Operations and Ongoing Response – August 18, 2010
Deepwater Horizon Response – August 18, 2010
Tuesday, August 17 Statistics
RESPONSE VESSELS
Vessels of Opportunity: 1,433
Barges: more than 530
Skimmers: more than 830
Other Vessels: more than 1,100
Total active response vessels: more than 3,800
Aircraft: 72
BOOM DATA
Boom deployed: more than 2.1 million feet
Boom staged: more than 1.2 million feet
Total boom: more than 3.3 million feet
OIL RECOVERED
Oily water recovered: over 34.7 million gallons
Amount estimated burned: 11.1 million gallons
Oil recovered at the source over last 24hrs: 0 gallons
DISPERSANTS
Surface dispersant used: 1, 072,514 gallons
Subsea dispersant used: 771,272 gallons
Total dispersant used: 1,843,786 gallons
PERSONNEL INVOLVED
Overall personnel responding: more than 27,900 personnel responding
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