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
Citation
“Ixtoc 1 Oil Spill,” Fifty Years of Green: An Environmental History of Middlebury College since 1965, accessed December 2, 2024, https://goldenorb.middlebury.edu/fyg/items/show/244.