Busted well still has about 2 billion gallons of oil

[Newsjock]

Source: Associated Press

... An estimated 73.5 million to 126 million gallons of oil has come out of the breached wellhead, whether into the water or captured.

The reservoir that feeds the well still holds about 2 billion gallons of oil, according to the first public estimate Hayward has given of the size of the undersea oil field.

That means the reservoir is believed to still hold 94 percent to 97 percent of its oil. At the current flow rate, it would take from two years to nearly four years for all the oil to be drained from it.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/06/15/national/w133925D27.DTL

[Poll_Blind]

1. Here, America: You want oil? Here's all you can eat!

PB

[Bluebear]

2. Oh well, that is pleasant news. Eat the seafood!

[tekisui]

3. I had heard it would take decades.

Either way, I hope we don't have to find out. Although, I am thinking more that we will with each passing day.