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BP Document Puts Early Spill Estimate At Up To 100K Barrels A Day

BP Document Puts Early Spill Estimate At Up To 100K Barrels A Day

Though British Petroleum’s own CEO has made public statements like “The amount of volume of oil and dispersant we are putting into [the Gulf of Mexico] is tiny in relation to the total water volume,” and the always classic “The environmental impact of this disaster is likely to be very, very modest,” a recently released internal document shows that BP’s initial estimates of the ongoing oil spill were outright apocalyptic. [More]