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1. How to Contain an Oil Spill | CleanTechies Blog ...

Obviously one must try to confine it and then clean it up but what it is the right and ... Ixtoc I was
an exploratory oil well being drilled in the Bay of ...
http://blog.cleantechies.com/2010/06/08/how-contain-oil-spill/
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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 Campeche,
600 miles south of Texas in the Gulf of Mexico. The water depth at the wellhead site is about 50 m
(164 feet). The IXTOC I was being drilled by the SEDCO 135, a
http://www.incidentnews.gov/incident/6250
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3. IncidentNews: USCG Case History

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 Petroleos Mexicanos (PEME
http://www.incidentnews.gov/entry/508786
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4. The Ixtoc Blowout - 31 Years Ago Today - Greenpeace USA Blog

Jun 3, 2010 ... The Ixtoc exploratory well blowout occurred in 160 feet of water. ... there were
5671 wells drilled in the federal waters of the Outer ...
http://members.greenpeace.org/blog/greenpeaceusa_blog/2010/06/03/the-ixtoc-blowout-31-years-
ago-today
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5. Beck's attack on drilling moratorium rests on falsehood | ...

BECK: There have been over 50000 wells drilled in the Gulf of Mexico ... On June 3, 1979, the 2
mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, ...
http://mediamatters.org/research/201006220065
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6. Blowout Control, Part 11 - Relief Well

A directionally drilled relief well on a prolific cratered blowout near Conroe, Texas, in 1933 marked
the first mile stone in relief well development. A directionally drilled relief well intersected the
flowing reservoir below the blowout surface location,
http://jwco.com/technical-litterature/p11.htm
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7. 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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8. In 1979, Less Complicated Oil Leak Took 10 Months To Stop |

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 the oil-rich southern Gulf by Pemex, the Mexican state oil
company. ... Come on, yourself. NPR was reporting the stor
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/05/ixtoc_oil_spill.php
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9. Ixtoc I Oil Spill (Wikipedia.org)

"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 Ciudad del Carmen,
Campeche in waters 50 m (160 ft) deep.[1] On 3 June 1979, the
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixtoc_I_oil_spill
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10. Ixtoc I to Deepwater Horizon... The more spills change, the more
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.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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11. Major Oil Spills - Most Involve Tanker Accidents

May 2010 - ...1991 Gulf War. Image by NOAA. Ixtoc I Oil Spill June 3, 1979 Bahia...June 3, 1979,
the 2 mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, blew out in the Bahia de Campeche...Mexico. The IXTOC
I was being drilled by the SEDCO 135, a semi-submersible...
http://geology.com/noaa/major-oil-spills/
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12. The Nilon Report: The parallels between the Ixtoc spill and the
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled in about 160 feet of water in the , in the Gulf of
Mexico. On June 3, 1979, the well suffered a blowout resulting in one of the largest environmental
disasters ever - still counted as the second largest ac
http://www.thenilonreport.com/2010/06/parallels-between-ixtoc-spill-and.html
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13. Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill | flashpoint

May 2, 2010 ... On June 3, 1979, the 2 mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, blew out in the Bahia
de ... The IXTOC I was being drilled by the SEDCO 135, ...
http://www.flashpointblog.com/2010/05/02/deepwater-horizon-oil-spill/
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14. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR INCREASED SAFETY MEASURES FOR ENERGY...

