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Oil Spill Count Was Right, Study Finds [1]

After several missteps, the federal government got it right, accurately estimating how much oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico, an independent scientific study found. Nearly 185 million gallons of oil spilled from the broken BP well into the Gulf of Mexico this summer, according to a study by two Columbia University researchers who made their estimates based on video.

Publication Date: 
24/09/2010
New York Times (New York) [2]
Tags:
Water Pollution [3], British Petroleum (BP) [4], Gulf Of Mexico [5]

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[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/british-petroleum-bp
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gulf-mexico