Thursday, BP finally acknowledged that the oil leak that is spilling into the Gulf of Mexico is more than what they have estimated, as congress released a new video of the oil pouring out of the pipe from the ocean floor.
Thursday, BP company spokesman Mark Proegler reported that the mile-long siphon is removing about 5,000 barrels of the oil per day and transporting it to a vessel on the ocean surface, but declined to say how much is still leaking into the Gulf of Mexico. 5,000 barrels was the original estimate of oil being leaked from the ocean floor.
Wednesday, CNN spoke to Steve Wereley, a professor of mechanical engineering at Purdue University, who put the estimated oil leak at 20,000 to 100,000 barrels a day.
A new National Geographic Channel video has been released of the oil rig shortly after the explosion through several days afterwards. The first video below shows the oil rig burning, while the second video below shows the gushing oil video that has investigative committees outraged.
BP announced that they are capturing 5,000 barrels a day of oil and bringing it to the surface, but the video shows a very small percentage of oil actually being removed to the surface. Members of congress released the video Wednesday.
Thursday, after seeing the video California Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, the chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee said: "Most of the oil is gushing like mad out there, with just a little bit being siphoned off, which tells you there is a much greater volume than BP said."
Rep. Ed Markey leads a subcommittee investigating the oil spill said: "I think now we are beginning to understand that we cannot trust BP."
"People do not trust the experts any longer," said Markey, D-Massachusetts. "BP has lost all credibility. Now the decisions will have to be made by others, because it is clear that they have been hiding the actual consequences of this spill."
To see incredible photos of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, click here.
Thursday, BP approved 6 machines from Kevin Costner that they will test that recycle water. For more on that story, click here.
Unwanted hair and dog hair clippings from Utah were sent to the Gulf coast so that they could be put in nylon that are turned into booms to help soak up the oil before it hits the shoreline. Many Salt Lake City businesses are collecting as much unwanted hair as possible to send to the coast, for more on that ABC4 story, click here.
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Sources: CNN and the Associated Press
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Regarding oil leak: lets see a clear whole picture up close. Take the mystery out of the picture, thank you.
this isnt how i imagined 2012 starting
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