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Originally Posted by roly
A new cap placed over a ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has begun to funnel oil to the surface.
US Coast Guard Adm Thad Allen said a rough estimate showed that about 1,000 barrels a day was being captured.
This is only a small part of the 12,000-19,000 a day believed to be leaking and BP says it could take 48 hours to know if the system is working.
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It's only capturing 1,000 barrels a day? What the fuck...
They said cutting the riser would increase the flow by over 20% so using their own estimates the well is gushing about 23,000 barrels a day and their cap is only capturing under 5%? Sounds to me like things are much worse.
