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2. IncidentNews: IXTOC I
On June 3, 1979, the 2 mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, blew out in the Bahia de ... Two relief
wells were drilled to relieve pressure from the well to allow response ...
http://www.incidentnews.gov/incident/6250
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11. We've Been There Before In 1979, the Ixtoc oil spill took 10 ...
The Mexican company running the Ixtoc I rig attempted a slew of now ... The Ixtoc was an
exploratory well drilled in the oil-rich southern Gulf by Pemex, the ...
http://petroleumworld.com/sati10060501.htm
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13. YouTube - GULF OIL SPILL HAPPENED BEFORE! - SEE HOW THEY RESOLVED ...
24,599 views · Added 5/26/2010Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the
semi-submersible platform, Sedco 135F in the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico, about 100
km (62 mi) northwest of ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-4oooyqe_8
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15. BP Deepwater Horizon Spill Probably the Largest Spill in the ...
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well
being drilled by the semi-submersible drilling rig Sedco 135-F in the Bay ...
http://nextbigfuture.com/2010/06/bp-deepwater-horizon-spill-probably.html
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17. deja vous " Waiting on karma to pay back that debt...
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ... The drilling mud was followed by a
large quantity of oil and gas at an increasing flow rate. The oil and gas ...
http://suzrocks.wordpress.com/2010/05/31/deja-vous/
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19. In Mexico, Gulf oil spill draws parallels to worst case ever ...
The Ixtoc I was an exploratory well being drilled in 160 feet of water about 60 ... The Ixtoc 1 well
was owned by Petroleos Mexicanos, Mexico's state oil company, ...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/environment/2010-05-23-super-spill_N.htm?csp=34news&u
tm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+UsatodaycomWorld-TopSt
ories+(News+-+World+-+Top+Stories)
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22. Ixtoc I to Deepwater Horizon... The more spills change, the ...
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: More than a month after the Deepwater Horizon oil platform explosion
and leak began, the memory of the media has finally been jarred - "this ...
http://www.blogforarizona.com/blog/2010/05/ixtoc-i-to-deepwater-horizon-the-more-things-change
-the-more-they-stay-the-same.html
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23. Lessons to be learned from the Gulf oil spill - C-K Faculty Blog
Jul 2010 - ...operator of the well or facility would...period of time. The well off Santa
Barbara...learned from the 1970 Ixtoc spill in Mexico...months to cap an exploratory well drilled by
Pemex in the...for this post. I do get the impression...
http://blogs.kentlaw.edu/faculty/2010/06/lessons-to-be-learned-from-the-gulf-oil-spill.html
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25. One Gulf Oil Spill Went For Nearly A Year : NPR
May 02, 2010 · Also, the IXTOC 1 accident occurred June 3, 1979 ... occurred June 3, 1979 when a
two-mile exploratory well blew ... Coast may leak for months before a relief well can be drilled ...
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/05/one_gulf_oil_spill_went_for_ne.html
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26. The Ixtoc Blowout - 31 Years Ago Today - melanie_d - Greenpeace USA ...
The Ixtoc exploratory well blowout occurred in 160 feet of water. Yet much is being made of ...
Indeed, the Obama Administration is putting the brakes on new exploratory drilling in ...
http://members.greenpeace.org/blog/melanie_d/2010/06/03/the-ixtoc-blowout-31-years-ago-today
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31. Gulf oil spill has 'perfect precedence' in 1979 disaster ...
The exploratory oil well two miles below the surface of the Gulf of ... The blowout of the Ixtoc I,
drilled by the Mexican-run Pemex, retains the dubious record of causing the ...
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/23/1644742/spill-has-perfect-precedence-in.html
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33. PCFFA Fishermen's News Nov. 2008: Offshore Oil Drilling and the Fishing Industry
Each well drilled produces, on average, 180, 000 gallons of drilling mud and cuttings. These
discharges also customarily contain toxic materials known to bio-accumulate in the ocean food
chain leading to humans. The worst case oil spill from an offshore ri
http://www.pcffa.org/fn-nov08.htm
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36. The Ixtoc Blowout - 31 Years Ago Today - Greenpeace USA Blog
The Ixtoc exploratory well blowout occurred in 160 feet of water. Yet much is being made of ...
Indeed, the Obama Administration is putting the brakes on new exploratory drilling in ...
http://members.greenpeace.org/blog/greenpeaceusa_blog/2010/06/03/the-ixtoc-blowout-31-years-
ago-today
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38. The parallels between the Ixtoc spill and the current Deepwater Horizon disaster
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled in about 160 feet of water in the , in the Gulf of
Mexico....
http://www.thenilonreport.com/2010/06/parallels-between-ixtoc-spill-and.html
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39. What If BP Is Never Able To Stop The Oil Spill? -With Video
... atural bridging’ of the well — that means self-plugging,” said Ian MacDonald, an oceanographer
at Florida State University who has been studying t he size of the spill. ... In 1979, a
Mexican-owned rig called Ixtoc-1 suffered a blowout and collapsed, a
http://patdollard.com/2010/06/what-if-bp-is-never-able-to-stop-the-oil-spill-with-video
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40. '79 Gulf oil spill leaves sobering lessons for BP - Boston.com
It started with a burst of gas through the drilling well. Workers scrambled to close ... National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a fire burns near the Ixtoc exploratory well ...
http://www.boston.com/news/world/latinamerica/articles/2010/06/04/79_gulf_oil_spill_leaves_sob
ering_lessons_for_bp/
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42. Bay Area Houston: That was then. This is then. Ixtoc vs ...
Hard hitting political commentary, consumer activism, and always full of wit. ... Ixtoc I was an
exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ...
http://bayareahouston.blogspot.com/2010/05/that-was-then-this-is-then-ixtoc-vs.html
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43. BP Share Chat - Chat About BP. Shares - Stock Quotes, Charts ...
June 3, Gulf of Mexico: exploratory oil well Ixtoc 1 blew out, spilling an estimated 140 ... Ixtoc I
was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ...
http://www.lse.co.uk/shareChat.asp?ShareTicker=BP.&post=2003704
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44. canadaeast.com - 1979 Ixtoc oil spill suggests there will be no quick ...
MEXICO CITY - It started with a burst of gas through the drilling well. Workers ... National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration, a fire burns near the Ixtoc exploratory well ...
http://www.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1081141
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47. In Mexico, Gulf oil spill draws parallels to worst case ever ...
Ixtoc 1 leak spilled between 126 - 210 million gallons into Gulf of Mexico; But ... to worst case
ever: The Ixtoc I was an exploratory well being drilled in...
http://www.linksalpha.com/link?id=in-mexico-gulf-oil-spill-draws-parallels-to-worst-case-ever-8628
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55. TPF: 1979 Ixtoc Oil Spill Very Similar to Current BP Oil ...
Eventually, Pemex cut off Ixtoc I with two relief wells and a cement seal. ... The Ixtoc I was an
exploratory well being drilled in 160 feet of ...
http://www.the-peoples-forum.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=18830
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62. Flow Rate Group Preliminary Best Estimate Puts Oil Flow from Deepwater BP Well
Between 12,000 and 19,000 Barrels per Day; Obama
Continue the existing moratorium and suspend the issuance of new permits to drill new deepwater
wells for six months; ... Suspend action on 33 deepwater exploratory wells currently being drilled in
the Gulf of Mexico....
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2010/05/frtg-20100527.html
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63. Ixtoc Sister Spill Portends Doubtful Outcomes for Deepwater - Steve ...
... of water 50 miles offshore, was sparked by an exploratory drill ... There have been huge
advances in directional drilling technologies in the 30 years since Ixtoc 1. The relief well ...
http://open.salon.com/blog/steve_klingaman/2010/06/03/ixtoc_sister_spill_portends_doubtful_outc
omes_for_deepwater
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67. The Post and Courier - New spill technologies needed - Charleston SC ...
To put this spill in historical perspective one need only look at June 3, 1979, when an exploratory
well (Ixtoc 1) being drilled by Sedco (which became a part of Transocean Ltd ...
http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/jul/07/new-spill-technologies-needed/
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71. '79 Gulf oil spill leaves sobering lessons for BP - Worldnews.com
NOAA In this undated aerial photo released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, a fire burns near the Ixtoc exploratory well that blew out on June ...
http://article.wn.com/view/2010/06/04/79_Gulf_oil_spill_leaves_sobering_lessons_for_BP_7/
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72. '79 Gulf spill leaves sobering lessons for BP - Disaster in ...
Like the current BP oil spill, there were no quick fixes for the Ixtoc disaster: It took 10 months to
stop the leak, and Mexico's state-owned oil company tried ...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37514348/ns/disaster_in_the_gulf/
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73. Gulf oil spill has 'perfect precedence' in 1979 disaster: The ...
The blowout of the Ixtoc I, drilled by the Mexican-run Pemex, retains the dubious record ... May
24-The exploratory oil well two miles below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico ...
http://www.workboat.com/newsdetail.aspx?id=4294993602
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74. Gulf oil spill: parallels with Ixtoc raise fears of ...
