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That is slightly below ANP estimates of up to 3,000 barrels of crude leaked over eight days, including about 330 barrels a day at the leak's peak on Nov. 11.
Brazil Says Chevron Wasn't Ready to Enact Spill Plan Rogerio Jelmayer 2011
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BP and the federal agencies involved in the response need to be much more upfront about what they are doing -- and, perhaps even more importantly, about the leak's effects.
Obama's Options: What He Can And Should Say About The Oil Spill Today 2010
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Matheson is urging full disclosure on the leak's cause, and said his office will follow up to make sure Chevron follows EPA regulations.
Utah Oil Spill: Officials Say Oil Hasn't Reached Great Salt Lake 2010
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Relying on the latest estimate of the leak's total volume -- 60,000 barrels (2.5 million gallons) per day, at most -- then 5.2 million barrels may have escaped over 86 days.
Majority of spilled oil in Gulf of Mexico unaccounted for in government data 2010
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Due to the leak's depth and the unprecedented use of dispersants, much of the oil is thought to have spread in gigantic undersea plumes, potentially adding a huge, so-far mostly invisible toll to the devastation so obviously manifesting itself along the nation's Gulf shore.
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In any case, it will be interesting to see what the leak's effect will be on the deal if it ever comes to fruition.
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A Michigan congressman said Wednesday that the Canadian energy company responsible for a massive pipeline oil spill violated federal regulations by waiting too long to report the leak's discovery.
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Animal Rescue of New Orleans says that with Plaquemines Parish and St. Bernard Parish shelters beyond full because of the oil leak's economic fallout, people are calling the helpline and begging them to take in pets they can no longer afford to feed.
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Animal Rescue of New Orleans says that with Plaquemines Parish and St. Bernard Parish shelters beyond full because of the oil leak's economic fallout, people are calling the helpline and begging them to take in pets they can no longer afford to feed.
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Relying on the latest estimate of the leak's total volume -- 60,000 barrels (2.5 million gallons) per day, at most -- then 5.2 million barrels may have escaped over 86 days.
Majority of spilled oil in Gulf of Mexico unaccounted for in government data 2010
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