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BP Oil Spill Statistics:
Oil Spill Duration:	85 days 16 hrs
Lives Lost: 11
Visible Surace Slick:	2,700 sq. mi.
Barrels Spilled Per Day :
Before Containment Dome »
Intial Estimate: 12,000-19,000
Fed Task Force Estimate: 20,000-40,000
After Containment Dome »
BP Current Capture Rate: >25,000
Q4000 Vessel (Projected Rate): 20,000-28,000
Fed Task Force Estimate: 4,000-24,000

Total Spillage:
Intial Estimate: 20-40 Million Gallons
Fed Task Force Estimate: 184 Million Gallons

BP Total Costs:
Clean-Up Costs (as of 7/22/2010): $>3.5 Billion
Legal Cost Esitmate: $62.9 Billion
BP Capital Loss : $42.4 Billion

Tourism & Fishing Impact:
Coast Line Affected: 572 miles
Federal Fishing Ban : +83,927 sq. miles
Projected Economic Loss:$22.7 Billion
Lousiana: $2.5 Billion
Florida: $3.0 Billion

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