Underwater video of the BP Gulf Oil Spill

BP released this video showing the oil leak from the Deepwater Horizon Well. The government initially estimated that the leak was spilling 5,000 barrels per day. Based on this video, scientists estimated that it looked more like 70,000 barrels per day. The revised estimate means that the spill far exceeded the spill amount of the Exxon Valdez.

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• Horizon
• spill
• deepwater
• BP
• oil
• disaster
• environment
• Gulf
• underwater

[civicturbolive]

This is only 1. He have 3 place where the layer is broken and diffuse oil in the ocean. Maybe this one is the smallest one and this is much much more serious!

[sonofhendrix]

Mankind........EPIC FAIL!

[51516]

Looks like somebody ate Chipotle last night!

[ShaktivaIrahs]

Thanks for placing this video here.

Though it gives me no perspective on how big it is.

I just didn't understand that if you can pump it up before into a ship that wasn't a solution here.

I heard they're trying now, weeks later....such brilliant minds working over there.

[freepress666]

@hbowman108 Wow I hope he took in account the underwater pressure at 5000 ft which is 2576lbs per square inch, by the time that gets on the surface it will exspanded 7 times, you think, there is oil coming from the PV, 2 places from the pipe.

70,000 barrels a day easy, more over more than less, has your gov lied to you today

[EdisunSolar]

Four or five times greater than the Government reported !!!

What the hell is wrong here Obama the drill permits were issued - every 4 days this spill equals one Valdez oil spill

in 2009 so don't point the figure at terrorist Bush lets look at an Obamanation of America Mr terrorist

Transparency? Wheres you original Birth certificate or Social Security what the hell is wrong with America one 911 after another one war after another it is sad to be any part in this Obamanation on America

Wake up

[hbowman108]

The pipe is 20 inches (50.8 cm) in inner diameter. The recent estimate from Steve Werely of Purdue University using "particle image velocimetry", that is, analysis of the speed of the oil and methane clathrate (the white stuff) coming out in the video, corresponds to a release velocity of 16 cm per second, which is quite reasonable.

[WhaleboyProductions1]

This is a environmental disaster just like the other oil spillages so much nature dies it is our to protect the nature reserves and the ocean's This needs to be sorted out now

[mavaction]

@TheNick487 ...on the scale...can we get a number for the diameter of that pipe?

[sngrmnsthsm]

BP = Black Planet, and they must be stopped from operating any more oil rigs or refineries. Enough is enough. This catastrophic disaster is our crude awakening. We simply cannot drill our way into the future. We must instead invest in sustainable alternative energy resources now, before another disaster like this happens again. Join the movement, Take Action against future oil and demand safer green alternatives!