Jun 2010 - ...that comprise an exploratory well. A comprehensive...new wells being drilled using
floating...CONTENTS PAGE I. INTRODUCTION...activities, as well as employment in...1979, when
the Ixtoc I exploratory well located about 50...
http://www.doi.gov/deepwaterhorizon/loader.cfm?csModule=security/getfile&PageID=33598
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15. One Gulf Oil Spill Went For Nearly A Year : NPR
May 2, 2010 ... Two relief wells were drilled to relieve pressure from the well to allow ... The IXTOC
I well continued to spill oil at a rate of 10000 ...
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/05/one_gulf_oil_spill_went_for_ne.html
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16. Who remembers Ixtoc I? , page 1
On June 3, 1979, the 2 mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, blew out in the Bahia de ... The IXTOC
I was being drilled by the SEDCO 135, ...
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread584439/pg1
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17. YouTube - GULF OIL SPILL HAPPENED BEFORE! - SEE HOW THEY ...
May 26, 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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-4oooyqe_8
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18. '79 Gulf spill leaves sobering lessons for BP - Disaster in the Gulf ...
... National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a fire burns near the Ixtoc exploratory well ...
MEXICO CITY — It started with a burst of gas through the drilling well.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37514348/ns/disaster_in_the_gulf/
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19. 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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20. 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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21. 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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22. How to Contain an Oil Spill | EarthScape

Jun 2010 - ...waste of time and resources and what works? Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well
being drilled in the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico...in waters 160 feet deep. On 3 June
1979, the well suffered a blowout resulting in the third largest..
http://www.earthscape.org/science/news/how-to-contain-an-oil-spill/
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23. Ixtoc I oil spill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Accident · Volume and extent of ... ·
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixtoc_I
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24. 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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25. The worst oil spills ever

The Deepwater Horizon oil... ... The worst spill ever to hit the Gulf of Mexico, and the
second-biggest of all time, was the 1980 blowout of the Ixtoc I exploratory well drilled in Mexican
waters by Petroleos Mexicanos.
http://sify.com/finance/the-worst-oil-spills-ever-imagegallery-others-kgmrmFaaefj.html
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26. '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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27. Big Oil's Collective Responsibility

Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled in the Gulf of Mexico in 1979 when it suffered a
blowout, resulting in the second largest accidental oil spill i n history....
http://blog.cleantechies.com/2010/06/17/big-oils-collective-responsibility
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28. 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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29. It Came From Mexico: The Ixtoc I Oil Spill

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 largest accidental oil spill, dumping an estima
http://www.first-draft.com/2010/05/the-ixtoc-1-spill.html
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30. IXTOC I - Environment

IXTOC I - 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 ...
http://scienceblips.dailyradar.com/story/ixtoc-i/
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31. Ixtoc I News From AOL News

Ixtoc I news. See the latest headlines on Ixtoc I from AOL News. Videos, photos & Ixtoc I pictures
on all of the latest news from the US & around the world.
http://www.aolnews.com/tag/Ixtoc-I/
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32. 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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33. '79 Gulf oil spill leaves sobering lessons for BP - ContraCostaTimes ...
MEXICO CITY—It started with a burst of gas through the drilling well. Workers ... National Oceanic
http://www.contracostatimes.com/nation-world/ci_15226502
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34. Blaaargh!
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ... Economically and environmentally
sensitive barrier island beaches were cleaned daily. Laborers used rakes and ...
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35. 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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36. BP Violations and Spills | The Big Picture

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 Ciudad del Carmen,
Campeche in waters 50 m (160 ft) deep On 3 June 1979, the well
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/06/bp-violations-and-spills/
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37. Buzz by Thompsonstudios . from Posted from the web

The Ixtoc was an exploratory well drilled in the oil-rich southern Gulf by Pemex, ... Throughout the
months of attempts, Pemex was also drilling two relief wells. ...
http://www.google.com/buzz/thompsonstudios/djRsV9zX6p3/Rush-Limbaugh-on-the-BP-Oil-Spill-Its
-as-natural
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38. Canada.com - News - Ixtoc I oil spill

From Wikipedia - Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ... From Wikipedia -
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ...
http://www.canada.com/event/ixtoc-0x3a07ae/topic.html
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39. Gulf Oil Spill Has ‘Perfect Precedence’ in 1979 Disaster

As weeks turned to months, oil executives grappled with capping the well. ... The blowout of the
Ixtoc I, drilled by the Mexican-run Pemex, retains the dubious record of causing the world’s...
http://www.oilspill2010news.com/2010/05/27/gulf-oil-spill-has-perfect-precedence-in-1979-disaster
/
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40. 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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41. Mexico recalls a similar oil disaster

