Oil Spill By The Numbers

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MOBILE, AL – 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; and
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; and
22 aircraft, 78 rotary wing, 45 fixed wing

INTERNATIONAL OFFERS OF ASSISTANCE:
47 offers accepted (boom and skimmers); and
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; and
1.07 million gallons of dispersants applied

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