In midst of jubilant news of vanishing oil spill: Big oil plume confirm

We're getting prominently placed news about the shrinking of the oil spill from British Petroleum's (BP) Deepwater Horizon. But Thursday, August 19, 2010 we get confirmation of a deep, long oil plum:
"Major study proves oil plume that's not going away"

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Click to the above link for US Department of Energy estimates of leakage, British Petroleum (BP) estimates of leakage and Experts' worst case scenarios of oil leakage amounts.

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