{"id":574785,"date":"2010-05-21T12:12:19","date_gmt":"2010-05-21T16:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/?p=43650"},"modified":"2010-05-21T12:12:19","modified_gmt":"2010-05-21T16:12:19","slug":"it%e2%80%99s-official-bp-has-been-massively-lowballing-its-leak-estimate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/574785","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Official: BP Has Been Massively Lowballing Its Leak Estimate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Via Prison Planet.com \u00bb World News<\/p>\n

Business Insider<\/a>
\nFriday, May 21, 2010<\/p>\n

BP has been sticking to its 5,000 barrels a day estimate of the Deepwater leak (which was already a revision of its 1,000 barrels a day estimate<\/a>).<\/p>\n

But yesterday, when BP triumphantly claimed to be collecting 5,000 barrels a day with the siphon, savvy readers might have checked the Deepwater live cam<\/a> or considered that BP had installed a siphon at only one of two leaks.<\/p>\n

Clearly it’s leaking a hell of a lot more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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BP has admitted their estimate was low but has not provided a new estimate. BP lawyers are well aware that a low estimate of the leak size could save the company millions in court, according to McClatchy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Assuming the leak is closer to 95,000 barrels a day, here’s 8 Incredible Things We Could Have Done With All That Oil<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n
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