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BP Admits Oil Spill Is Larger Than Prior Estimates

HeadlineMay 21, 2010

BP has acknowledged its estimates of the amount of oil leaking into the Gulf were too low. On Thursday, BP said it’s now capturing 5,000 barrels of oil a day from the leaking pipe — the same amount it had previously said was leaking every day. The Environmental Protection Agency, meanwhile, has ordered BP to use a new chemical dispersant to break up the oil leaking into the Gulf, citing concerns around the initial dispersants’ effect on marine life.

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