New study of Gulf oil spill

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Study: Gulf oil spill released 56,000 bpd
Published: Sept. 24, 2010 at 7:31 AM

LONDON, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- At least 56,000 barrels of oil per day poured into the Gulf of Mexico following the April sinking of a BP oil platform, an analysis found.

A series of failures at the Macondo well on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico caused a gas explosion that sunk BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig in April. The accident resulted in the worst accidental marine oil spill in the history of the industry.

Estimates reported in the journal Science found that 56,000-68,000 barrels of oil spilled into the gulf after the accident. Around 4.4 million barrels of oil spilled into the ocean from late April to July 15 when the well was capped.

British oil company BP managed to siphon around 800,000 barrels of oil off the surface of the water, leaving around 4.1 million barrels left, British newspaper The Guardian claimed.

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Resource-Wars/2010/09/24/Study-Gulf-oil-spill-released-56000-bpd/UPI-41261285327915/

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1. K & R

How many gallons of corexit were poured into the gulf?

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2. good question...

How many endangered species (sea turtles) will eventually die out?