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well
being drilled by the semi-submersible platform, Sedco ...
http://article.wn.com/view/2010/06/02/Gulf_oil_spill_parallels_with_Ixtoc_raise_fears_of_ecologica
/
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77. OIL A LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS OF ITS HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS...
Feb 2005 - ...Page 7 PART 1: RECOVERY OF OIL I. EXPLORATION, DRILLING AND
EXTRACTION...industries combined. • Oil well workers risk injury and chronic disease from
exposure...with gasoline. • Despite the well-recognized health impacts of lead poison
http://chge.med.harvard.edu/publications/documents/oilfullreport.pdf
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83. The Technology Behind Steering The Relief Well Drill For ...
Discusion about The Technology Behind Steering The Relief Well Drill For Deepwater Horizon in the
AboveTopSecret.com website alternative topics discussion forum ...
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread582313/pg1
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85. '79 Ixtoc Uno Gulf oil spill leaves sobering lessons for BP | mexico ...
... National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a fire burns near the Ixtoc exploratory well ...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — It started with a burst of gas through the drilling well.
http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/articles/mexico-112879-city-oil.html
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87. Green Car Congress: Deepwater Horizon Incident Declared Spill of ...
IXTOC I: 3 Jun 1979 to 23 Mar 1980; On 3 June 1979, the 2-mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I,
blew out in the Bahia de ... Drilling of a relief or cut-off well is still planned, but will ...
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2010/04/deepwater-20100430.html
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95. Oil Spill.... [Sitemap] - Canadian Mustang Owners Club - Ford ...
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ... I know it's not the best info,and
there is better out there,got this from another site,and hearing what he ...
http://www.cmoc.ca/forums/sitemap/t-14000.html
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97. Same Oil Spill 31 Years Ago, Same Company " The 2012 Scenario
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible ... The Ixtoc drilling was
being done by a company named Sedco, which is now ...
http://sbeckow.wordpress.com/2010/06/11/same-oil-spill-31-years-ago-same-company/
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100. The Stalemate Between Environmentalists and Industry in the United States – Viewed
in the Light of Norwegian Offshore Oil Poli
Frank T. Manheim / George Mason / Fairfax VA,Nov 2005 - ...S. waters as well. Prior to
1969...highest bonus bids, i.e.” front end...of Mexico with 44 exploratory wells. 1952 - US...9,000
wells drilled in US Gulf. 1969...of oil. 1979 - Ixtoc I well blows
http://mason.gmu.edu/~fmanhei1/Stalemate_June27_2005.doc
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102. When will it end? Stuck Saw Slows Oil Spill Containment
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ... barrels per day, and early in August
the pumping of nearly 100,000 steel, iron, and lead ...
http://digg.com/world_news/When_will_it_end_Stuck_Saw_Slows_Oil_Spill_Containment
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103. '79 Gulf Oil Spill Leaves Sobering Lessons for BP - Worldnews.com
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible ... Ixtoc I was an
exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible ...
http://article.wn.com/view/2010/06/04/79_Gulf_Oil_Spill_Leaves_Sobering_Lessons_for_BP_mb/
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107. Cap placed atop Gulf well; oil still spewing - Worldnews.com
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well
being drilled by the semi-submersible platform, Sedco ...
http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0oG766oSFtMcBwBOhyEzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBybnZlZnRlBHNlYwNzcgRw
b3MDMQRjb2xvA2FjMgR2dGlkAw--/SIG=138glmij9/EXP=1281137192/**http://article.wn.com/view
/2010/06/04/Cap_placed_atop_Gulf_well_oil_still_spewing_v/
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108. Deepwater Horizon Incident Declared Spill of National Significance; Attempts to Apply
Dispersants at Source 1,500 Meters Below S
On June 3, 1979, the 2-mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, blew out in the Bahia de Campeche,
600 miles south of Texas in the Gulf of Mexico. ... The IXTOC I was being drilled by the SEDCO
135, a semi-submersible platform on lease to P...
http://www.favstocks.com/deepwater-horizon-incident-declared-spill-of-national-significance-attem
pts-to-apply-dispersants-at-source-1500-meters-below-surface/3010952
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113. Gulf oil spill: parallels with Ixtoc raise fears of ...
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well
being drilled by the semi-submersible platform, Sedco ...
http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0oG72qxhj1MXuEAVxaEzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTByMTNuNTZzBHNlYwNzcgR
wb3MDMgRjb2xvA2FjMgR2dGlkAw--/SIG=13nqjml9e/EXP=1279186993/**http://article.wn.com/vie
w/2010/06/02/Gulf_oil_spill_parallels_with_Ixtoc_raise_fears_of_ecologica/
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114. Gulf oil spill: parallels with Ixtoc raise fears of ...
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well
being drilled by the semi-submersible platform, Sedco ...
http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0oG76Fhq1RM5uAAB2qEzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTByMTNuNTZzBHNlYwNzcg
Rwb3MDMgRjb2xvA2FjMgR2dGlkAw--/SIG=13nki0ba9/EXP=1280703713/**http://article.wn.com/vi
ew/2010/06/02/Gulf_oil_spill_parallels_with_Ixtoc_raise_fears_of_ecologica/
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115. Gulf oil spill: parallels with Ixtoc raise fears of ...
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well
being drilled by the semi-submersible platform, Sedco ...
http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0geuuE4KFVMXgkAqd6EzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTByMTNuNTZzBHNlYwNzcg
Rwb3MDMgRjb2xvA2FjMgR2dGlkAw--/SIG=13njc79re/EXP=1280735672/**http://article.wn.com/vi
ew/2010/06/02/Gulf_oil_spill_parallels_with_Ixtoc_raise_fears_of_ecologica/
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128. Ixtoc offshore well: Gulf's other massive oil spill no longer ...
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well
being drilled by the semi-submersible platform, Sedco ...
http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0oG72qxhj1MXuEAVRaEzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBybjIxbDhlBHNlYwNzcgRw
b3MDMARjb2xvA2FjMgR2dGlkAw--/SIG=13nie0c51/EXP=1279186993/**http://article.wn.com/view
/2010/06/13/Ixtoc_offshore_well_Gulfs_other_massive_oil_spill_no_longer_/
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129. Ixtoc offshore well: Gulf's other massive oil spill no longer ...
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well
being drilled by the semi-submersible platform, Sedco ...
http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0oG76Fhq1RM5uAABWqEzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBybjIxbDhlBHNlYwNzcgR
wb3MDMARjb2xvA2FjMgR2dGlkAw--/SIG=13ns41gu7/EXP=1280703713/**http://article.wn.com/vi
ew/2010/06/13/Ixtoc_offshore_well_Gulfs_other_massive_oil_spill_no_longer_/
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130. Ixtoc offshore well: Gulf's other massive oil spill no longer ...
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well
being drilled by the semi-submersible platform, Sedco ...
http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0geuuE4KFVMXgkAp96EzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBybjIxbDhlBHNlYwNzcgRw
b3MDMARjb2xvA2FjMgR2dGlkAw--/SIG=13nkuerui/EXP=1280735672/**http://article.wn.com/view
/2010/06/13/Ixtoc_offshore_well_Gulfs_other_massive_oil_spill_no_longer_/
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131. Ixtoc offshore well: Gulf's other massive oil spill no longer ...
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well
being drilled by the semi-submersible platform, Sedco ...
http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0geuvClSFtMkMcAuCeEzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTByMTNuNTZzBHNlYwNzcgR
wb3MDMgRjb2xvA2FjMgR2dGlkAw--/SIG=13n2tvoo4/EXP=1281137189/**http://article.wn.com/vi
ew/2010/06/13/Ixtoc_offshore_well_Gulfs_other_massive_oil_spill_no_longer_/
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143. Where Maddow and Krauthammer Meet on Obama's BP Response | The Nation
'On JUNE 3, 1979, the 2 mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, blew out in the Bahia de ... Two relief
wells were drilled to relieve pressure from the well to allow response ...
http://www.thenation.com/blog/36408/where-maddow-and-krauthammer-meet-obamas-bp-respon
se
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156. In Worst Oil-Well Blowout, Relief Plan Took 9 Months - Bloomberg ...
In 1979, Ixtoc-1, an exploratory well owned by Petroleos Mexicanos in 150 ... Relief Wells . Two
wells were drilled to relieve pressure from Ixtoc-1 so that it could be capped, according ...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-04-30/relief-well-plan-for-bp-spill-took-nine-months-to-end
-worst-blowout-ever.html
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158. Ixtoc offshore well: Gulf's other massive oil spill no longer ...
Even if you stepped in what looked like a clean patch of sand, it quickly and gooily puddled around
your feet. And Wes Tunnell, as he surveyed the mess, ...
http://article.wn.com/view/2010/06/12/Ixtoc_offshore_well_Gulfs_other_massive_oil_spill_no_long
er_/
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160. LIVE CAM: A nation mesmerized: Can BP plug the Gulf gusher ...
