Scientists increase flow rate estimate for Gulf of Mexico oil spill
Published: Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 4:13 PM Updated: Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 5:40 PM
Less than a week after increasing its estimate of the flow of oil from the Deepwater Horizon blowout, a team of scientists raised the figure again today. This time, scientists say between 35,000 to 60,000 barrels of oil per day are escaping the blown-out well.
Oil surging into the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon well is seen in this video image captured early Sunday.
The amount comes just five days after the team said the flow rate was 20,000 to 40,000 barrels of oil per day.
The new estimate is based on "more and better data" the team, called the Flow Rate Technical Group, said in a statement.
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