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Re:14-year-long oil spill in Gulf of Mexico may be worst in ... by abernard1 on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @01:43AM (#18280984)
It was estimated at 210 million gallons, not barrels.

The natural oil seeps are larger than Deepwater Horizon, every year.

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Re:14-year-long oil spill in Gulf of Mexico may be worst in ... by kbutler on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @02:32AM (#18281177)
Yes, thanks for the correction - 210 million gallons, or 4.9 million barrels. That estimate puts it at the top of the range of estimates I saw for natural seeps within the gulf of Mexico.

And that does put the upper range of Taylor estimates approaching the range of deepwater horizon total estimates.

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