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Oil Spill Data
May. 27th, 2010 01:53 pmThe government released their first set of findings on the oil spill and I think this is only the tip of the iceberg.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64Q4F720100527?type=domesticNews
The team's best estimate for the amount of oil pouring from the well is 12,000-19,000 barrels per day, though one of three measurement methods the team used returned a high-end rate of 25,000 barrels per day, McNutt said.
Assuming the well has flowed 12,000 barrels (504,000 gallons/1.9 million liters) a day since April 20 -- the day the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded -- the total amount of oil released by the well is 444,000 barrels (18.65 million gallons/70.59 million liters), nearly twice the amount from Exxon Valdez.
Most of the oil had not risen to the surface and I guarantee that BP will continue on its' PR campaign that if you can't see the worst, the public will forget.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64Q4F720100527?type=domesticNews
The team's best estimate for the amount of oil pouring from the well is 12,000-19,000 barrels per day, though one of three measurement methods the team used returned a high-end rate of 25,000 barrels per day, McNutt said.
Assuming the well has flowed 12,000 barrels (504,000 gallons/1.9 million liters) a day since April 20 -- the day the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded -- the total amount of oil released by the well is 444,000 barrels (18.65 million gallons/70.59 million liters), nearly twice the amount from Exxon Valdez.
Most of the oil had not risen to the surface and I guarantee that BP will continue on its' PR campaign that if you can't see the worst, the public will forget.