"It made me wonder how I use energy and if this situation could teach us how much ... Ixtoc I was
an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible ...
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/may/29/nation-mesmerized-can-bp-plug-gulf-gusher/
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162. Oil & Water: Weighing the environmental benefits, risks of inshore drilling | oil -
News...
Some still wince at the mention of Ixtoc 1. The exploratory rig, contracted by the Mexican
government, blew out 600 miles south of Texas in the Bay of Campeche in June 1979. The rig
collapsed on the well head and burst into flames, frustrating the capping
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/articles/oil-22825--.html
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166. BP Oil Spill Size Precedent - Gulf Oil Spill Unprecedented or ...
In fact, a 2-mile deep exploratory well named IXTOC I blew out in the Bahia de ... capped until
nearly 10 months later, after two relief wells had been drilled. ...
http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/bp-oil-spill-size-0614
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167. EnergyBC
Ixtoc-I Exploratory Well Blowout ... gas, oil or water in combination) in the porous rock being
drilled enters the well ...
http://www.energybc.ca/environ4b.html
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168. Environmental Information for Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Decisions in Alaska
Apr 2009 - ...OlL ID Gels D~ces~o~s I~ ALASKA OCR for page 10 OCR...DECISIONS: ALASKA for
only about I% of oil released into the...two more spills the 1979 IXTOC I blowout off Mexico's
coast...industry and interest groups, as well as other materials availa
http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=2353&page=9
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169. Environmental Information for Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Decisions in Alaska
May 2010 - ...OlL ID Gels D~ces~o~s I~ ALASKA OCR for page 10 OCR...DECISIONS: ALASKA for
only about I% of oil released into the...two more spills the 1979 IXTOC I blowout off Mexico's
coast...industry and interest groups, as well as other materials availa
http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=2353&page=9
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172. Offshore Drilling Companies Sue To Attempt To Get Drilling Ban Lifted
The 33 rigs were not just drilling exploratory wells- many of them were in producing fields, the ...
1979 Ixtoc I Oil Spill 3rd Largest oil spill EVER. Shallow water spill - 160 ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/21/offshore-drilling-compani_n_619904.html
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175. SPILL BABY SPILL - World's Five Worst Oil Rig Blowouts - sci ...
Sedco 135F and the IXTOC-1 Well In 1979 ... eventual bridging of the well. - 200,000 barrels . 4.
Hasbah Platform Well 6 Drilled in 1980 by the Ron Tappmeyer jack-up, exploratory well ...
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.environment/browse_thread/thread/470c249928c18e3f/6310c1
7da395dff1?show_docid=6310c17da395dff1
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178. Worst Offshore Blowouts - Oil Rig Disasters - Offshore Drilling ...
Sedco 135F and the IXTOC-1 Well In 1979, the IXTOC-1 blowout flowed ... Hasbah Platform Well 6
Drilled in 1980 by the Ron Tappmeyer jack-up, exploratory well No. 6 blew out in the ...
http://members.tele2.nl/the_sims/rig/i-blowout.htm
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180. '79 Gulf oil spill leaves sobering lessons for BP - The ...
MEXICO CITY—It started with a burst of gas through the drilling well. ... the Ixtoc exploratory well
that blew out on June 3, 1979 in the Bay of Campeche, off Ciudad del Carmen, ...
http://www.denverpost.com/commented/ci_15226502?source=pkg
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182. Columns
Am I talking about you? If so, you must face the fact that you are blinded by love. ... Ixtoc was an
exploratory well drilled by Pemex, Mexico's government-owned oil company. ...
http://www.mysaweekly.com/columns.html
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188. Fishermen Blast Bush Attempt to Lift Oil Drilling Moratorium : Indybay
Each well drilled produces, on average, 180, 000 gallons of drilling mud and cuttings. These
discharges customarily contain toxic materials known to bioaccumulate in the ocean food chain
leading to man. The worst case oil spill from an offshore rig was the
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/07/08/18514534.php
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191. Ixtoc offshore well: Gulf's other massive oil spill no longer apparent ...
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible platform, Sedco 135F in
the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico, about 100 km (62 mi) northwest of ...
http://article.wn.com/view/2010/06/13/Ixtoc_offshore_well_Gulfs_other_massive_oil_spill_no_long
er_/
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197. Oil Rig Fire Gulf Of Mexico. An Offshore Oil Rig Washed Up.
June, oil gas production technology degree cou gulf of mexico: exploratory oil well ixtoc blew out,
spilling an workers killed in explosion and fire on occidental petroleum s piper alpha rig in. Rigeye
knows the drill for oil, p es one camera even survived
http://zoras.freevar.com/saskatch75/oil-rig-fire-gulf-of-mexico.html
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198. Rachel Maddow- The more spills change_ the more they stay the ...
From Wikipedia : Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled... month, commentators and
especially offshore-drilling proponents have used the word ...
http://www.wikio.com/video/rachel-maddow--spills-change-stay-3345575
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199. Red Adair, Red Adair related news, Red Adair related blogs ...
BP oil spill - the Red Adair of relief well drilling says 'no ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being
drilled by the semi-submersible platform, Sedco 135F in the Bay of ...
http://today.smashits.com/red-adair.html
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200. Relief-Well Plan Was Used in Worst Blowout Ever, Took 9 ...
In 1979, Ixtoc-1, an exploratory well owned by Petroleos Mexicanos in ... Two wells were drilled to
relieve pressure from Ixtoc-1 so that it could be capped, ...
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-04-30/relief-well-plan-was-used-in-worst-blowout-ever-t
ook-9-months.html
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205. Windows to Russia » Blog Archive » How About a Real Issue from ...
... to something called relief wells dug horizontally through the seafloor to stop the spills, a
technique that can take months. The Ixtoc I was an exploratory well being drilled in ...
http://windowstorussia.com/how-about-a-real-issue-from-windows-to-russia.html
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208. BP Share Chat - Chat About BP. Shares - Stock Quotes, Charts ...
June 3, Gulf of Mexico: exploratory oil well Ixtoc 1 blew out, spilling an estimated 140 ... Ixtoc I
was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ...
http://www.lse.co.uk/shareChat.asp?ShareTicker=BP.&post=2003716
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213. EarthPortal " Archive " EIF 159- Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
In 1979-80, the Ixtoc 1 exploratory well operated the PEMEX, the Mexican national oil ... The well
was planned to be drilled to 18,000 feet (5,500 m), and was to be plugged and ...
http://www.earthportal.org/?p=1964
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214. EPA R T M E N T O F T H E
Deepwater Horizon, which had just completed an exploratory well 52 miles ... including one in June
1979, when the Ixtoc I exploratory well located ...
http://www.loe.org/images/100528/Increased-Safety-Measures-Report-2.pdf
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217. Print Page - Three scenarios for the oil spill: the bad, the ...
Two relief wells were drilled to relieve pressure from the well to allow ... The blow-out of the Ixtoc
I exploratory well in the Bay of ...
http://www.doomers.us/forum2/index.php?action=printpage;topic=66828.0
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219. The new 100 mile oil spill - Gasbuddy Gas Prices
If the well site is too deep for humans to reach, drill a simultaneous relief well so you ... The Ixtoc I
was an exploratory well being drilled in 160 feet of ...
http://www.gasbuddy.com/Forum_MSG.aspx?master=1&category=1056&topic=386474&page_no=
2&FAV=N
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224. Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Pemex: Taming the ...
The projects involve the drilling of wells, implementing enhanced recovery mechanisms and ...
Thirty-two exploratory and development wells are planned in the ...
http://www.gasandoil.com/goc/company/cnl42485.htm
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228. Crisis By the Numbers: A Comparison of Ixtoc I, Deepwater and the ...
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well in the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico, about ... reduced
to around 10,000 bpd by attempts to plug the well. Two relief wells were drilled ...
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread571547/pg1
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230. Gulf fishing nets, not oil, may be culprit in initial sea ...
... the hundreds of sea turtles found dead along the Gulf Coast since the Deepwater Horizon oil-rig
disaster. Also related stories and videos about...
http://www.mashget.com/2010/06/25/gulf-fishing-nets-not-oil-may-be-culprit-in-initial-sea-turtle-d
eaths/
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231. Gulf oil spill: parallels with Ixtoc raise fears of ecological tipping ...
... On June 3, 1979, the 2 mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, blew out in the Bahia de Campeche,
600 miles south of Texas in the Gulf of Mexico. The IXTOC I was being drilled by the ...
http://earthblips.dailyradar.com/story/gulf-oil-spill-parallels-with-ixtoc-raise-fears-of/
79%
239. Twitter Trackbacks for Ixtoc I oil spill - Wikipedia, the free ...
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible drilling rig Sedco 135-F in
the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico, ...
http://topsy.com/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixtoc_I_oil_spill
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240. US oil spill worse than estimates - Earth Changes and the Pole ...
