Most news accounts of this spill are repeating a much lower estimate of 210,000 gallons (5,000 barrels) per day, an unexplained number that NOAA and the Coast Guard were using for a few days until they admitted a week ago that they couldn't accurately estimate the flow rate.
We estimate this well is leaking at a rate of (26,500 barrels) per day.
Source:
http://blog.skytruth.org/2010/05/bp-gulf-oil-spill-modis-satellite-image.html
