An internal BP document released on Sunday showed that the company has estimated that oil could pour from its broken well in the Gulf of Mexico at the rate of 100,000 barrels a day.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...iginal-estimates-internal-document-shows.html
By Alex Spillius in Washington and John Bingham
Published: 9:00PM BST 20 Jun 2010
An undated document showing the estimate was released by Congressman Ed Markey, the chairman of an energy sub-committee in the House of Representatives.
The amount of oil pouring into the sea has been a matter of controversy since the spill began on April 20, with critics saying BP had deliberately understated the rate in order to play down its liability.....
......The document appears to estimate the highest potential flow of oil if key components of the well fail. It does not indicate that the 100,000 barrels per day is BP’s estimate of the actual amount flowing. The document states, “If BOP (blowout preventer) and wellhead are removed and if we have incorrectly modelled the restrictions - the rate could be as high as 100,000 barrels per day up the casing or 55,000 barrels per day up the annulus (low probability worst cases)”..........
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...iginal-estimates-internal-document-shows.html
By Alex Spillius in Washington and John Bingham
Published: 9:00PM BST 20 Jun 2010
An undated document showing the estimate was released by Congressman Ed Markey, the chairman of an energy sub-committee in the House of Representatives.
The amount of oil pouring into the sea has been a matter of controversy since the spill began on April 20, with critics saying BP had deliberately understated the rate in order to play down its liability.....
......The document appears to estimate the highest potential flow of oil if key components of the well fail. It does not indicate that the 100,000 barrels per day is BP’s estimate of the actual amount flowing. The document states, “If BOP (blowout preventer) and wellhead are removed and if we have incorrectly modelled the restrictions - the rate could be as high as 100,000 barrels per day up the casing or 55,000 barrels per day up the annulus (low probability worst cases)”..........
