Could Deepwater Horizon REALLY Be Spewing 70,000 Barrels Per Day? Answer: YES

[Robbien]

NPR is now reporting that the oil spill could be 70,000 barrels of oil a day, which is considerably greater than the estimate of 5,000 barrels per day currently being reported. What is the view of Oil Drum readers regarding the likelihood of the higher estimate being accurate? According to the story:

The analysis was conducted by Steve Werely, an associate professor at Purdue University, using a technique called particle image velocimetry. Harris tells Michele Norris that the method is accurate to a degree of plus or minus 20 percent. That means the flow could range between 56,000 barrels a day and 84,000 barrels a day.

Another analysis by Eugene Chiang, a professor of astrophysics at the University of California, Berkeley, calculated the rate of flow to be between 20,000 barrels a day and 100,000 barrels a day.


http://www.businessinsider.com/could-deepwater-horizon-really-be-spilling-70000-barrels-per-day-2010-5

[Po_d Mainiac]

1. Meaning a major blob is held unseen by

a subsurface thermal barrier.....When/if that meets the coast, it is really going to REALLY SUCK! Perhaps with little or no warning :grr:

[Altoid_Cyclist]

2. BP seems to think that the name change made all of their past spills ancient history.

They're partly correct, this one will be historical for years to come.

All I can say is that the letters BP damn well better not stand for Beyond Prosecution. :mad: I'd like to see these worthless beings nailed to the wall both financially and legally. It won't bring back all of the life forms that will be killed or the livelihoods of the fisherman that are being destroyed. They better not be allowed to tie this up in the courts for years just to have the SCOTUS cut the fines to a fraction of the actual damage ala Exxon and Alaska.

:banghead:

[CanonRay]

3. Yes, but Rush says it's only 5K gallons a day

and that's what the idiots will believe.