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://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/05/24/20100524mexico-oil-disaster.html
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42. The Ixtoc Blowout - 31 Years Ago Today | Care2 Share

Thirty one years ago today - June 3, 1979 - Pemex's Ixtoc I exploratory well suffered a blowout
resulting in the largest peace-time oil spill in history. ...
http://www.care2.com/c2c/share/detail/1580601
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The Deepwater Horizon spill is now gushing 5,000 barrels a day into the Gulf of Mexico. As bad as
it ... The worst spill ever to hit the Gulf of Mexico, and the second-biggest of all time, was the 1980
blowout of the Ixtoc I exploratory well drilled in Mex
http://www.financialpost.com/news-sectors/energy/story.html?id=2971866
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44. Where Maddow and Krauthammer Meet on Obama's BP Response | The ...
Jun 18, 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://www.thenation.com/blog/36408/where-maddow-and-krauthammer-meet-obamas-bp-respon
se
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45. Wikipedia:Ixtoc I - Global Warming Art

Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible platform Sedco ... The
hydrocarbons caught fire, and Sedco 135F burned and collapsed ...
http://www.globalwarmingart.com/wiki/Wikipedia:Ixtoc_I
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46. 3rd June 1979 A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the ...
Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico, about 100 km
http://www.thenationalpages.co.uk/blog/2010/06/3rd-june-1979-a-blowout-at-the-ixtoc-i-oil-well-in
-the-southern-gulf-of-mexico-causes-at-least-176400000-gallons-of-oil-to-be-spilled-into-the-waters
/
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47. 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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48. David's Blog | Just another WordPress.com site
... 3rd 1979, the Ixtoc I exploratory oil well suffered a massive blowout while being drilled by the
Sedco 135F semi-submersible drilling rig at a ...
http://daviddhovey.com/
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49. 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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50. Green Car Congress: Deepwater Horizon Incident Declared Spill ...
Apr 30, 2010 ... On 3 June 1979, the 2-mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, ... Two relief wells
were eventually drilled to relieve pressure and allow the ...
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2010/04/deepwater-20100430.html
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51. How Deep Was Ixtoc | Let Tell Me !

The Ixtoc I Was An Exploratory Well Being Drilled In 160 Feet Of ... Ixtoc I Was An Exploratory Oil
Well In The Bay Of Campeche Of The Gulf Of Mexico ...
http://www.lettellme.com/blogs/how+deep+was+ixtoc.html
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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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53. Ixtoc offshore well: Gulf's other massive oil spill no longer ...
being drilled by the semi-submersible platform, Sedco ...
http://article.wn.com/view/2010/06/12/Ixtoc_offshore_well_Gulfs_other_massive_oil_spill_no_long
er_/
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54. OIL RIG SPILLS LAWYER LOUISIANA GULF COST ATTORNEY

In June 1979, a blowout occurred at the exploratory well, IXTOC I, 600 miles south of Texas in the
Gulf of Mexico. The IXTOC I well was being drilled by the SEDCO 135, a semi-submersible platform
on lease to Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX). Yes, I agree to the
http://www.oil-rig-spills.com/spills.php
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55. PB-Worst Oil Spill - repeat of Ixtoc 1979, Gulf... | Gather

The 2-mile-deep exploratory well, Ixtoc I, blew out on June 3, 1979 in the. Bay of Campeche off
Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico. By the time the well was ...
http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978263199
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56. 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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57. petroleumworld
The Venezuela Oil & Gas Web Site,with News, Data, Business Directory, Industry Bids, Other ...
The Ixtoc was an exploratory well drilled in the oil-rich southern Gulf by Pemex, ...
http://petroleumworld.com/sati10060501.htm
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58. The 31 Year Oil Spill Echo

Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible ... How the central bank,
and government use war to rob the people and feed themselves and ...
http://www.redicecreations.com/new/article.php?id=11213
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59. The Worst Oil Spills - Forbes.com

