How many gallons of oil have spilled from Deepwater horizon?

I've been looking at estimates, they vary a lot :/

asked May 30 '10 at 15:32

jdills1196
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edited May 30 '10 at 15:35

You mean they 'vary' a lot.

(May 30 '10 at 15:33) Ang

Changed :)

(May 30 '10 at 15:35) jdills1196

Its gushing 70000 barrels per day (2.94 million gallons)Or Around 11 million. Give or take which news source you believe.

(May 30 '10 at 15:45) DrN

So its 2.94-11 Million gallons a day?

(May 30 '10 at 17:18) jdills1196

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0	Too many. :( answered May 30 '10 at 15:48 Ang 4.5k●13●41●76 I agree with that. (May 30 '10 at 17:18) jdills1196

0	Figure this one out (BPxOBAMA)responsiblity=infinite(gallons of petro)-millions(dead animals) answered Jun 07 '10 at 21:56 kyle_on_the_radio 2.9k●48●74●105

Does it matter?

Animal Casualties Birds: 820 have been collected, with 298 of these visibly oiled. 597 birds were dead; 223 were captured alive. 28 have been released.

Sea Turtles: 289 have been collected; 243 were dead; 46 were alive.

Mammals, Including Dolphins: 33 have been collected in the spill zone; 31 of those were dead. Determination whether oil was the cause of death is pending for 30 dolphins.

answered Jun 07 '10 at 22:03

ajrogers
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0	Too many. CURSE YOU BP!!! 760 safety violations in the past 4 years while Exxon had 1. answered Jun 07 '10 at 22:23 xforever1313 2.5k●4●14●40

0	As many Mexicans that cross the border each year squared, at least that is what my calculation says. answered Jun 07 '10 at 22:26 Liam Quade 7.4k●92●121●197

This is the best estimate I've found online, and it's an actively-changing counter which is accurate, since the Deepwater Horizon spill is still actively leaking oil.

PBS Oil Tracker: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/oil-ticker/video.html

answered Jun 08 '10 at 02:39

ageekmom ♦
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edited Jun 08 '10 at 02:40

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