How much was it pumping when it was working?
I heard the Max it could produce while working was 50,000 barrels per day. This is under a controlled flow. So it could be higher.
There is talk that there is a kink in the line that is restricting the flow in the last week. Perhaps the Bop starting to collapse on the well.
THAT SAID...
THere is NO incentive to get the Barrels per day more definitive than some absurdly large range defying the laws of statistical analysis by stating (15K to 25K per day) (For the Government - who don’t want to have govern over the largest accidental oil spill ever) or (BP) who is fined according to released barrels.
The range estimate is a Win-Win range for government and BP.
Any realistic larger oil leak estimates given by non-bias scientists will soon be categorize as conspiracy
mongers.