New Gulf Oil Leak Figure: 100,000 Barrels Per Day

New figures indicate that up to 100,000 barrels of oil a day may be gushing into the sea from BP's blown-out well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico.

Representative Ed Markey, chairman of the energy and environment subcommittee of the Committee on Energy and Commerce in the US House of Representatives, released an internal BP document on Sunday that revealed the new figure which is considerably more than announced earlier.'

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