May 16, 2010 ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well in the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of ... The
Macondo Deepwater Horizon drilled the deepest oil well in ...
http://poleshift.ning.com/profiles/blogs/us-oil-spill-worse-than
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241. Wausaudailyherald - Crews fish out lost nets to save trapped ...
The Ixtoc I was an exploratory well being drilled in 160 feet of water about 60 ... Pemex began
drilling two horizontal relief wells soon after the spill in June ...
http://content.usatoday.net/dist/custom/gci/InsidePage.aspx?cId=wausaudailyherald&sParam=386
38068.story
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242. "This will go down in the history books as the Earth Day blowout" | MetaFilter...
But since the rig sank last Thursday, Coast Guard officials believe about 13, 000 gallons (7, 400
bbl) of crude oil per day is coming out of the exploratory hole drilled by the rig, about 41 miles
offshore from Plaquemines Parish, LA. The Ixtoc blowout in
http://www.metafilter.com/91393/
78%
243. '79 Gulf spill leaves sobering lessons for BP - MSNBC Articles
Like the current BP oil spill, there were no quick fixes for the Ixtoc disaster: It took 10 months to
stop the leak, and Mexico's state-owned oil company tried ...
http://news.mobile.msn.com/en-us/articles.aspx?aid=37514348&afid=1
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244. BP struggles to plug leak as Obama faces his own Gulf crisis
In 1979, a drilling rig in Mexican waters - the Ixtoc I - blew up, releasing 140 million gallons of oil.
... a mix of drilling mud and cement deep into the well, more than 1.6 ...
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/bp-struggles-to-plug-leak-as-obama-faces-his-o
wn-gulf-crisis-20100527-whrh.html
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245. Drilling oil gas wells Oil well drilling Oil rig Drilling mud
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible drilling rig Sedco 135-F in
the Bay ... oil well when the drilling rig Sedco 135F ...
http://companydatabase.org/c/drilling-oil-gas-wells/oil-well-drilling/oil-rig/drilling-mud/
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248. Medical Articles Blog " Blog Archive " Natural Remedies
The Mexican company running the Ixtoc I rig attempted a slew of now ... The Ixtoc was an
exploratory well drilled in the oil-rich southern Gulf by Pemex, the Mexican state oil ...
http://eblog.lt/medicalarticlesblog/2010/06/25/natural-remedies/
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250. NYT: BP Moving Ahead With Offshore Alaska Rig Despite Moratorium ...
And yet, BP is now the only company allowed to drill a new well ... The moratorium is only on
about 33, exploratory wells, just like ... Almost identical to the Pemex Ixtoc 1 spill in 1979 ...
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/06/nyt_bp_moving_ahead_with_offshore_alask
a_rig_despi.php
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251. Oklahoma oil and gas drilling activity - Worldnews.com
MONDAY, SEPT. 7 INTENT TO DRILL Beckham: St. Mary Operating Co., Brady #3-36 Well, SW/4
SW/4 ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible platform ...
http://article.wn.com/view/2009/09/22/Oklahoma_oil_and_gas_drilling_activity/
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256. The new 100 mile oil spill - Gasbuddy Gas Prices
The Ixtoc I was an exploratory well being drilled in 160 feet of water about 60 miles northwest of
Ciudad del Carmen on Mexico's Gulf Coast. The well was owned by Petroleos ...
http://www.gasbuddy.com/Forum_MSG.aspx?master=1&category=1056&topic=386474&page_no=
1&FAV=N
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259. BP Oil Spill Cleanup Practice Under Fire for Burning Endangered Sea Turtles Alive
In 1979, the Ixtoc I, an exploratory well being drilled in the Bay of Campeche by Mexico’s...
http://www.lawyersagainstbp.com/oil-spill-news/bp-oil-spill-cleanup-practice-under-fire-for-burning
-endangered-sea-turtles-alive
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260. BP Oil Spill Hits Grim Record – Likely the Biggest Spill Ever in the Gulf of Mexico
That figure surpasses the 140 million gallons of oil that spilled into the Gulf when the Ixtoc I, an
exploratory oil well being drilled in the Bay of Campeche by M...
http://www.lawyersagainstbp.com/uncategorized/bp-oil-spill-hits-grim-record-likely-the-biggest-spill
-ever-in-the-gulf-of-mexico/
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261. Campaign For Liberty — Big Oil, Big Government, Big Spills
No sense crying over spilled oil now must stop & cap oil well ASAP. ... 3, 1979, the 2 mile deep
exploratory well, IXTOC I, blew out in the Bahia de Campeche, 600 miles south of ...
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=35638
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263. GULF OIL SPILL HAPPENED BEFORE! - SEE HOW THEY RESOLVED IT ...
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible platform, Sedco 135F in
the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico, about ...
http://www.truveo.com/gulf-oil-spill-happened-before-see-how-they/id/3453311978
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270. Rachel Maddow: The more spills change, the more they stay the ...
[media id=16994] Rachel's segment on the 1979 Ixtoc I oil spill was instructive. It follows the same
... But Ixtoc was a well owned by PEMEX, the Mexican national oil company. ...
http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/rachel-maddow-more-spills-change-more-they
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271. Relief wells for Gulf oil spill could be hit or miss | The ...
The probability of engineers drilling diagonally into the gushing well on their first attempt is called
'virtually nil.
http://www.pressherald.com/news/nationworld/relief-wells-for-gulf-oil-spill-could-be-hit-or-miss_20
10-06-01.html
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280. '79 Gulf oil spill leaves sobering lessons for BP | Deseret News
MEXICO CITY — It started with a burst of gas through the drilling well. ... the Ixtoc exploratory
well that blew out on June 3, 1979 in the Bay of Campeche, ...
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700037706/79-Gulf-oil-spill-leaves-sobering-lessons-for-BP.ht
ml
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287. Flow Rate Group Preliminary Best Estimate Puts Oil Flow from Deepwater BP Well
Between 12,000 and 19,000 Barrels per Day; Obama
Continue the existing moratorium and suspend the issuance of new permits to drill new deepwater
wells for six months; ... Suspend action on 33 deepwater exploratory wells currently being drilled in
the Gulf of Mexico....
http://www.favstocks.com/flow-rate-group-preliminary-best-estimate-puts-oil-flow-from-deepwater
-bp-well-between-12000-and-19000-barrels-per-day-obama-administration-extends-suspension-of-
offshore-drilling/2715523
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288. GoM rig fire, spill darken future of offshore petroleum ...
<p>A month or more ago, a single case of ongoing high-risk exploratory drilling in the
ultra-deepwater of the Gulf of Mexico resulted in:</p><ul><li>A deplorable loss ...
http://www.offshore-mag.com/index/article-display/7040941029/articles/offshore/volume-70/Issue
_6/Deepwater_Horizon_Incident_Review/GoM_rig_fire_spill_darken_future_of_offshore_petroleum
_industry.html
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289. Guest Post: The Relief Wells Are Ahead of Schedule ... But ...
Many oil drilling experts are hopeful that BP's relief wells will succeed on the first try. I hope and
pray ... Horizon commenced drilling an exploratory well at the Macondo ...
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2010/07/guest-post-the-relief-wells-are-ahead-of-schedule-but-wi
ll-they-work.html
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290. GULF OIL SPILL HAPPENED BEFORE! – SEE HOW THEY RESOLVED IT!
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible platform, Sedco 135F in
the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico, about 100 km (62 mi)...
http://texas-oil-spill-compensation.com/gulf-oil-spill-happened-before-see-how-they-resolved-it/
76%
291. Gulf Oil Spill, 1979, just like tricks today, “its all been ...
Jun 23, 2010 ... The IXTOC I exploratory well blew out on June 3, 1979 in the Bay of ... While most
of the oil drilled off Louisiana is a lighter crude, ...
http://sjbmx.com/2010/06/23/gulf-oil-spill/
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292. Hanson: Saving Obama from himself | StAugustine.com
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ... On 3 June 1979, the well suffered a
blowout and is recognized as the second largest oil spill and the largest ...
http://staugustine.com/opinions/2010-06-25/hanson-saving-obama-himself
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298. Oil spill crisis: BP struggles to plug leak - World News ...
In 1979, a drilling rig in Mexican waters - the Ixtoc I - blew up, releasing 140 million ... again
including suspending 33 deepwater exploratory wells being drilled in the Gulf. ...
http://www.examiner.com.au/news/world/world/general/oil-spill-crisis-bp-struggles-to-plug-leak/18
43009.aspx
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301. Sanibel author explains "True Cost of Oil" - NBC-2.com WBBH News for ...
Mexico's state owned oil company, Pemex, drilled a two-mile deep exploratory oil well known as
Ixtoc 1. On June 3, 1979, the oil platform exploded and caught fire.
http://www.nbc-2.com/global/story.asp?s=12425010
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307. '79 Gulf Oil Spill Leaves Sobering Lessons for BP - ABC News
'79 Gulf Oil Spill Leaves Sobering Lessons for BP ... the Ixtoc exploratory well that blew out on June
3, 1979 in the Bay of Campeche, off Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico. ...
