据官方估计，石油泄露和蔓延的速度达到每天6万桶，远远超过BP做出的估计，相当于每四天就达到一次埃克森-瓦尔迪兹号的泄漏量。
The authorities reckon that the oil may be flowing at a rate of 60, 000 barrels a day—far more than the company estimated, and the equivalent of an Exxon Valdez every four days.
10号区的设备一天大约生产5000桶油，这与相邻的沙特阿拉伯找到的巨大油田相比属于相对小的生产。
The facility, called Block 10, produces around 50, 000 barrels a day, a relatively small operation compared with the huge fields found in neighboring Saudi Arabia.
为深海地平线号作业买单，而且原定运营马贡多油井的石油公司BP，表示：至今为止，他们已经用这种方式回收了80多万桶石油。
BP, the oil company which was paying for the Deepwater Horizon's work and was due to operate Macondo, says it has recovered over 800,000 barrels of oil this way so far.
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