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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale

Wouldn't surprise me if that were true. Offshore wells cost waaaaaaay more to drill then regular surface wells and combined with the fact that they will be on the hook for the cleanup/lawsuits, why not try and capture as much oil as possible. Just the fact that so many millions of barrels have been spilt already should give people an idea of just how huge that reservoir is.

I'm not trying to downplay how huge this event is, but I think your post is a great example of people not really paying attention and just throwing out numbers.
The governments officail estimate is 12000-19000 bbl/d.
So with this thing having been going for ~50 days that means the High end estimate is ~1MM bbl of oil. 1 Million, not many millions.