Scientists: Oil Spill 'Four or Five Times' Larger Than Government Says 2.33K Jeff Neumann 05/13/10 11:03PM Filed to: Lying Lying oil spill Bp gulf of mexico Halliburton Deep water horizon So it turns out that the widely-accepted figure of 5,000 barrels leaking every day into the Gulf is more like 25,000, and BP is accused of failing to use standard techniques to find an accurate number. Shocking! [NYT]