A Million Gallons A Day
The flow rate on the Well from Hell keeps going up but you have to have your pencil ready and mind engaged when BP hints at the truth
Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said Monday at the White House that the government still doesn’t know how much oil is leaking from the damaged Gulf well despite the addition of a containment cap last week, but that BP hopes to pump up to 20,000 barrels (840,000 gallons) of oil a day to the surface.
His comments indicate that government panel’s estimates of a flow of 12,000 to 19,000 barrels daily are likely low — concerns first reported by the NewsHour.
There is still going to be oil leaking into the Gulf because BP isn’t even competent enough to cut a pipe in a professional manner, and BP only talks about recovering a “majority” of the oil that is leaking. A million gallons per day is a very conservative estimate.
BP has also poured a million gallons of Corexit dispersant into the Gulf, despite being told to find something else.
