Twice As Much Oil Was Flowing Into Gulf As Originally Estimated 2.18K Adrian Chen 06/10/10 06:54PM Filed to: Crap Crap oil spill Gulf oil spill A new government assent says 25,000-30,000 barrels a day were flowing into the gulf before BPs semi-successful containment scheme. That's one Exxon Valdez every 8-10 days! Previous estimates had put the flow at 12,000-19,000/day. [NYT]
