I've been mentioning quite often that BP dumped 92 million gallons of oil into the Gulf.
I was wrong and would like to correct the record.
According to federal officials...
BP's disastrous oil well explosion sent over 4 million barrels of oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, the Coast Guard announced Monday, dramatically increasing the most recent federal estimate.
That's more than 170 million gallons, and makes it the worst accidental oil spill in history -- outpacing the 1979 Ixtoc spill, also in the Gulf of Mexico, which lasted for a year.
It was 170 million gallons. Not 92 million. Almost double what I had been reporting.
My humble apologies and HOLY EFFING SHIT!
ht Jordan Ashby