The Deepwater Horizon spill is now gushing 5,000 barrels a day into the Gulf of Mexico. ... 1980
blowout of the Ixtoc I exploratory well drilled in Mexican waters by Petroleos ...
http://www.forbes.com/2010/04/29/worst-oil-spills-business-energy-oil-spills.html
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60. Video - GULF OIL SPILL HAPPENED BEFORE! - SEE HOW THEY ...
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...
http://dailyradar.com/beltwayblips/video/gulf-oil-spill-happened-before-see-how-they-resolved/
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61. '79 Gulf Oil Spill Leaves Sobering Lessons for BP - ABC News
It started with a burst of gas through the drilling well. Workers scrambled to ... the oil kept gushing
for another three months after the first well was completed. In the end, Ixtoc ...
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=10823276
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62. '79 Gulf oil spill leaves sobering lessons for BP - Chambersburg ...
http://www.publicopiniononline.com/nationalnews/ci_15226502
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63. '79 Gulf oil spill leaves sobering lessons for BP - SignOnSanDiego.com ...
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jun/04/79-gulf-oil-spill-leaves-sobering-lessons-for-bp/
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64. CampusProgress.org | Field Report | Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill May

And though the current Gulf spill might be on everyone's mind right now, but in 1979, the Ixtoc I,
an exploratory well, blew out in the Gulf of Mexico. ... "This is all an experiment," says Kendall.
"We've never had a spill like this with deep-well drilled
http://www.campusprogress.org/fieldreport/5480/deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-may-not-be-worst-eve
r-but-threatens-clean-energy-future
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65. 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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66. Four-Story, Rusty Steel Box Built As Consolation to Northern Gannet,

Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, about 100 km north west from Ciudad del
Carmen in Campeche. On June 3, 1979, the well suffered a blowout and is recognized as the
second largest oil spill in history.
http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/45227
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67. Global Pollution and Prevention News:

Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled in the Bay of Campeche of the ... In the Ixtoc case
the real solution was drilling relief wells to take the ...
http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/41398/print
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68. grabi - History Repeats Itself, 1979 Gulf Oil Spill Version ...
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ... In modern rotary drilling, mud is
circulated down the drill pipe and back up the well bore to the surface. ...
http://www.grabi.co.cc/index.php/novosti/off/28624-1979-gulf-coast
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69. Hot and Latest News

Here's the NOAA Incident Report about Ixtoc I: On June 3, 1979, the 2 mile deep exploratory well,
IXTOC I, blew out in the Bahia de Campeche, 600 ...
http://oxylife.blogspot.com/
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70. How to Contain an Oil Spill | Virtualization Times

http://www.virtualizationtimes.com/how-contain-oil-spill
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600 miles south of Texas in the Gulf of Mexico. ...
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b3MDMARjb2xvA2FjMgR2dGlkAw--/SIG=11tu1g2vg/EXP=1279186991/**http://www.incidentnews.
gov/incident/6250
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72. OIL RIG SPILLS LAWYER LOUISIANA GULF COST ATTORNEY

The IXTOC I well was being drilled by the SEDCO 135, a semi-submersible platform on lease to
Petroleos ... The IXTOC I well continued to spill oil at a rate of 10,000 - 30,000 ...
http://www.oil-rig-spills.com/IXTOC.php
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73. Oil spill's threat to wildlife becomes real | Tulsa World

1979 - The Pemex-operated Ixtoc I offshore well in Mexico's Campeche Bay blew ... {Ixtoc I} was
an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible ...
http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100606_13_A10_Patric562052&rss_ln
k=1
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74. Red Adair, Red Adair related news, Red Adair related blogs ...
I was going to make a comment about missing Red Adair until I went to Wikipedia and saw that,
after he and ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ...
http://today.smashits.com/red-adair.html
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75. Sunday Replay | FactCheck.org

In fact, a 2-mile deep exploratory well named IXTOC I blew out in the Bahia de Campeche in 1979.
It was being drilled by the Mexican oil company PEMEX. ...
http://factcheck.org/2010/06/sunday-replay-7/
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76. The Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill: A Timeline | Deep Sea News
"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 well ignited, causing the platform to catch
fire.
http://deepseanews.com/2010/04/the-gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill-a-timeline/
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77. The Right-Wing Lie Behind Haley Barbour's BP Talking-Point ...

