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Spill flow rate

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New and Soon-to-be Improved Table -- a work in progress. Should look like this: 

+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
|         |            |     Barrels     |    Gallons  | Cubic Meters |
| Date    | Source     |   High |   Low |  High |  Low |   High | Low |
+---------|------------|--------|-------|-------|------|-------|-------+
| May 1   | Estimator  |  5,000 | 1,000 | etc.
| Dec. 25 | Left align | 80,000 |20,000 |

Note: Text left aligned under Date or Source (those two headers left and bottom aligned, too) ; #s right aligned under "h" of High or "w" of Low, but units of measure (Barrels, etc.) centered just above dividing line of Hi/Lo columns

Experiment 1

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Experiment 1A (preferred fix) : works in both cases (April 29 & Dec 25) but note how Barrels nicely absorbs High and Low, but same syntax apparently not working for Gallons and Cubic Meters -- can this be easily remedied? Odd pencil-thin extra column. Alignment of labels also needs fixing. Good to get all numeric columns same % width, adequate to display perhaps 9,999,999 in worst case, for gallons (this is a Daily estimate). Table itself does NOT need to take up 100% width of page and in fact should allow text to flow around, if not set flush right.


Summary Table of Oil Spill Rate Estimates
Barrels Gallons Cubic Meters
Date Source High Low High Low High Low
April 29 Official estimates 1,000 5,000 42,000 210,000 790 160
Dec. 25 Santa Claus 2,000 500 20,000 5,000 800 200
Jan. 1 Worst Case Scenarios R-US, Inc. 9,999,999 9,999,999 9,999,999 9,999,999 9,999,999 9,999,999


Experiment 1B: Delete class="wikitable" to isolate problems with High and Low center vs preferred right format

Summary Table of Oil Spill Rate Estimates
Barrels Gallons Cubic Meters
Date Source High Low High Low High Low
April 29 Official estimates 1,000 5,000 42,000 210,000 790 160
Dec. 25 Santa Claus 2,000 500 20,000 5,000 800 200
Jan. 1 Worst Case Scenarios R-US, Inc. 9,999,999 9,999,999 9,999,999 9,999,999 9,999,999 9,999,999


Experiment 1C: Delete class="wikitable" -- replace with border="1"

Summary Table of Oil Spill Rate Estimates
Barrels Gallons Cubic Meters
Date Source High Low High Low High Low
April 29 Official estimates 1,000 5,000 42,000 210,000 790 160
Dec. 25 Santa Claus 2,000 500 20,000 5,000 800 200
Jan. 1 Worst Case Scenarios R-US, Inc. 9,999,999 9,999,999 9,999,999 9,999,999 9,999,999 9,999,999


Experiment 1D: Delete class="wikitable" to isolate problems with High and Low center vs preferred right format; add   ( & + nbsp; ) to empty top rows

Summary Table of Oil Spill Rate Estimates
    Barrels   Gallons   Cubic Meters  
Date Source High Low High Low High Low
April 29 Official estimates 1,000 5,000 42,000 210,000 790 160
Dec. 25 Santa Claus 2,000 500 20,000 5,000 800 200
Jan. 1 Worst Case Scenarios R-US, Inc. 9,999,999 9,999,999 9,999,999 9,999,999 9,999,999 9,999,999


Experiment 1E: Delete class="wikitable" to isolate problems with High and Low center vs preferred right format; add   ( & + nbsp; ) to empty top rows and also add align=center to unit top rows (Barrels, etc.

Summary Table of Oil Spill Rate Estimates
    Barrels   Gallons   Cubic Meters  
Date Source High Low High Low High Low
April 29 Official estimates 1,000 5,000 42,000 210,000 790 160
Dec. 25 Santa Claus 2,000 500 20,000 5,000 800 200
Jan. 1 Worst Case Scenarios R-US, Inc. 9,999,999 9,999,999 9,999,999 9,999,999 9,999,999 9,999,999

Experiment 2

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Experiment II: Trying rowspans and colspans without embedding in headers; this nicely removes extraneous lines from header. Data flow works in second case (Dec 25), but not the first (April 29). Odd.

