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Gulf oil leak five times bigger than previously believed

Posted on Apr 28, 2010

Satellite photo taken Monday
(courtesy National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration)

The amount of oil leaking from the area where the Transocean Deepwater Horizon platform exploded and sank is now 5,000 barrels a day. That's over 200,000 gallons. Earlier, the Coast Guard had been reporting that the amount was 1,000 barrels a day but a new leak has been discovered.

Experts with National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration used aerial survey and other methods to upgrade the total amount of crude.

Coast Guard Rear Admiral Mary Landry says that the Department of Defense has offered to assist in the containment.

The oil has moved within 20 miles of the Louisiana coast and could reach land by Friday evening.

11 workers are presumed to have been killed from the rig explosion. 17 persons were injured, seven critically.

Source: Associated Press

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