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=10823276
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311. In Mexico, Gulf oil spill draws parallels to worst case ever ...
May 23, 2010 ... The Ixtoc I was an exploratory well being drilled in 160 feet of water about 60
miles northwest of Ciudad del Carmen on Mexico's Gulf coast. ...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/environment/2010-05-23-super-spill_N.htm
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314. Mother of all gushers could kill Earth's oceans (2), Social / ...
In that spill, the exploratory oil well Ixtoc 1 suffered a blowout ... till August to get a "relief well"
drilled - good bye Gulf of Mexico. ...
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/social/current/192810/2/Mother-of-all-gushers-could-kill-Earths-o
ceans
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315. Newsvine - '79 Gulf oil spill leaves sobering lessons for BP
... Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a fire burns near the Ixtoc exploratory well that ...
Three decades later, the 1979 Ixtoc disaster remains the Gulf's, and the world's, ...
http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/04/4461500-79-gulf-oil-spill-leaves-sobering-lessons-for
-bp
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320. The US has met the Enemy and they are all of us!! - China.org.cn
... the drilling is over. In 1979, Ixtoc I experienced a blowout accident similar to the current BP
incident in the Gulf of Mexico. This was another exploratory off-shore oil well owned ...
http://www.china.org.cn/opinion/2010-07/17/content_20516369.htm
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321. Twitter Trackbacks for Ixtoc I oil spill - Wikipedia, the free ...
Jun 4, 2010 ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible platform
Sedco 135F in the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico, ...
http://topsy.com/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixtoc_I
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323. BP struggles to plug leak as Obama faces his own Gulf crisis
In 1979, a drilling rig in Mexican waters - the Ixtoc I - blew up, releasing 140 million gallons of oil.
... a mix of drilling mud and cement deep into the well, more than 1.6 ...
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/environment/conservation/bp-struggles-to-plug-leak-as-obama-f
aces-his-own-gulf-crisis-20100527-whrh.html?autostart=1
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324. BP's Ever-Growing Oil Spill | Cover Story | Chemical & ...
May 27, 2010 ... In the 1979 Ixtoc I blowout spill, crews sprayed about 2.5 million gal of ....
Consequently, 33 permitted exploratory wells currently being drilled in the ... Indeed, the recent
30-day report says wells drilled at those ...
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/88/8824cover.html
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325. Energy Tribune- The Lost Legacy of the Last Great Oil Spill
The well blew out, the blowout preventer failed, and the drilling rig caught fire and eventually sank.
... and about 1,000 kilometres south, at an exploratory oil well known as Ixtoc I ...
http://www.energytribune.com/articles.cfm/4654/The-Lost-Legacy-of-the-Last-Great-Oil-Spill
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327. Gulf of Mexico: Oil still leaking from well head | rabble.ca
The Obama administration is suspending proposed exploratory drilling in the Arctic Ocean. ... 3,
1979, the 2 mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, blew out in the Bahia de ...
http://rabble.ca/babble/environmental-justice/gulf-mexico-oil-still-leaking-well-head
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331. RagingDebate.com " Energy " Gulf Spillup, Prices Down Means ...
Two relief wells were drilled to relieve pressure from the well to allow response personnel to cap it.
... The IXTOC I well continued to spill oil at a rate of 10,000 - 30,000 ...
http://ragingdebate.com/energy/gulf-spillup-prices-down-means-ecological-economic-armageddon
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334. The Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill: A Timeline | Deep Sea News
Well ignited. Drilling rig collapsed. Blowout preventer didn’t work. —— From the incidentnews
page: “On June 3, 1979, the 2 mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, blew out in the ...
http://deepseanews.com/2010/04/the-gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill-a-timeline/comment-page-1/
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335. The Miami Herald: Gulf Oil Spill Has 'Perfect Precedence' In 1979 Disaster
As weeks turned to months, oil executives grappled with capping the well. ... The year was 1979.
The blowout of the Ixtoc I, drilled by the Mexican-run Pemex, retains the dubious record of causing
the world’s...
http://www.bettermsreport.com/2010/05/the-miami-herald-gulf-oil-spill-has-perfect-precedence-in-
1979-disaster
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336. The new 100 mile oil spill - Ontario Gas Prices
And as they did in Mexico, BP crews are trying to stop the spill by drilling ... The Ixtoc I was an
exploratory well being drilled in 160 feet of water about 60 ...
http://www.ontariogasprices.com/Forum_MSG.aspx?master=1&category=1056&topic=386474&pag
e_no=1&FAV=N
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337. The Oil Drum | Tech Talk: Revisiting Oil Well Pressures and ...
And now our drill, is down through the casing, drilling the well open hole and using the ... I had
stopped progress last week just before we went down to total ...
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6421
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338. WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY DON'T STOP THE GULF OIL LEAK?
... atural bridging’ of the well — that means self-plugging,” said Ian MacDonald, an oceanographer
at Florida State University who has been studying t he size of the spill. ... In 1979, a
Mexican-owned rig called Ixtoc-1 suffered a blowout and collapsed, a
http://imkane.wordpress.com/2010/06/05/what-happens-if-they-dont-stop-the-gulf-oil-leak
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344. Environmentalists are not to blame for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
According to preliminary exploratory results conducted by ... that "most blowouts occurred during
the drilling of wells in ... largest recorded spill in North America, the Ixtoc well ...
http://www.examiner.com/x-29137-Tallahassee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2010m6d16-Envir
onmentalists-are-not-to-blame-for-the-Deepwater-Horizon-oil-spill
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349. Off shore oil spill in Gulf of Mexico who pays - NUCLEARSPACE ...
On June 3, 1979, the 2 mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, .... The average specific density of this
fluid in the drill pipe is on order of ...
http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?aBID=33011&p=3&topicID=35822798
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352. President Obama: Disaster in the Gulf: 104 Days and Counting ...
The following daily updates are based on a review of White House schedules, news releases and
news coverage and do not cover every activity in the Gulf or i...
http://dancingczars.wordpress.com/2010/08/01/president-obama-disaster-in-the-gulf-104-days-and
-counting
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360. Gulf oil spill , was worse in '79 - Chevy SSR Forum
I was Reading up on this disaster from 79 . The same situation , the blowout shears ... Ixtoc I was
an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible platform Sedco ...
http://www.ssrfanatic.com/forum/f6/gulf-oil-spill-worse-79-a-46004/
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364. msnbc.com business - Rescue for BP? Reports say it's seeking investor
The Ixtoc was an exploratory well drilled in the oil-rich southern Gulf by Pemex, the Mexican state
oil company.
http://business.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/04/4614721-rescue-for-bp-reports-say-its-seeking-in
vestor-
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369. TruthAlliance.net > News > Fire BP, Remove Them from the ...
In 1979, a Mexican-owned rig called Ixtoc-1 suffered a blowout and collapsed, and 140 ... worse
drill the relief wells and control the mitigation and cleanup ...
http://truthalliance.net/Archive/News/tabid/67/ID/5459/Fire-BP-Remove-Them-from-the-Crime-Sce
ne-and-Let-a-Team-of-Experts-Fix-This-Mess-on-BPs-Dime.aspx
72%
370. When will it end? Stuck Saw Slows Oil Spill Containment
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible ... they could have drilled
in ANWAR, BP wouldn't be drilling this deep ocean well. ...
http://digg.com/world_news/When_will_it_end_Stuck_Saw_Slows_Oil_Spill_Containment?utm_sour
ce=feedburner&utm_campaign=Feed:+digg/topic/world_news/popular+(Popular+in+World+News
)
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374. BBC - Have Your Say: What do you think of BP's action?
Unlike the liberals and socialists here and unlike Obama who is both, I don't ... And I do wish you
British would just shut up and butt out.. if BP is, ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/haveyoursay/2010/06/obamas_oil_speech_what_action.html
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376. BP SUSPENDS TOP KILL TOO MUCH FLUID LEAKING INTO THE FAIL ...
Our topics include Conspiracy Theory, Secret Societies, UFOs and more! ... "Ixtoc I was an
exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible platform, Sedco ...
http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1078911/pg9
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379. Oil could spew until August, officials say - Washington Post ...
Ixtoc I - The 2-mile-deep exploratory well, 600 miles south of Texas in the Gulf of ... The Ixtoc I
spill is currently #2 on the all-time list of largest oil spills of all time. ...
http://buzz.yahoo.com/article/1:washington_po284:bb5295bf74c9590f15a147ef9767ec53
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380. oxylife.blogspot.com
... mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, blew out in the Bahia de Campeche, 600 miles south of
Texas in the Gulf of Mexico. The IXTOC I was being drilled ... The IXTOC I well ...
http://oxylife.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?orderby=updated
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383. Voices from the Flats - Lessons of the Deepwater Horizon Disaster
... il spill in history – the 1979 Ixtoc blowout in the southern Gulf of Mexico that spilled an
estimated 130 million gallons in the 9 months it took to bring the b lowout under control. ...
