252,000 gallons

It's always hazardous to take BP's numbers at face value but if they say they've captured 252,000 gallons in a 24 hour period and much oil is still leaking anyway, well I think we can put that 210,000 gallon per day estimate they stuck to for so long to bed.

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More from NOLA.com here.

As BP's latest attempt to control a runaway undersea oil well in the Gulf of Mexico enters its second day, Adm. Thad Allen said this morning that the containment cap and suction pipe were able to bring an estimated 6,000 barrels of oil to the surface in the first 24 hours - meaning anywhere from a half to a quarter of the amount oil gushing into the sea.

Estimates of the flow rate from the U.S. Geological Survey show the well is gushing at a rate of between 12,000 to 19,000 barrels of oil per day - although another team of its scientists estimated 12,000 to 25,000 barrels per day.

For anyone who doesn't know 1 barrel = 42 gallons.