139,459 gallons of dispersant have been deployed and an additional 51,000 gallons are available
http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doc/2931/534651/
(breaks down the oil)
No matter what we do to contain this mess, this administration is going to use this incident to further the Cap in trade legislation. This was a big win for the leftists and environmentalists. There is nothing in life that contains no risk but you can't tell that to the utopians.