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In response to "Halliburton built the well casing. Oh my. -- nm" by Beryllium

ooh, here's a worst-case estimate from Wikipedia ...

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) May 26 '10, 08:05

Steven Wereley, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Purdue University, analyzed videotape of the leak using particle image velocimetry and estimated oil flow rates at between 56,000 to 84,000 barrels per day (8,900 to 13,400 m3/d), or equivalent to one Exxon Valdez spill every 3.5 to 2.4 days.[57] A second, smaller leak has been estimated to be releasing 25,000 barrels per day (4,000 m3/d) by itself [58], suggesting that the total size of the leak may well be in excess of 100,000 barrels per day and could possibly be one of the largest oil spills in history and the worst man-made disaster recorded.

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How's BPs stock looking? -- nm - Gwaahjo May 26, 08:10 2
- down more than 25% since the spill. -- (link) - Don Homer May 26, 08:12
- up 10% year-over-year. - Beryllium May 26, 08:11
so worst case we're looking at nearly 80,000 barrells a day. -- nm - Remlik May 26, 08:07 5
- plus the SECOND leak.. -- nm - Andie May 26, 08:08
- Actually the worse case would be 84k + 25k = 109k. -- nm - Don Homer May 26, 08:08 3
  - Which would be about 4.5M gallons per day. In 35 days, that's 160,230,000 gallons. Still not as bad as Kuwait, but would be #2 worst ever. -- (link) - JaxSean May 26, 08:13 1
    - (and the Ixtoc 1 took almost a year to cap. Yeesh.) -- nm - JaxSean May 26, 08:15
  - yup -- nm - tRuMaN May 26, 08:11
every 3.5 to 2.4 days? jeez. -- nm - Don Homer May 26, 08:07

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