泄露的速度既不是英国石油公司原先预计的每天1000桶，也不是流量技术集团计算的每天1.9万桶，而是最近披露的一份英国石油公司内部文件所指出的 — — 每天10万桶。
Furthermore, the situation in the Gulf of Mexico is worsening.  Oil is not leaking at the rate of 1,000 barrels per day, as BP originally estimated, nor up to 19,000 bpd, as calculated by the Flow Rate Technical Group. As a newly released BP internal document revealed, the actual flow is up to 100,000 bpd.