One week before the anniversary of the BP oil spill disaster, RestoreTheGulf.gov released data that depicts the oil spill response by the numbers.
RESPONSE FACTS:
• 4.9 million barrels of oil discharged
• 47, 829 Responders at peak
• 9,700 vessels at peak
• 6,500 government and commercial vessels
• 3,200 vessels of opportunity
• 3.8 million feet of hard boom deployed
• 9.7 million feet of soft boom deployed
• 1.8 million gallons of dispersants used
• 411 in-situ burns conducted (265,450 barrels of oil burned)
• 127 surveillance aircraft
• 4 incident command posts (TX, LA, AL and FL)
• 17 subordinate branches
• 32 equipment staging areas
• 1 aviation coordination center, Tyndall Air Force Base
• 1.4 million barrels of liquid waste collected
• 92 tons of solid waste collected
COAST GUARD ASSETS:
• 7,000 active and reserve personnel
• 60 cutters deployed to the scene, 24 in one day
• 22 aircraft, 78 rotary wing, 45 fixed wing
INTERNATIONAL OFFERS OF ASSISTANCE:
• 47 offers accepted (boom and skimmers)
• Governments providing assistance:
• Canada, Mexico, Norway, Japan, Germany, France, UK, Tunisia, Belgium, Qatar, Kenya, China, Russia, Netherlands, Sweden and the European Union
FATE OF OIL:
4.9 million barrels of oil discharged
800,000 plus barrels oily water recovered
More than 400 in-situ burns conducted
265,000 plus barrels oil removed by in‐situ burns
770,000 plus gallons subsea dispersants applied
1.07 million gallons of dispersants applied
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