They need their capital to drill wells. They need their capital to ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil
well being drilled by the semi-submersible ...
http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/06/20/the-right-wing-lie-behind-haley-barbours-bp-talkin
g-point/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=alternet
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The Deepwater Horizon spill is now gushing 5,000 barrels a day into the Gulf of Mexico. As bad as
it ... blowout of the Ixtoc I exploratory well drilled in Mexican waters by ...
http://www.financialpost.com/most-popular/story.html?id=2971866
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79. Video Suggests BP Literally Covering Up Oil Damage on ...

Give it a few years and this will be forgotten and the beaches will look just fine. ... Ixtoc I was an
exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ...
http://www.canadaka.net/news/60004-Video_Suggests_BP_Literally_Covering_Up_Oil_Damage_on
_Louisiana_Beaches
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80. When will it end? Stuck Saw Slows Oil Spill Containment
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible ... saw on hand, but
they're opting to wait and see if they can save money and avoid ...
http://digg.com/world_news/When_will_it_end_Stuck_Saw_Slows_Oil_Spill_Containment
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81. 1979 disaster was drilled by TRANSOCEAN!!!| Discussion| BP ...
The Ixtoc I was an exploratory well being drilled in 160 feet of ... The Ixtoc 1 well was owned by
Petroleos Mexicanos, Mexico's state oil company, known as ...
http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn%3ABP-.L&display=discussion&action=detail&id=
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82. Blowout trivia

Drilled in 1980 by the Ron Tappmeyer jack-up, exploratory well No. 6 blew out in ... 1979, the
Sedco 135F was drilling the IXTOC I well for PEMEX, the state-owned ...
http://www.newshoggers.com/blog/2010/05/blowout-trivia.html
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83. BP's top kill effort declared a failure

Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ... months, experts and divers including
Red Adair were brought in to contain and cap the oil well.[6] An average ...
http://forum.myredbook.com/dcforum2/DCForumID14/44453.html
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84. Crime & Federalism: Remove BP From Oil Spill Efforts

Another case is also a warning sign for BP. In June 1979, engineers with the Mexican oil company
Pemex lost control of the Ixtox I, an exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico. Just as BP is now
attempting to do, engineers at the time drilled two relief well
http://www.crimeandfederalism.com/2010/06/remove-bp-from-oil-spill-efforts.html
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85. 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 ...
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86. Exxon-Valdez Was 53rd Largest Oil Spill This Is What #1 ...
The Ixtoc I exploratory well blew out on June 3, 1979 in the Bay of Campeche off Ciudad del
Carmen, Mexico. The IXTOC I well continued to spill oil at a
http://cleantechlawandbusiness.com/cleanbeta/index.php/2009/03/exxon-valdez-was-53rd-largest-
oil-spill-this-is-what-1-looks-like/
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87. Gulf oil spill: parallels with Ixtoc raise fears of ...
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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88. In Mexico, Gulf oil spill draws parallels to worst case ever
http://alt.nntp2http.com/culture/alaska/2010/05/062a8d65dfc750b70d284465299f4450.html
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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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90. Ixtoc I oil spill - News - Evri

the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico, ...
http://www.evri.com/event/ixtoc-i-0x3a07ae
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91. Ixtoc I oil spill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ... In modern rotary drilling, mud is
circulated down the drill pipe and back up the well bore to the surface. ...
http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0geuiOvhj1MOHUA8ayEzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBybnZlZnRlBHNlYwNzcgRw
b3MDMQRjb2xvA2FjMgR2dGlkAw--/SIG=122v987h1/EXP=1279186991/**http://en.wikipedia.org/w
iki/Ixtoc_I_oil_spill
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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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93. Most read stories from USA TODAY

