U.S.: Feds: The oil spill’s final tally is somewhere between a lot and A LOT
- 5
million the number of barrels that U.S. scientists estimates came out of the Gulf Oil Spill - 3.3
million the number of barrels that reportedly came out of the next biggest oil spill –way back in 1979 source
- Not perfect, but … While the oil spill certainly isn’t the easiest thing in the world to narrow down, but the federal science and engineering teams on the case claim their number is within ten percent. It’s the difference between huge and HUGE.