Although mechanical recovery of oil from the sea surface is the p
http://www.themudflats.net/2010/05/26/voices-from-the-flats-lessons-of-the-deepwater-horizon-di
saster
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385. '79 Gulf spill leaves sobering lessons for BP - Disaster in ...
Jun 4, 2010 ... IMage: Fire burns near Ixtoc exploratory well ... But it couldn't stop the leak until
two relief wells were drilled — and even that didn't ...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37514348/38453795
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386. FOXNews.com - Disaster in the Gulf: 107 Days and Counting ...
The Obama administration claims it has been on top of the Gulf oil spill disaster since ... deepwater
projects and suspending drilling on 33 exploratory wells. ...
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/28/disaster-gulf-days-counting/
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388. Newshoggers.com
Drilled in 1980 by the Ron Tappmeyer jack-up, exploratory well No. 6 blew out in ... the Sedco
135F was drilling the IXTOC I well for PEMEX, the state ...
http://www.newshoggers.com/?ts=1272960063
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389. Oil Spill.... - Canadian Mustang Owners Club - Ford Mustang ...
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ... I know it's not the best info,and
there is better out there,got this from another site,and hearing what he ...
http://www.cmoc.ca/forums/t14000/
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400. Suz Rocks's MySpace Blog | The left lane is for passing!
I'm not a big fan of fast food anyway, but it was late and I was hungry and the cupboard was
empty yet again... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ...
http://blogs.myspace.com/somethingaboutsusan
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401. The Gulf Oil Spill Disaster: On the Scale of Krakatoa? - The ...
... of the Florida coast, for possible drilling as well...All in all, more than 400 million ... The IXTOC I
Blowout in 1979 pumped an estimated 3.5 million barrels of oil into ...
http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/2010/05/the_gulf_oil_sp/
69%
404. BP struggles to plug leak as Obama faces his own Gulf crisis
In 1979, a drilling rig in Mexican waters - the Ixtoc I - blew up, releasing 140 million gallons of oil.
... a mix of drilling mud and cement deep into the well, more than 1.6 ...
http://www.theage.com.au/environment/conservation/bp-struggles-to-plug-leak-as-obama-faces-hi
s-own-gulf-crisis-20100527-whrh.html
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407. Double Double Oil and Trouble! - Michael Rodgers - Open Salon
On June 3, 1979, the 2 mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, ... The IXTOC I was being drilled by
the SEDCO 135, a semi-submersible platform on lease to ...
http://www.open.salon.com/blog/michael_rodgers/2010/05/14/double_double_oil_and_trouble/co
mment
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408. Effort to Cap Gulf Oil Leak Fails Again " naked capitalism
Commentary on current economic and financial news. ... The 2-mile-deep exploratory well, Ixtoc I,
blew out on June 3, 1979 in the Bay of Campeche off Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico. ...
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2010/05/effort-to-cap-gulf-oil-leak-fails.html
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409. Ixtoc Depth | Let Tell Me !
Ixtoc I Was An Exploratory Oil Well Being Drilled By The Semisubmersible Depth Of About 3600
Metres 11800 Ft Below The Seafloor5 The Day Before Ixtoc ...
http://www.lettellme.com/blogs/ixtoc+depth.html
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412. CHCH - Oil Spill in Gulf may be Godsend after All by Kevin ...
Thousands of wildlife coated with oil and likely will not survive the night. The ... to 33 exploratory
rigs in the Gulf, and suspending exploratory drilling in the Arctic. ...
http://capitolhillcoffeehouse.com/index.php/article/62
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418. The Worst Oil Spills and Disasters Ever « Jcscher's Blog
May 25, 2010 ... On June 3, 1979, the 2 mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, ... Two relief wells
were drilled to relieve pressure from the well to allow ...
http://jcscher.wordpress.com/2010/05/25/the-worst-oil-spills-and-disasters-ever/
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420. Factbox: The worst oil leak in U.S. - Comments and ...
Since the rig explosion on April 20, oil has been spewing from a deepwater well in the Gulf of
Mexico. ... Ixtoc I, a two-mile deep exploratory well, leaked at an estimated ...
http://www.peopleforum.cn/viewthread.php?tid=21451
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422. Oil
1985 Event - Exploratory well at Ranger Tx, explodes spilling 6.3 m gallons of oil ... 1979 Event -
Ixtoc I rig in Gulf of Mexico blows; 3 million bbl of oil spilled, .... 1859 Event - 1st successful oil well
drilled, near Titusville, ...
http://www.brainyhistory.com/topics/o/oil.html
66%
423. Opinionopolis
As I am starting the Materials for Energy Blog, a BP oil well, located 50 miles ... When PEMEX
drilled a deep exploratory well, similar to the current blowout, the ...
http://opinionopolis.com/
66%
425. 1979 news reports on Mexican oil gusher may as well be from ...
In just 200 feet of water, the Mexican oil company Pemex scrambled to shut down the Ictoc I
exploratory well, but to no avail. ...
http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0527/1979-nbc-news-report-gulf-oil-spill-2010-maddow/
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426. Environmental Assessment
National Park Service (NPS) to drill and produce the Dunn-Murdock #1 well from a surface ... well
would be directionally drilled to a bottom-hole location approximately 2, ...
http://www.nps.gov/archive/pais/myweb2/BNP%20tomato%20%20EA.pdf
65%
427. Gulf Oil Spill 2010 | Gulf Oil Spill Pictures, Gulf Oil Spill ...
In 1979, a drilling rig in Mexican waters - the Ixtoc I - blew up, ... Shell Oil has been poised to drill
three exploratory wells this summer in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska's ...
http://www.salon.com/news/louisiana_oil_spill/index.html
65%
429. Materials For Energy: What Can Be Done About The BP Oil Spill?
Jun 3, 2010 ... When PEMEX drilled a deep exploratory well, similar to the BP ... The Ixtoc Blow
-Out lasted for 9 months until a relief well was drilled. ...
http://materialsforenergy.typepad.com/materials/2010/06/what-.html
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436. At least the walruses are safe, and any day now @Nifty will ...
Abstract The blow-out of the Ixtoc I exploratory well in the Bay of Campeche on June 3, 1979,
resulted in the release of about 475 000 metric tons ...
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/06/at_least_the_walruses_are_safe.php
64%
440. Guest Post: Eyewitness Reports Suggest BP Cut Safety Corners ...
May 10, 2010 ... As a well is being drilled through a gas-bearing formation, there is always a .....
The fact that this was an exploratory well (wildcat) and they had ... The spill, in its current form is
closest to the Ixtoc I oil well ...
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2010/05/guest-post-eyewitness-reports-suggest-bp-cut-safety-cor
ners-on-deepwater-horizon.html
64%
442. Monday's Daily Pulse - from Florida Trend, Florida's Source ...
FloridaTrend.com: The Website of Florida Business | The Issues, People and Ideas that Define
Florida ... Pemex cut off Ixtoc I with two relief wells and a cement seal. ...
http://www.floridatrend.com/article.asp?aID=53006
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445. Will Oil Spill Impede Offshore Plans? - Energy & Environment ...
I expect this is not a purely linear relationship. At some point the ... the Arctic it is going to drill
exploratory wells first, and that the Timor Sea disaster ...
http://energy.nationaljournal.com/2010/05/will-oil-spill-impede-offshore.php
64%
446. Yes, Mr. President, It Was Your Katrina - Three Weeks Ago ...
On June 3, 1979, the 2 mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, blew out in the Bahia de Campeche,
600 miles south of Texas in the Gulf of Mexico. ...
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/05/24-5
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447. Bizarrely inappropriate "save the Earth" ad about the oil ...
And then anyone who suggests lifting the temporary ban on offshore drilling should join them, first
... The Ixtoc I oil spill: was an exploratory oil well being drilled by ...
http://42blips.dailyradar.com/story/bizarrely-inappropriate-save-the-earth-ad-about-the/
63%
450. Mississippi Business Journal " Blog Archive " Barbour to ...
"There have been more than 30,000 oil wells drilled in the Gulf of Mexico in the last 50 ... a
six-month moratorium on exploratory drilling in Gulf waters deeper than 500 feet. ...
http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/06/barbour-to-obama-drilling-moratorium-is-bad/
63%
454. Drilling oil gas wells Gas well drilling Oil gas rig Land ...
Oil Jet Pump - Horizontal Directional Oil and Gas Well Drilling ... is a l?rge structure used in
offshore drilling to ... for exploratory drilling of new oil or gas wells in deep ... Ixtoc I oil spill -
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ...
http://companydatabase.org/c/drilling-oil-gas-wells/gas-well-drilling/oil-gas-rig/land-drilling/drilling-
pump/
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456. Oil spill crisis: BP struggles to plug leak - World News - ...
