Agence France-Presse: The oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has so far spewed 2.3-4.5 million barrels of crude into the sea, the International Energy agency estimated on Tuesday as BP fought to staunch the flow. The agency also said that it was cutting its estimate of US oil production from the Gulf of Mexico by about 30,000 barrels per day for 2010 and 2011 "because of delays following the Deepwater Horizon (rig) disaster." The IEA, the oil strategy arm of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation …

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