Summary Table of Oil Spill Rate Estimates
Date Source Barrels
High Low 		Gallons
High Low 		Cubic Meters
High Low
April 29 Official estimates 1,000 5,000 42,000 210,000 790 160
Dec. 25 Santa Claus 2,000 500 20,000 5,000 800 200


Original Table

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source date barrels gallons cubic metres
BP estimate of worst case flow Permit 162,000 6,800,000 25,800
United States Coast Guard after explosion 1,000 42,000 160
Official estimates 29 April 1,000 to 5,000 42,000 to 210,000 790
Official estimates 27 May 12,000 to 19,000 500,000 to 800,000 1,900 to 3,000
Official estimates 10 June 25,000 to 30,000 1,100,000 to 1,300,000 4,000 to 4,800
Official estimates 19 June 35,000 and 60,000 1,500,000 and 2,500,000 5,600 and 9,500
Internal BP documents, released by Congress 20 June up to 100,000 up to 4,200,000 up to 16,000

Sources to check and cite:

In their permit to drill the well, BP estimated the worst case flow at 162,000 barrels (6,800,000 US gallons; 25,800 cubic metres) per day.[1] After the explosion BP and the United States Coast Guard initially estimated that the wellhead was leaking only 1,000 barrels (42,000 US gallons; 160 cubic metres) per day .[2] Outside scientists quickly produced higher estimates, which presaged later increases in official numbers.[2][3][4][5][6] Official estimates increased from 1,000 to 5,000 barrels (42,000 to 210,000 US gallons; 160 to 790 cubic metres) per day on 29 April,[7][8] to 12,000 to 19,000 barrels (500,000 to 800,000 US gallons; 1,900 to 3,000 cubic metres) per day on 27 May,[9][10][11][12] to 25,000 to 30,000 barrels (1,000,000 to 1,300,000 US gallons; 4,000 to 4,800 cubic metres) per day on 10 June,[13][14][15] and to between 35,000 and 60,000 barrels (1,500,000 and 2,500,000 US gallons; 5,600 and 9,500 cubic metres) on 15 June.[16][17] Internal BP documents, released by Congress, estimate the flow could be as much as 100,000 barrels (4,200,000 US gallons; 16,000 cubic metres) per day if the blowout preventer and wellhead were removed and if restrictions were incorrectly modeled.[18][19]

References

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  1. ^ Griffitt, Michelle. "Initial Exploration Plan Mississippi Canyon Block 252 OCS-G 32306" (Document). New Orleans, Louisiana: Minerals Management Service. {{cite document}}: Unknown parameter |url= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |work= ignored (help)
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference oilleak was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cart, Julie (2010-05-01). "Tiny group has big impact on spill estimates". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
  4. ^ Allen-Mills, Tony; Guillot, Craig (2010-05-02). "BP takes desperate measures as oil slick reaches US coast". The Sunday Times. Times Newspapers Ltd. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
  5. ^ Gertz, Emily (2010-04-29). "Gulf oil spill far worse than officials, BP admit, says independent analyst". OnEarth. Natural Resources Defense Council. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
  6. ^ Talley, Ian (2010-04-30). "Oil may be leaking at rate of 25,000 barrels a day in Gulf". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  7. ^ "US military joins Gulf of Mexico oil spill effort". BBC News. 2010-04-29. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
  8. ^ Krauss, Clifford; Broder, John; Calmes, Jackie (2010-05-30). "White House Struggles as Criticism on Leak Mounts". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
  9. ^ "Flow Rate Group Provides Preliminary Best Estimate Of Oil Flowing from BP Oil Well". Deepwater Horizon Response - Official Site of the Deepwater Horizon Unified Command (Press release). Deepwater Horizon Incident - Joint Information Center. 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
  10. ^ "Flow Rate Group Provides Preliminary Best Estimate Of Oil Flowing from BP Oil Well" (Press release). U.S. Department of the Interior. 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
  11. ^ Weisman, Jonathan; Chazan, Guy; Power, Stephen (2010-05-27). "Spill Tops Valdez Disaster". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
  12. ^ Bluestein, Greg; Nuckols, Ben (2010-05-27). "Gulf leak eclipses Exxon Valdez as worst US spill". Southern California Public Radio. Associated Press. Retrieved 2010-06-20.
  13. ^ "New Estimates Double Rate of Oil That Flowed Into Gulf". The New York Times. 2010-06-10.
  14. ^ "Admiral Allen, Dr. McNutt Provide Updates on Progress of Scientific Teams Analyzing Flow Rates from BP's Well" (Press release). 2010-06-10. Retrieved 2010-06-11. {{cite press release}}: |first= missing |last= (help)
  15. ^ Cite error: The named reference USGeoflow was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  16. ^ Staff (2010-06-15). "Oil estimate raised to 35,000-60,000 barrels a day". CNN. CNN Wire. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
  17. ^ Henry, Ray (2010-06-15). "Scientists up estimate of leaking Gulf oil". MSNBC. Associated Press. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
  18. ^ "Document Shows BP Estimates Spill up to 100,000 Bpd". ABC News. Reuters. 2010-06-20. Retrieved 2010-06-20.
  19. ^ BP (2010-05-24). "(Internal BP document of spill estimates)" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-06-20.

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