A Year On From Macondo – Some Telling Figures

• 5,000,000 barrels of oil spewed into the Gulf of Mexico over 86 days

• 7,000,000 litres of chemical dispersant pumped into the spill area to dissipate the resultant morass

• 11 men who lost their lives in the April 20th explosion

• 6,000,000 dollars expended by BP per day to try and contain the oil gusher

• 3,790,000,000 dollars paid out in compensation by BP to

• 175,000 people and businesses in the region

• 40,000,000,000 dollars BP is seeking in damages from partners Transocean

• 250,000 dollars paid to each Transocean executives after 2010 was hailed “best year in safety performance”

• 19,000,000,000 dollars BP will likely have to pay in US EPA “per barrel fines” at between

• 1300 and 4300 dollars a barrel

• 691,000,000 dollars of losses in leisure spending projected by Louisiana Tourist Board through 2013

• 8,000 birds killed as a direct result of oil contamination

• 69 per cent of Americans who favour more offshore drilling post-Macondo

• 1 confused journalist