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0oG72qxhj1MXuEAVhaEzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBybnZlZnRlBHNlYwNzcgRw
b3MDMQRjb2xvA2FjMgR2dGlkAw--/SIG=13v6s4c4m/EXP=1279186993/**http://content.usatoday.
net/dist/custom/gci/InsidePage.aspx?cId=wausaudailyherald&sParam=38638068.story
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94. Newsvine - '79 Gulf oil spill leaves sobering lessons for BP
... Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a fire burns near the Ixtoc exploratory well that ... But
it couldn't stop the leak until two relief wells were drilled — and even that didn ...
http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/04/4461500-79-gulf-oil-spill-leaves-sobering-lessons-for
-bp
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95. Oil | Geo-Mexico, the geography of Mexico

Though PEMEX drilled two relief wells to reduce the pressure, the ... At this rate, it could surpass
the Ixtoc I spill between by September or October. ...
http://geo-mexico.com/?tag=oil
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96. Radio Green Earth » The Ixtoc I Well Blowout in the Gulf's Bay of
On June 3, 1979, the 2 mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, blew out in the Bay of Campeche, Gulf
of Mexico, 40 miles off the Mexican coast and 600 miles south of Texas. ... IXTOC I was being
drilled by a semi-submersible platform on lease to Petroleos Me
http://radiogreenearth.org/blog/?p=1885
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97. Sierra Club Green Home

What is a waste of time and resources and what works? Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being
drilled in the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of ...
http://www.sierraclubgreenhome.com/
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98. Station Weather - Florida State University Meteorology Department

Jun 2010 - ...IncidentNews Home >> Incident IXTOC I Bahia de Campeche, Mexico 1979...June 3,
1979, the 2 mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, blew out in the Bahia de Campeche...feet). The
IXTOC I was being drilled by the SEDCO 135, a semi-submersible...
http://dweb.met.fsu.edu/index.pl/wxdata/stationwx?proxiedUrl=http://www.incidentnews.gov/incid
ent/6250&wid=124
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99. Tanker Incidents

On June 3, 1979, the 2 mile deep exploratory well, Ixtoc I, blew out in the Bahia de ... The Ixtoc I
was being drilled by the SEDCO 135, a semi-submersible platform on lease to Petroleos Mexicanos
(PEMEX). A loss of drilling mud circulation caused the blow
http://www.maritime-connector.com/ContentDetails/1479/gcgid/193/lang/English/Tanker-Incidents
.wshtml
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100. The Gulf of Campeche, Ixtoc-1, and Deepwater Horizon ...

In 1979, Ixtoc-1, an exploratory well owned by Petroleos Mexicanos in 150 feet ... Two wells were
drilled to relieve pressure from Ixtoc-1 so that it could be capped, ...
http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2010/05/the-gulf-of-campeche-ixtoc-1-and-deepwater-horizon.html
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The worst spill ever to hit the Gulf of Mexico, and the second-biggest of all time, was the 1980
blowout of the Ixtoc I exploratory well drilled in Mexican waters by Petroleos Mexicanos. For
several days the well was thought to be spewing 1, 000 barrels a
http://www.forbes.com/2010/04/29/worst-oil-spills-business-energy-oil-spills.html?feed=rss_busine
ss_energy
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102. Victoria Advocate | "Profits over Safety" by Mike

http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/weblogs/politcs-plus/2010/may/18/profits-over-safety/
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103. Video Search

Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ... Mexico Fun Facts: The Gulf of
Mexico yields more finfish, shrimp, and shellfish annually than the south and...
http://www.efloridarates.com/debt/profile/DebtHelpAndAnswers/Texas+Beaches/
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104. 1979 news reports on Mexican oil gusher may as well be from 2010:
From June 3, 1979 straight through March 23, 1980, an oil well in the Gulf of Mexico was spewing
up to 30,000 barrels per day. In just 200 feet of water, the Mexican oil company Pemex scrambled
to shut down the Ictoc I exploratory well, ... The Ixtoc well
http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0527/1979-nbc-news-report-gulf-oil-spill-2010-maddow/
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105. 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Graphics - NOLA.com

The 1979 Ixtoc I exploratory oil well blowout in the Bay of Campeche caused what ... The first well
has now been drilled to "just under" 16,000 feet, BP spokesman ...
http://blog.nola.com/2010_gulf_of_mexico_oil_spill_graphics/index.html
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106. 2theadvocate.com | News | 'Last hope' of relief well not ...

