"Over the nearly 15 years since Hurricane Ivan knocked down a production platform operated by Taylor Energy Co., the company has claimed that less than three gallons a day were seeping out. But video obtained by The Washington Post, and verified by federal officials familiar with the site, shows a large volume of oil pouring out of an erosion pit where the tower was destroyed."

In the few months that Couvillion Group has been successfully containing the oil spill they are averaging 1,200 gallons a day prevented from spilling into the gulf.