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Subject *Breaking* Gulf Disaster: Gulf Oil Spill May Be NINETEEN TIMES Bigger Than Originally Thought
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Gulf oil spill may be 19 times bigger than originally thought
May 19, 2010

WASHINGTON — The latest glimpse of video footage of the oil spill deep under the Gulf of Mexico indicates that around 95,000 barrels, or 4 million gallons, a day of crude oil may be spewing from the leaking wellhead, 19 times the previous estimate, an engineering professor told Congress Wednesday.

New BP underwater video of oil, gas gushing as spill spreads

Russia Today May 19, 2010



The figure of 5,000 barrels, or 210,000 gallons, a day that BP and the federal government have been using for weeks is based on observations of the surface slick made by satellites and aircraft. Even NASA's satellite-based instruments, however, can't see deep into the waters of the gulf, where much of the oil from the gusher seems to be floating. The well is 5,000 feet below the surface.

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