The New York Times
Mon, August 02, 2010 -- 7:49 PM ET
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U.S. Puts BP Spill Total at Nearly 5 Million Barrels
Nearly five million barrels of oil have gushed from the BP's
well since the Deepwater Horizon spill began on April 20,
federal scientists said on Monday in announcing the most
precise estimates yet of the well's flow rate.
The estimates would make this spill far bigger than the
Mexican rig Ixtoc I spill of 1979, previously believed to be
the world's largest accidental release of oil.
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