Jun 19, 2010 ... “You drill straight down when you're drilling an exploratory well,” Hughes said of
BP's first well. “Then you drill a development well, ...
http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/96740619.html?showAll=y&c=y
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107. 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
http://bayareahouston.blogspot.com/2010/05/that-was-then-this-is-then-ixtoc-vs.html
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108. Crews At Gulf Islands National Seashore Continue To Take ...

May 2, 2010 ... According to federal officials, the blowout of the well drilled by the ... The
200-foot-deep exploratory well, Ixtoc I, blew out on June 3, ...
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2010/05/crews-gulf-islands-national-seashore-continue-take-
precautions-against-oil5800
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109. dubvdainjah - Viewing Profile

Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible ... I have worked with
concrete above, and below ground and know it even takes a ...
http://ragga-jungle.com/user/6611-dubvdainjah/page__tab__posts
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110. 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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111. 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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112. Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill News From AOL News

NEW ORLEANS (July 2) - BP and the Obama administration face mounting complaints ... Ixtoc I
was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible ...
http://www.aolnews.com/tag/Gulf-of-Mexico-oil-spill/page/2/?rsnph=1278358123186824&sfanph=
0
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113. Gulf Oil Spill. Did We Learn Anything?

Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, about 100 km north ... In modern rotary
drilling, mud is circulated down the drill pipe and back up the ...
http://www.earthprotect.com/component/content/article/48-earth-violators/355-gulf-oil-spill-did-we
-learn-anything.html
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114. How to contain an oil spill | Alternative Media, Progressive ...

an exploratory oil well being drilled in the Bay of Campeche of the ...
http://aworldofprogress.com/how-to-contain-an-oil-spill/
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115. Ixtoc 1 Oil Spill - Suze's site

the Ixtoc 1 well released oil for 9 months into the open ocean where winds and. ... Ixtoc I was an
exploratory oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, . 1421 birds and were ...
http://suzejanssen.nl/lampi.php?sa=ixtoc-1-oil-spill
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116. Ixtoc I - Factbites

Ixtoc I The IXTOC I exploratory well blew out on June 3, 1979 in the Bay of Campeche off Ciudad
del Carmen, Mexico. Ixtoc I The IXTOC I exploratory well blew out on June 3, 1979 in the Bay of
Campeche off Ciudad del Carmen... The IXTOC I was being drilled
http://www.factbites.com/topics/Ixtoc-I
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117. 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
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/may/29/nation-mesmerized-can-bp-plug-gulf-gusher/
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118. news aggregator | UC Berkeley Environment & Sustainability Portal

Jun 2010 - ...much sun radiation we get as well as some slight variation in...BP's blown-out
undersea well, started coming ashore late...resources and what works? Ixtoc I was an exploratory
oil well being drilled in the Bay of Campeche of the...
http://enviro.berkeley.edu/aggregator
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119. 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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120. Oil, Oil Go Away Come Again Another Day

Ixtoc was an exploratory well drilled by Pemex, Mexico's government-owned oil company. ... A
couple of years later I was working for Drilling Magazine and got an interview ...
http://www.mysaweekly.com/columns/bookers-brier-patch/357-oil-oil-go-away-come-again-another
-day.html
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121. The Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill: A Timeline | Deep Sea News
"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 well ignited, causing the platform to catch
fire.
http://deepseanews.com/2010/04/the-gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill-a-timeline/comment-page-1/
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122. Tindalo oil well surpasses pre-test expectations - Worldnews.com

http://article.wn.com/view/2010/06/08/Tindalo_oil_well_surpasses_pretest_expectations/
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123. Windows to Russia " Deepwater Horizon

