Ixtoc 1 Oil Spill

Title

Ixtoc 1 Oil Spill

Description

An oil well owned by Mexican petroleum giant Pemex exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, causing one of the largest oil spills in history. An amount of approximately 10,000-30,000 barrels of oil leaked each day from the wellhead over the span of 10 months.

Source

Wikipedia

Publisher

Office of Response and Restoration

Date

1979-06-03

Files

IXTOC_I_oil_well_blowout.jpg

Citation

“Ixtoc 1 Oil Spill,” Fifty Years of Green: An Environmental History of Middlebury College since 1965, accessed November 22, 2024, https://omeka.middlebury.edu/fyg/items/show/244.