May 29, 2010 ... Either way, crews will continue to drill two relief wells, considered the ... In 1979,
a drilling rig in Mexican waters - the Ixtoc I - blew up, ... suspending 33 deepwater exploratory
wells being drilled in the Gulf. ...
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/world/world/general/oil-spill-crisis-bp-struggles-to-plug-lea
k/1843009.aspx
62%
457. 1979 Itox Gulf oil rig explosion and spill-very similar to ...
The story of the Ixtoc disaster, one of the worst in drilling history, began on June 3, 1979. The
Ixtoc was an exploratory well drilled in ...
http://kunstlercast.com/forum/index.php?topic=3498.0
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462. msnbc.com U.S. & World News - U.S. demands action over seep ...
The Ixtoc 1 well drilled by Pemex in 1979 lost circulation when a highly porous ... i think you are
right, bp drilled into some geological disturbances that would ...
http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/19/4705629-us-demands-action-over-seep-near-
bp-well
61%
464. Oil Industry Expert Simmons on Worst Case Scenario for BP Rig ...
This is really horrifying news. If oil industry expert Matthew Simmons that appeared on the Dylan
Ratigan show and Sen. Ben Nelson's worst case scenarios turn out to ...
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/oil-industry-expert-matt-simmons-and-sen-b
61%
465. Poll: Support for More Offshore Oil Drilling Plummets ...
I don't either as you can't pile exception on exception and them ... Drilled in 1980 by the Ron
Tappmeyer jack-up, exploratory well No. 6 blew out in the ...
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20004732-503544.html
61%
473. Shell Oil ex-CEO: Oil well might "NEVER STOP"; Suggests whole ...
Jun 26, 2010 ... A drilling rig drills a relief well or second well to intersect the ... The 2- mile-deep
exploratory well, Ixtoc I, blew out on June 3, ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2542044/posts?page=83
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475. What You're Not Hearing About the Coming Offshore Drilling ...
Several months ago, I published a research report on the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow ... We know
the oil is there, so there's no risky exploratory wells to be drilled... Nope...
http://www.fourwinds10.com/siterun_data/science_technology/energy_free_energy/news.php?q=1
273901233
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476.
I am very sad to say that they too have taken to creating more land with land ... I am sure that the
Tsunami did not help the health of the reef, but I am afraid ...
http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list/2008-October.txt
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477. [PDF]Booms, either sen- out on the third of June 1979. This one end ...
Introduction. An exploratory oil well,. IXTOC I, being drilled. 80 km off Campechi, Mexico in 50
meters o f water blew out on the third of June 1979. This ...
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel6/8271/25891/01152182.pdf
59%
484. How to defend against future oil spills : Nature : Nature ...
Jul 8, 2010 ... GESAMP estimates that, on average, spills from exploration and production ... what
was learned from Ixtoc 1 — the previous largest underwater blowout, which affected an
exploratory well being drilled by Mexico's ...
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v466/n7303/full/466182a.html
59%
488. Save - Offshore Magazine: Oil and Gas News Covering Oil ...
... tender platform support (Kerr McGee - Ship Shoal). 1949 - 11 fields found in Gulf of Mexico with
44 exploratory wells. ... 1968 - 2000 platforms installed, 9000 wells drilled in US Gulf. ... 1979 -
Ixtoc I well blows out off Mexico. ...
http://www.offshore-mag.com/index/article-tools-template/_saveArticle/articles/offshore/volume-5
7/issue-5/news/special-report/milestones-and-influences-in-us-offshore-history-1947-1997.html
59%
495. Fire BP, Remove Them from the Crime Scene and Let a Team of ...
Jun 16, 2010 ... BP was criminally negligent in drilling the well which blew out. ... If the [ Ixtoc]
disaster serves as a precedent, the BP spill could continue ... lost control of the Ixtox I, an
exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico. ...
http://georgewashington2.blogspot.com/2010/06/since-bp-has-broken-everything-it-has.html
57%
497. Health Risks from Oil Spill: "Some of the Most Toxic ...
Pemex, the Mexican oil company, drilled two relief wells - and even then oil kept ... Pemex lost
control of the Ixtox I, an exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico. ...
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/health-risks-oil-spill-some-most-toxic-chemicals-we-know-every-
place-can-be-ground-zero-cdc-
57%
500. Obama Visits Oil Spill In Louisiana, Pledges Support For ...
BP's chief executive cautioned Friday that it will be two more days before anyone knows if the
latest fix attempt will stop the oil spewing into the sea, and ...
http://wcco.com/politics/Obama.heads.to.2.1720762.html?detectflash=false
57%
504. Obama Visits Oil Spill In Louisiana, Pledges Support For ...
Two teams of scientists calculated the well has been spewing between 504,000 and ... In 1979, a
drilling rig in Mexican waters — the Ixtoc I — blew up, releasing 140 ...
http://kdka.com/politics/Obama.heads.to.2.1720762.html
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506. RagingDebate.com " Energy " Gulf News Horror: PART THREE
Well researched with ample footnotes and references. Starting Part 3 because Part 2 was long and
taking a... hatchetmen, the Mexicans' response to Ixtoc I in 1979-1980 looks ...
http://ragingdebate.com/energy/gulf-news-horror-part-three-1
56%
507. The Rocky Mountain Collegian :: Spill a wake-up call heard in ...
In the cold-weather climate, the drilling season is limited and if a problem ... between a rig and
floating oil platform, and in 1979 the Ixtoc I blowout took ...
http://www.collegian.com/index.php/article/2010/06/063010_oilspill
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510. BP's gulf oil well blowout eclipses Exxon Valdez spill ...
... could monitor their work and bring in more drilling mud, but the company said everything was
going as planned and the effort was ...
http://www.newsok.com/bps-gulf-oil-well-blowout-eclipses-exxon-valdez-spill/article/3464336?cust
om_click=pod_headline_business
55%
511. The Oil Slick From Hell - Why isn't this an Immediate Federal ...
maybe they could drain off the leak with another drill but I imagine that would take months. ... 3,
1979, the 2 mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, blew out in the Bahia de ...
http://www.economicpopulist.org/content/oil-slick-hell-why-isnt-immediate-federal-direct-jobs-prog
ram
55%
512. 2nd Light Forums Forums - To drill or Not to Drill? The ...
During the 1970s, an oil rig in Mexico (Ixtoc) sprung a leak that ended up on Texas ... Five
exploratory wells were drilled off Jacksonville from 1977 through 1980, and two off ...
http://www.2ndlight.com/fusetalk/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=4&threadid=101696
54%
513. BP struggles to plug leak as Obama faces his own Gulf crisis
In 1979, a drilling rig in Mexican waters - the Ixtoc I - blew up, releasing 140 million gallons of oil.
... a mix of drilling mud and cement deep into the well, more than 1.6 ...
http://www.theage.com.au/environment/conservation/bp-struggles-to-plug-leak-as-obama-faces-hi
s-own-gulf-crisis-20100527-whrh.html?autostart=1
54%
517. Obama Visits Oil Spill In Louisiana, Pledges Support For ...
Two teams of scientists calculated the well has been spewing between 504,000 and ... In 1979, a
drilling rig in Mexican waters — the Ixtoc I — blew up, releasing 140 ...
http://cbs3.com/national/Obama.heads.to.2.1720762.html
54%
521. Obama Visits Oil Spill In Louisiana, Pledges Support For ...
BP's chief executive cautioned Friday that it will be two more days before anyone knows if the
latest fix attempt will stop the oil spewing into the sea, and ...
http://cbs4.com/national/Obama.heads.to.2.1720762.html
53%
528. Oil spill crisis: BP struggles to plug leak - World News ...
In 1979, a drilling rig in Mexican waters - the Ixtoc I - blew up, releasing 140 ... including
suspending 33 deepwater exploratory wells being drilled in the Gulf. ...
http://www.camdencourier.com.au/news/world/world/general/oil-spill-crisis-bp-struggles-to-plug-le
ak/1843009.aspx
52%
533. Obama Visits Oil Spill In Louisiana, Pledges Support For ...
Two teams of scientists calculated the well has been spewing between 504,000 and ... In 1979, a
drilling rig in Mexican waters — the Ixtoc I — blew up, releasing 140 ...
http://cbs11tv.com/national/Obama.heads.to.2.1720762.html
51%
534. seMissourian.com: Speak Out : How would you stop the oil spill?
