<page_title> Volume and extent of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill </page_title> <section_title> Spill flow rate </section_title> <table> <cell> BP estimate of hypothetical worst-case scenario (assumes no blowout preventer) <col_header> Source </col_header> </cell> <cell> Permit <col_header> Date </col_header> </cell> <cell> 162,000 <col_header> Barrels per day </col_header> </cell> <cell> 25,800 <col_header> Cubic metres per day </col_header> </cell> </table>
In Deepwater Horizon oil spill's permit, BP estimated the worst-case flow at 162 thousand barrels per day (25,800 m³/d).