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Gulf oil spill size near upper range of estimates - latimes.com

Oil spill size near upper range of earlier estimates

As BP prepares to seal the well for good, officials say it spewed more than 200 million gallons, by far the worst such disaster off a U.S. coast.

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Rigs are drilling a relief well and preparing a "static kill" for BP's broken oil well at the site of the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. (Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis, U.S. Coast Guard / August 1, 2010)

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By Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times

August 3, 2010
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BP's ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico released more than 200 million gallons of oil before it was capped, government officials said Monday, as the company was poised to stuff the well with dense mud in preparation for a final seal later this month.
Gulf oil spill size near upper range of estimates - latimes.com

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