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| Ixtoc 1 | |
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| Location | Bay of Campeche, Gulf of Mexico Campeche, Mexico |
| Coordinates | 19°24′30″N 92°19′30″W / 19.408333°N 92.325°W |
| Date | 3 June 1979 – 23 March 1980 |
| Cause | |
| Cause | Wellhead blowout |
| Operator | Pemex |
| Spill characteristics | |
| Volume | 3 million barrels (130,000,000 U.S. gallons; 480,000 cubic meters)[1] |
| Area | 2,800 km2 (1,100 sq mi) |
| Shoreline impacted | 261 km (162 mi) |
Ixtoc 1 was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible drilling rig Sedco 135 in the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico, about 100 km (62 mi) northwest of Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche in waters 50 m (164 ft) deep.[2] On 3 June 1979, the well suffered a blowout resulting in the largest oil spill in history at its time. To-date, it remains the second largest marine oil spill in history after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.[3]
- ^ Marshall, Jessica (2010-06-01). "Gulf Oil Spill Not the Biggest Ever". Discovery News. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- ^ John Charles Milne (2 Nov 2008). "Sedco 135 Series". OilCity. Archived from the original on 20 December 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ Elena Egawhary (7 May 2010). "How big is the Deepwater Horizon oil spill?". BBC News.
oil spilled ... first Iraq War, 1991. ... Although not a single offshore spill, it saw massive oil leaks that easily dwarf Ixtoc 1