Only a quick, back of a napkin, calculation here on the amount of gallons of oil contained within an undersea oil plume the size and density that Dr. Joye spoke about in her press release today.
Despite BP's claims, the evidence of submarine pollution is now overwhelming. Scientists at the University of South Florida also recently discovered an enormous amount of oil at about 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) beneath the surface. The cloud of finely dispersed oil particles extends for 35 kilometers, billowing to the northeast of the Deepwater Horizon accident site. It's one of the most species-rich regions of the Gulf of Mexico.
There are (about) 16.6 million gallons of crude oil in this single undersea plume
this is equivalent to 395,200 barrels of oil.
note: this amount of oil, corrected for consumption by microbes over the last 45 days, is greater than the amount of oil being currently collected by bp IF BP WAS COLLECTING THIS SAME AMOUNT OF OIL SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE SPILL.
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