flow rate

Documents released to the government panel investigating the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil leak reveal the White House made a decision not to disclose the worst-case scenario regarding the rate of oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico.

Now that the federal government's team of scientists has determined an average flow rate for oil leaking from the busted pipe in the Gulf of Mexico, U.S. congressman Edward Markey is calling on BP to accept the number so that damage claims can proceed.

The Gulf of Mexico loop current appears to be destabilizing thanks to a cyclone of cold water – good news for Florida, Cuba and the East Coast, at least temporarily.

Admiral Thad Allen, the National Incident Commander for the Deepwater Horizon Response team, has today established the Flow Rate Technical Team, a multi-agency federal effort to determine oil flow rates from the BP spill at multiple time periods following the explosion, fire, and subsequent loss of the Deepwater Horizon oil

After several days of pressing BP and government officials for answers, there is still no clarity about the wide discrepancy between estimates by BP and the government and independent analysts regarding the flow rate at which oil is gushing into the Gulf from the uncontrolled riser pipe