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    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...
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    output, but it went into a steep decline soon thereafter. On June 3, 1979, Ixtoc I, an exploratory oil well located in the bay, suffered a blowout that caused...
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    Cigarette Lighter" in 1962 in Gassi Touil, Algeria, in the Sahara Desert. The Ixtoc I oil spill in Mexico's Bay of Campeche in 1979. The Piper Alpha disaster...
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    remained offshore in the Gulf of Mexico and disrupted efforts to stop the Ixtoc I oil spill. Henri also caused flooding in portions of Mexico. In mid and...
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    leaked. Notable examples of such oil spills are Deepwater Horizon and Ixtoc I. While technologies for drilling in deep water have significantly improved...
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  • April 2009. Retrieved 2010-05-21. Jernelöv, Arne; Lindén, Olof (1981). "Ixtoc I: A Case Study of the World's Largest Oil Spill". Ambio. 10 (6): 299–306...
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    marked by SEDCO's involvement in the largest oil blowout in history, the Ixtoc I oil spill, which caused extensive environmental damage. Clements faced...
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    to be 8 to 31 percent larger in volume than the previous largest, the Ixtoc I oil spill, also in the Gulf of Mexico. Caused in the aftermath of a blowout...
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  • shipwreck and oil spill off the coast of Brittany, France, March 1978 Ixtoc I oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico, June 1979 SS Atlantic Empress collision...
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    leaks and accidents on the platform (e.g. Deepwater Horizon oil spill and Ixtoc I oil spill). Produced water is also generated, which is water brought to...
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