Try reading about Ixtoc I a little bit. "[over 9 months] Approximately an average of ten thousand to thirty thousand barrels per day were discharged into the G

Try reading about Ixtoc I a little bit. "[over 9 months] Approximately an average of ten thousand to thirty thousand barrels per day were discharged into the Gulf until it was finally capped on March 23, 1980" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixtoc_I http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixtoc_I And somehow, we are all still here.