Gulf Oil Leak May Be Bigger Than BP Says

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Source: Associated Press

Gulf oil leak may be bigger than BP says

By RAY HENRY, HARRY R. WEBER and SETH BORENSTEIN, Associated Press Writers – 40 mins ago
NEW ORLEANS – While BP is capturing more oil from its blown-out well with every passing day, scientists on a team analyzing the flow said Tuesday that the amount of crude still escaping into the Gulf of Mexico may be considerably greater than what the government and the company have claimed.

Their assertions — combined with BP's rush to build a bigger cap and its apparent difficulty in immediately processing all the oil being collected — have only added to the impression that the company is still floundering in dealing with the catastrophe.

The cap that was put on the ruptured well last week collected about 620,000 gallons of oil on Monday and another 330,000 from midnight to noon on Tuesday and funneled it to a ship at the surface, said Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the government's point man on the crisis. That would mean the cap is capturing better than half of the oil, based on the government's estimate that around 600,000 to 1.2 million gallons a day are leaking from the bottom of the sea.

The undersea efforts came as BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles struck an upbeat tone about the anticipated progress of the oil containment in the next week. Suttles told The Associated Press in a stop in Alabama that the arrival of a second vessel in the coming days to help pump the oil from the deepwater gusher could help engineers make even more progress, even as others continued to criticize BP over its handling of the disaster.

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[BrklynLiberal]

1. LOL. Is this what they call one of those "NO SHIT, SHERLOCK" moments?

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2. Universe may be bigger than the reach of my hand. nt

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3. WoW. What terrible journalism. n/t

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4. Of course it's fucking bigger than they say. jesus christ, are we reduced to this? n/t

[webDude]

5. Gomer says, "SUPRISE, SUPRISE, SUPRISE, that's not my finger!"

Okay, have to be a little old to get that. Translation for current day: "DUH".