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BP spokesman John Curry told The Associated Press on Sunday that a mile-long tube inserted into the leaking well siphoned some 57,120 gallons of oil within the past 24 hours, a sharp drop from the 92,400 gallons of oil a day that the device was sucking up on Friday. However, the company has said the amount of oil siphoned will vary widely from day to day.

I may be wrong, but why is this the first time we hear BP say the daily collection will vary widely?

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Posted by eye65

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Posted on 5/23/10 at 1:01 pm to Kickadawgitfeelsgood

just read about this on another news site and it is not good news....fingers crossed for the next plan on Tuesday.

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Posted by GM4UA

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Posted on 5/23/10 at 6:54 pm to Kickadawgitfeelsgood

A few days ago I read where they said it would vary, so it's not new. The gas/oil mix changes from day to day. I hope that's the only reason.

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Posted by tgrgrd00

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Posted on 5/23/10 at 7:10 pm to GM4UA

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fingers crossed for the next plan on Tuesday.

fingers crossed for the next plan on Wednesday.

fify

Been pushed back again till Wednesday. With all of the delays I wouldn't be surprised if they never try the top kill. There is the potential for it to create a worse leak if it doesn't work as planned.

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Posted by alange

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Posted on 5/23/10 at 10:23 pm to Kickadawgitfeelsgood

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The amount BP has collected in the mile-long tube has varied since it was installed last week. The device was siphoning 42,000 gallons of oil a day early that week, but at times Thursday, the siphon was collecting oil at a rate of as much as 210,000 gallons a day.