BP has criticized independent estimates that put the flow rate at 50,000 barrels a day or more. Mr. Hayward said in the email to employees that measuring the flow of oil is “a complex task as it is influenced by a number of factors.” He cited the damage to the oil pipe, known as a riser, sustained during the accident, the impact of drill pipe trapped within the riser and the proportion of natural gas in the plume. BP estimates that gas makes up roughly 50% of the plume, on average.
Anger grew along the U.S. Gulf Coast as thick oil washed into delicate coastal wetlands in Louisiana.
“It’s difficult to clean up when you haven’t stopped the source,” Chris Roberts, a councilman for Jefferson Parish, which stretches from the New Orleans metropolitan area to the coast, told AP. “You can scrape it off the beach but it’s coming right back.”
Im thinking what a f~uckin bunch of clowns these people are….Oil pumping out of this thing and destroying all in its path, why the f~uck havent these idiots planned for this type of disaster… Now all those budding ” terrorists ” out there know just what to do to cripple the ” great satan ” dont they ….What a total f~uck up..hang them all…every last one of them :x :x :x