Thursday, August 19, 2010

NOAA official: Roughly three-quarters of spilled oil still in Gulf

http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/115039-noaa-official-roughly-three-quarters-of-oil-still-in-gulf

"Roughly three-quarters of the oil that spilled into the Gulf of Mexico from BP’s ruptured well is still in the environment, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration official told a House panel Thursday. 
 


The estimate contrasts previous pronouncements by administration officials that only about a quarter of the oil remains to be addressed."