Government Raises Estimate Of Oil Flow To 20,000 To 40,000 Barrels A Day, More Or Less

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The Obama administration has once again increased its estimate of the flow of oil from BP's blown-out well.Three different groups of scientists making educated guesses have come up with upper and lower ranges that go as low as 12,600 barrels a day and as high as 50,000 barrels a day. Marcia McNutt, the federal official charged with determining the flow rate, cited the range of about 20,000 to 40,000 barrels a day as the official estimate.

Government Raises Estimate Of Oil Flow To 20,000 To 40,000 Barrels A Day, More Or Less