . . 40,000 . . . 50,000. Scientists put every one of those numbers in play Thursday as they struggled to come up with a solid estimate of how much oil is gushing each day from the black geyser at the bottom of the… Business – Energy – Oil and Gas – Gulf of Mexico – Operating Companies Read more on Washington Post
Gulf oil spill figures may be double earlier estimates
Government scientists say as many as 40,000 barrels of oil per day have been gushing into the gulf. BP has said the blown-out well will not be plugged before August. Government scientists said Thursday that as many as 40,000 barrels of oil have been flowing daily from the blown-out BP well, doubling earlier estimates and greatly expanding the scope of what is already the largest spill in U.S … Read more on Los Angeles Times
mateja.se Video from RussiaToday www.youtube.com Live video feed of the Gulf of Mexico oil leak has been posted online on Thursday.More oil is gushing into the Gulf than it had estimated after several scientists watching the video said they believe the leak is higher than official figures. Video Rating: 5 / 5
Gulf oil spill is worst in U.S. history, estimates suggest
(CNN) — The Gulf of Mexico undersea gusher is the largest oil spill in United States history — possibly already more than twice as big as the Exxon Valdez spill, government estimates suggested Thursday. Read more on KAJ Flathead
Legal experts: BP low-balling flow rate estimates for legal reasons
For weeks many have wondered why BP wouldn’t allow outsiders to view the uninterrupted underwater video feed of the busted well pumping oil in the Gulf of Mexico. The well came loose after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig the company leased from Transocean. Read more on The Newsroom via Yahoo! News
As BP tries to contain the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the question remains just how much oil is leaking. BP continues to claim it’s about 5000 barrels a day, but some scientists say the flow rate is much higher. (May 14)
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