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The Deepwater Spill’s Size in Context
June 6, 2010 at 4:00 am
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by Gomez on June 6th, 2010 at 10:25
Bad figures, BP’s own estimates are 2.3m barrels as of 2 weeks ago. That estimate is surely highly optimistic.