As Oil Spreads, BP Says it Underestimated Flow

[sabra]

Source: CBS News/AP

Thick Crude Reaches Louisiana Marshes and Small Portion Reaches Loop Current; BP Capturing 210K Gallons a Day

(CBS/ AP) BP conceded Thursday that more oil than it estimated is gushing into the Gulf of Mexico as heavy crude washed into Louisiana's wetlands for the first time, feeding worries and uncertainty about the massive month-long spill.

Mark Proegler, a spokesman for oil giant BP PLC, said a mile-long tube inserted into a leaking pipe over the weekend is now capturing 210,000 gallons a day - the total amount the company and the Coast Guard have estimated is gushing into the sea - but some is still escaping. He would not say how much.

Several professors who have watched video of the leak have already said they believe the amount gushing out is much higher than the official estimates.

Proegler said the 210,000 gallons - 5,000 barrels - has always been just an estimate because there is no way of measuring how much is gushing from the seafloor.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/20/national/main6502769.shtml?tag=stack

[Systematic Chaos]

1. Ya think?

[calimary]

8. No fucking DUH!

[saigon68]

12. No shit----

The Media really gave these criminals a PASS on this one didn't they.

[tk2kewl]

2. Maybe CBS/AP could strive for more accurate headlines:

As Oil Spreads, BP Says it Lied about Flow and Hoped No One Would Notice

[thereismore]

4. Damn. One can only dream. nt

[thereismore]

3. Fuckers. They were hoping the dispersants would keep it all under. nt

[joanmj]

7. and now the gov't says those

disperants aren't safe and they(BP) needs to change to another dispersant. I bet BP never says how much is actually GUSHING!

[FedUpWithIt All]

5. Dangerous assholes! Ths planet is not the plaything of BP.

:mad:

[zonkers]

6. Time to take back our oceans from these homcidal maniacs.

[Usrename]

9. Why are these criminals allowed to participate in the coverup?!

This has eclipsed the horror and shame of the Katrina aftermath.

[Nihil]

11. Nothing like a bit of hyperbole to start off the day eh?

> This has eclipsed the horror and shame of the Katrina aftermath.

No. I really don't think so.

[Usrename]

13. You've gotta be kidding, right?

The annihilation of one of the largest fisheries in the world, while the Obama administration sits back and watches, is Apocalyptic.

Fascism is the new black.

[daleo]

10. A little admission of reality

Since the government is now forming a team to get a proper estimate.

[Stuart G]

14. Oh, it has been how long?? Oh, One Month and they still cannot estimate?

[daleo]

17. They may have an accurate estimate

But they will hide that fact, the way that tobacco companies hid their estimates of the true health consequences of smoking. This admission of a higher estimate may be a carefully crafted legal strategy.

[1955doubledie]

15. K&R

:kick:

[Bragi]

16. Underestimated = lied about /nt