Quantcast Gulf oil spill figures may be double earlier estimates
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Clifford Armion
le 06/11/2010
Activer le mode zenRichard Simon, Betina Boxall and Margot Roosevelt
"Reporting from Washington and Los Angeles Government scientists said Thursday that as many as 40,000 barrels of oil have been flowing daily from the blown-out BP well, doubling earlier estimates and greatly expanding the scope of what is already the largest spill in U.S. history. "The new figures could mean 42 million to 84 million gallons of oil have leaked into the Gulf of Mexico since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded on the night of April 20 with the lowest estimate nearly four times the size of the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill. "The flow estimates were released by Marcia McNutt, director of the U.S. Geological Survey, and do not count any increases that may have occurred since the cutting of the well's riser pipe, a step that was expected to boost the flow." Read...Pour citer cette ressource :
"Quantcast Gulf oil spill figures may be double earlier estimates", La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), novembre 2010. Consulté le 25/04/2024. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/quantcast-gulf-oil-spill-figures-may-be-double-earlier-estimates