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How many gallons have leaked into the gulf so far?
Posted on 5/30/10 at 6:45 pm
Posted on 5/30/10 at 6:45 pm
New to this forum and saw a thread about the worst oil spills and was wondering how this one compares to the worst leaks of all time.Valdez was the 34th worst of all time and trhis one is supposedly 3 times worse.
Posted on 5/30/10 at 9:44 pm to stwepu
Are you saying this would be ranked 14 or 15 worst or 14 or 15 million gallons? I thought it was more than that. Not saying that isn't bad but could be or will be a lot worst
Posted on 5/30/10 at 9:45 pm to shoelessjoe
No hes saying at least 14 or 15 gallons have leaked
Posted on 5/31/10 at 9:42 am to Cosmo
I would say anywhere from 15 million to 70 million gallons.
Posted on 5/31/10 at 2:11 pm to RedHawk
Well, let's calculate this and see. Deepwate Horizon blew on April 20th, so it has been spewing, according to estimates, a minimum of about 4500 barrels of HC's per day...minimum. Therefore, as of today, 31 days into May plus the last ten in April starting on the 20th brings us to a total of 41 days at 4500 bpd. Let's convert that to gallons...
(4500 barrels HC's/day)* (55 gallons HC's/barrel HC's) * (41 days) = 10,157,500 gallons of dirty HC minimum as of May 31st 2010.
Some estimates with respect to bpd are much higher than that, but there is much debate about that subject...The 15 to 70 million gallons mentioned above is not unreasonable IMO because the 4500 bpd figure is from BP. Hmmmmm, no pressure to use conservative numbers there huh?
(4500 barrels HC's/day)* (55 gallons HC's/barrel HC's) * (41 days) = 10,157,500 gallons of dirty HC minimum as of May 31st 2010.
Some estimates with respect to bpd are much higher than that, but there is much debate about that subject...The 15 to 70 million gallons mentioned above is not unreasonable IMO because the 4500 bpd figure is from BP. Hmmmmm, no pressure to use conservative numbers there huh?
This post was edited on 5/31/10 at 2:14 pm
Posted on 5/31/10 at 2:22 pm to hurricanecentral
the current official estimate is 12-19000 bbl/day
and there's 42 gallons in a barrel, not 55.
and there's 42 gallons in a barrel, not 55.
Posted on 5/31/10 at 2:24 pm to baytiger
Only drums that are fill 80% as per DOT shipping qualifications are 42. A drum holds 55 gallons. So, that number is a bit grey, I guess.
Posted on 5/31/10 at 2:29 pm to hurricanecentral
There are 42 gallons per barrel big dog.
Posted on 5/31/10 at 2:44 pm to samisrael
My bad. You're right. I work in the chemical industry and we work with 55 gal drums every day. There are 42 gallons of oil in a barrel. I stand corrected...
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