Gulf oil spill figures may be double earlier estimates

Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 19:40 in Mathematics & Economics

Government scientists say as many as 40,000 barrels of oil per day have been gushing into the gulf. BP has said the blown-out well will not be plugged before August. 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...

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