BP Claims Government Oil Spill Size Estimates are Totally Unfair 1.37K Jeff Neumann 12/04/10 10:09AM Filed to: Revisions Revisions oil spill Bp Disasters deepwater horizon Gettypic Poor BP is claiming that U.S. government estimates on the size of the Gulf oil spill are way too high, by 20-50 percent. Of course, the more oil that was spilled means more fines the company must pay. Nice try!