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How much oil is spilled a day from the gulf BP oil spill?

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Answer:

5.7 Million - 9.5 million liters of oil were spilled per day, with about 3.8 million liters captured each day. In other measurements, this is about:
1.5 million - 2.5 million gallons leaking, 1 million gallons captured.
50,000 - 75,000 barrels leaking, 32,000 barrels captured.

As of 2010 July 15, BP was able to temporarily fully cap the oil spill with a 5.8 meter, 150,000 pound cap, (68,000 kg, 37,000 stone) so that no oil would leak out. However, this is probably a temporary measure to ready ships to collect more oil. Furthermore, it failed to completely stop the oil, as damaged oil pipes caused the oil to leak out through the ocean floor.

The spilt oil continues to spread, and be collected or burned.

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