1979 Ixtoc oil spill suggests there will be no quick fixes for Deepwater Horizon
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1979 Ixtoc oil spill suggests there will be no quick fixes for Deepwater Horizon
MEXICO CITY – It started with a burst of gas through the drilling well. Workers scrambled to close the safety valves but within moments, the platform caught fire and collapsed. Tens of millions of gallons of oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico. Numerous attempts to stanch the spill failed.
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