To blazes with it being an exploratory well, stick a hose on the end of the pipe and suck ... I don't
doubt that remnants of the Ixtoc spill remain and, as you say, ...
http://www.semissourian.com/forums/speakout/thread/1621
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535. 5.5-1
... zone, waters are typically well lighted, well mixed, and support photosynthetic algal ... Offshore
Monitoring Program (CAMP) Phase I reconnaissance study. The project area in ...
http://www.countyofsb.org/energy/documents/projects/tranquillonEIR/5_5.pdf
50%
536. Newsvine - Why is BP's Macondo blowout so disastrous & Beyond ...
As an illustration, Texaco's Rigel well was drilled safely (as far as I can tell ... the wells drilled had
this problem (since the last time I counted back in 2000) ...
http://bklim.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/30/4781973-why-is-bps-macondo-blowout-so-disastrou
s-beyond-patch-up-
50%
537. Oil spill crisis: BP struggles to plug leak - World News ...
In 1979, a drilling rig in Mexican waters - the Ixtoc I - blew up, releasing 140 million ... again
including suspending 33 deepwater exploratory wells being drilled in the Gulf. ...
http://www.inverelltimes.com.au/news/world/world/general/oil-spill-crisis-bp-struggles-to-plug-leak
/1843009.aspx?order=1
50%
538. Oil spill crisis: BP struggles to plug leak - World News ...
In 1979, a drilling rig in Mexican waters - the Ixtoc I - blew up, releasing 140 million ... again
including suspending 33 deepwater exploratory wells being drilled in the Gulf. ...
http://www.theleader.com.au/news/world/world/general/oil-spill-crisis-bp-struggles-to-plug-leak/18
43009.aspx
50%
539. Oil Spill in Gulf may be Godsend after All | Christian ...
Eleven dead. Hundreds out of work. Thousands of wildlife coated with ... ordering a halt to 33
exploratory rigs in the Gulf, and suspending exploratory drilling in the Arctic. ...
http://www.cc.org/blog/oil_spill_gulf_may_be_godsend_after_all
50%
542. Sarah Palin Blames Environmentalists For Gulf Oil Disaster ...
[Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible ... Well I posted a very
similar article here yesterday from UPI and you can also go ...
http://www.gainesvillegasprices.com/news/Sarah_Palin_Blames_Environmentalists_For_Gulf_Oil_Di
saster/27472_410993/index.aspx
49%
546. Oil spill crisis: BP struggles to plug leak - World News ...
In 1979, a drilling rig in Mexican waters - the Ixtoc I - blew up, releasing 140 million ... again
including suspending 33 deepwater exploratory wells being drilled in the Gulf. ...
http://www.camdenadvertiser.com.au/news/world/world/general/oil-spill-crisis-bp-struggles-to-plug
-leak/1843009.aspx
48%
551. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen: 'Top Kill' Appears To Be ...
The only permanent solution is drilling a second well, but that will take a ... An offshore drilling rig
in Mexican waters—the Ixtoc I—blew up in June 1979, ...
http://cbs5.com/national/gulf.oil.spill.2.1718340.html
47%
559. Carville Warns Obama He's 'Risking Everything' With Hands-Off ...
... quite gleeful when Democrats screw up. All I know is, this "let's just trust BP and ... are not in
the business of drilling - or plugging - oil wells, least of all a mile down ...
http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/carville-warns-obama-hes-risking-ever
46%
560. CHAPTER 8
An example of failure of technology, with regard to the Ixtoc I ... exploration and development
wells drilled on the North Sea shelves in the period ...
http://www.livingoceans.org/files/PDF/energy/Chapter8EN.pdf
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562. MMS
I. I. I. I. i. U.S. Department of the Interior. U.S. Geological Survey ... wells have been drilled in
Cook Inlet, including. 15 offshore. oil and gas. production ...
http://alaska.boemre.gov/reports/1990rpts/99_0012.pdf
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565. Will the BP Oil Spill Set Off A Tsunami? [Updated: 6/21 - See ...
The report said the BP drill site is directly over a massive underground reservoir... "A new and less
well known asymmetric threat has surfaced in the Gulf of Mexico oil gusher. ...
http://daviddegraw.org/2010/06/will-the-bp-oil-spill-set-off-a-supersonic-tsunami/
45%
567. Balloon Juice " Blog Archive " What Exactly Are They Supposed ...
FEMA and the Coast Guard don't drill oil wells 5,000 feet underwater. ... If I am not mistaken it
took 10 months to cap the well at the Ixtoc I oil spill ...
http://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/05/25/what-exactly-are-they-supposed-to-do/
44%
573. Anderson Cooper 360: Blog Archive - AC360 on the Gulf Coast ...
Join the live chat during the program. It's your chance to share your thoughts on ... up the 1979
Ixtoc I oil spill in the Gulf? Can't we learn from the Ixtoc incident on how ...
http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/27/ac360-on-the-gulf-coast-join-the-live-chat/
43%
575. Haley Barbour says it's 'reasonable' to continue offshore oil ...
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said Sunday he'll tell President Barack Obama that the six-month
moratorium on exploratory deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico ...
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2010/06/haley_barbour_says_its_reasona.html
43%
577. Will Oil Spill Impede Offshore Plans? - Energy & Environment ...
I expect this is not a purely linear relationship. At some point the ... the Arctic it is going to drill
exploratory wells first, and that the Timor Sea disaster ...
http://energy.nationaljournal.com/2010/05/will-oil-spill-impede-offshore.php?print=true&printcom
ment=1580185
43%
580. Technology Review India: Another Chance to Stop the Gulf Leak
Shell, which is currently drilling seven wells in the Gulf, revealed ... last week for an exploratory
drilling program it intends to launch in ...
http://www.technologyreview.in/energy/25359/page2/
42%
582. FOX News - Politics - Latest Headlines - Disaster in the Gulf ...
In the Gulf: A relief well being drilled deep into the seafloor of the Gulf of ... permits for deepwater
projects and suspending drilling on 33 exploratory wells. ...
http://politics.foxnews.mobi/quickPage.html?page=23888&content=38958721&pageNum=-1
41%
586. BP shares top risers as engineers assess latest oil spill ...
• Cap placed on Deepwater Horizon wellhead • Obama postpones trip to Australia and Indonesia to
visit region ... oil business practice i.e. tar sands, deep water drilling etc. ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/jun/04/bp-shares-rise-oil-spill-cap
40%
590. The Volokh Conspiracy " Sec. Salazar to Reimpose Drilling ...
I think the Judge may have spent too much time on Bourbon St. It's, I think, a ... have Ixtoc I, as
well as the known occurrence of various blowouts on ...
http://volokh.com/2010/06/23/sec-salazar-to-reimpose-drilling-moratorium/
40%
597. 4.5. C
For the Class I and Class II areas (all areas. excluding Class I), the calculated ... result in the
drilling of 131-456 exploratory and development wells in the EPA ...
http://www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/regulate/environ/nepa/EPA/Final/v1_chapter45.pdf
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600. The Mudflats | Lost Horizon' and the Price We Really Pay for Oil.
This is a picture I took at a huge Earth Day gathering in 1989 in downtown ... June 3, 1979 –
exploratory oil well Ixtoc 1 blew out, spilling an estimated 140 ...
http://www.themudflats.net/2010/04/30/lost-horizon-and-the-price-we-really-pay-for-oil/
36%
602. Failure and the Gulf Spill | WBUR and NPR - On Point with Tom ...
Is BP blowing the Gulf oil spill challenge? And, is there a cover up? We ask the ... to risky and
costly to put the exploratory drill in operation. The problem as I see it ...
http://www.onpointradio.org/2010/05/failure-and-the-gulf-spill
35%
606. How BP's Deepwater Horizon oil find was originally reported ...
This was the deepest oil and gas well in human history, going to a depth of 35, ... making it one of
the deepest wells ever drilled by the oil and gas industry. ...
http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2010/05/how-bps-deepwater-horizon-oil-find-was-originally-repo
rted-in-september-2009.html
34%
612. There is not any automatic shut to stop the oil! - AllDeaf.com
with that clues - looking at your link - you must be referring to IXTOC I. ... June 3, 1979, the 2 mile
deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, blew out in the Bahia de ...
http://www.alldeaf.com/current-events/77461-there-not-any-automatic-shut-stop-oil.html
33%
617. Oil Spill: Sobering News For the Gulf Coast - Page 11 ...
Page 11- Oil Spill: Sobering News For the Gulf Coast Southeast ... makes capping the well and
drilling the relief well alot harder. That being said though I found out my cousin ...
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1121323&page=11
31%
620. BP attempts to plug Gulf of Mexico oil leak with mud in 'top ...
Company awaits test results before trying to choke off Deepwater Horizon leak by force-feeding it
mud and cement ... They can simply drill a new well next to it. ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/may/26/bp-top-kill-mud-gulf-of-mexico-deepwater-h
orizon
29%
621. Oil spill crisis: BP struggles to plug leak - World News ...
In 1979, a drilling rig in Mexican waters - the Ixtoc I - blew up, releasing 140 million ... again
including suspending 33 deepwater exploratory wells being drilled in the Gulf. ...
http://www.whyallanewsonline.com.au/news/world/world/general/oil-spill-crisis-bp-struggles-to-plu
g-leak/1843009.aspx
29%
622. Robert Dudley Bp Wiki
and extending more recently into communities like Flickr and Wikipedia. ... Ixtoc I was an
exploratory oil well being drilled by the . Mardy Fish Diet Edit this ...
http://ori0n.com/mheba.php?t=robert+dudley+bp+wiki
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