VENEZUELA NEWS BULLETIN
“HUGE discrepancies”: 1.8 million gallons of dispersant “now in
question”, “Either BP was lying to Congress or to the Coast Guard”
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Markey Analysis Shows Coast Guard Allowed BP, Spill Response Officials
to Excessively Use Dispersants, Chairman Ed Markey, July 31, 2010:
The analysis also found that the amounts of surface dispersants used
that were reported by BP to Congress and the amounts reported to have
been used that were contained in BP’s requests for approval by the
Coast Guard also vary widely, bringing into question whether BP was
being truthful about the total amount used, and whether the Coast Guard
was conducting rigorous monitoring and oversight over the company’s use
of the chemical.
For example, in one approval request, one of BP’s top executives, Doug
Suttles, claimed that the maximum daily application of dispersants on
the surface in the days preceding June 16, 2010 was 3,360 gallons on
June 12. However, an examination of the dispersant totals BP provided
to congressional staff in its daily “Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response
Updates” indicates that on June 11, BP said it applied 14,305 gallons
of the chemical on the surface; on June 13, 36,000 gallons; and on June
14, 10,706 gallons.
According to publicly disclosed amounts on
DeepwaterHorizonResponse.com, more than 1.8 million gallons of toxic
dispersants were used to break up the oil as it came out of the well,
as well as after it reached the ocean surface. The validity of those
numbers are now in question.
“HUGE discrepancies”: 1.8 million gallons of dispersant “now in
question”, “Either BP was lying to Congress or to the Coast Guard”
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“Either BP was lying to Congress or to the Coast Guard about how much
dispersants they were shooting onto the ocean,” said Rep. Markey.
“These huge discrepancies also raise the question of whether the Coast
Guard made sufficient efforts to verify the information BP provided in
support of its requests, and whether it exercised appropriate oversight
surrounding the use of these toxic chemicals.”
*Editor’s Note* For additional information on the
possible amount of dispersant used, see:
* Government’s Expert
Witness: Over 42 million gallons of dispersant used during BP oil
disaster
* Government experts reveal
420 MILLION to 840 MILLION gallons of BP oil have flowed into Gulf
Chairman Markey’s July 30 letter to the Coast Guard is available here:
http://markey.house.gov/docs/07-30-10ejmtocgdispersants.pdf
Chairman Markey’s June 24 letter to the Coast Guard is available here:
http://markey.house.gov/docs/06-24-10_ejm_dispersant_coast_guard.pdf
The Coast Guard’s July 15 letter to Chairman Markey is available here:
http://markey.house.gov/docs/07-15-10cgtoejmdispersants.pdf
Documents related to the analysis, in chronological order:
http://markey.house.gov/images/DISPERSANTDOCUMENTSMAY28-31.pdf
http://markey.house.gov/images/DISPERSANTDOCUMENTSJUNE1-7.pdf
http://markey.house.gov/images/DISPERSANTDOCUMENTSJUNE8-14.pdf
http://markey.house.gov/images/DISPERSANTDOCUMENTSJUNE15-21.pdf
http://markey.house.gov/images/DISPERSANTDOCUMENTSJUNE22-24.pdf
http://markey.house.gov/images/DISPERSANTDOCUMENTSJUNE25-29.pdf
http://markey.house.gov/images/reduced.DISPERSANTDOCUMENTSJULY1-7.pdf
http://markey.house.gov/images/DISPERSANTDOCUMENTSJULY8-19.pdf