News Just Breaking on Thursday 20th of May…
Independent experts testifying at the House of Representative’s commerce and energy committee hearing on the Deepwater Horizon Well oil spill have said that whereas BP and government agencies have been using the figure of 5000 barrels of oil a day leaking from the damaged pipeline, the real figure is more likely to be between 20,000 to 100,000 barrels a day.
Experts say because BP was refusing to release vital data, it is difficult to make an accurate estimate.
Steve Wereley, a professor of mechanical engineering at Purdue University said that based on the latest BP videos released, the two wellheads combined to gush 95,000 barrels a day into the Gulf of Mexico. He said his estimate could be wrong by plus or minus 20% so the daily leakage would be between 76,000 and 104,000 barrels a day.
Amateur Video of the Gulf Oil Spill
But don’t worry about that.. the Ocean Can Absorb The Spill …Fox News assures us it can.
Well, that’s a relief then.