The Gulf of Mexico Is Home To 27,000 Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells Jeff Neumann · 07/07/10 06:18AM Want to hear some pretty disturbing news? The Gulf of Mexico has at least 27,000 abandoned oil and gas wells, and no one has bothered to check if they are leaking. Some even date back to the 1940s.
Internal BP Document Estimates Up to 100,000 Barrels Leaking Every Day Jeff Neumann · 06/20/10 12:53PM An internal BP document says that up to 100,000 barrels of oil could be leaking every day.