The Ixtoc I was an exploratory well being drilled in 160 feet of water about 60 ... By my
calculations Ixtoc I became a baby oil spill in comparison a long time ago. ...
http://windowstorussia.com/tag/deepwater-horizon
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124. World offshore energy loss statistics

Kaiser, M.J.,Energy Policy,35(6),p.3496-3525,Jun 2007 - ...rig Arctic I.Source: GSF...5 Caisson, well
protector...Kerr-McGee drilled the first well out of sight...Grigoryan drilled nine lateral...Bluewater I,
which was...when a jackup drilled a dry hole...
http://208.68.138.205/srsapp/search?q=Ixtoc+I+exploratory+well+drilled&t=all&p=10&drill=yes&
md5=e1d9883b1ba88c6ddfdc4313cb4c10b4
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125. 2010 May 04 | ASA Voices

May 4, 2010 ... On June 3, 1979, the 2 mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, ... Two relief wells
http://www.asa3online.org/Voices/2010/05/04/
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126. Best Board On The Net :: The War Room :: Gulf oil spill now ...
Discussion and fun, friends, and good times are the plan here. Ranters and rudeness are ... The
Ixtoc I? Well children it was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ...
http://com5.runboard.com/bestboardonthenet.t9773
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127. 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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128. BP/oil consumption - Bash here!

Both the Ixtoc I and the current oil spill were "exploratory" wells using "single" ... Ixtoc I shear
ram(s?) weren't strong enough to penetrate and seal through the drill ...
http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?11,165074,167568,page=5
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129. ContreInfo :: Brèves

Contre Info, un site alternatif d'informations, analyses, commentaires et documents ... Ixtoc I was
an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible platform Sedco ...
http://contreinfo.info/lstbrv.php3?id_rubrique=25
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130. Current titles in marine geology

Marine Geology,50(3),p.275-303,Dec 1982 - ...hydrothermal processes: Doctoral, 198 I, Univ. of
California, San Diego...the Hunt Dome Kopanoar M- 13 Well, Beaufort Sea, Canada:
Bulletin...nodule paradox" is alive and well on the Peru Shelf [abstr.]: inAGU..
http://208.68.138.205/srsapp/search?q=Ixtoc+I+exploratory+well+drilled&t=all&p=20&drill=yes&
md5=ff90afe522eb1bb61bbecc3798384a72
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131. Daily Kos: The MMS and Deepwater Horizon

The well being drilled by the Deepwater Horizon particulars are as follows: ... . Ixtoc I was an
exploratory oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, about 100 km north west from Ciudad del Carmen in
Campeche. On June 3, 1979, the well suffered a blowout and is rec
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/5/4/863320/-The-MMS-and-Deepwater-Horizon
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132. Double Double Oil and Trouble! - Michael Rodgers - Open Salon
http://open.salon.com/blog/michael_rodgers/2010/05/14/double_double_oil_and_trouble
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133. endtimetuber Channel profile | Videos Section | Watch ...

Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible ... He studied in Budapest
and in Louvain (Belgium), where he read Theology and ...
http://www.relicsworld.com/videos/profile/endtimetuber/
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134. Energy Tough Love Blog » Oil Spill In The Gulf Of Spew Mexico -
What happened when the Ixtoc Drilling Rig Collapsed in the Gulf of Mexico in 1979. They brought
in skimmers, booms, remotely operated vehicles, and dispersants. They drilled a second and third
wells to take the pressure off. ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory
http://censys.org/blog/?p=1634
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135. Environmental News Network - Know Your Environment

Currently the most well known dead zone is about 8,500 square miles in size and ... Ixtoc I was an
exploratory oil well being drilled in the Bay of Campeche of the ...
http://www.enn.com/topics/pollution/browse/?=&page=5
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136. Gulf Directory // Explore

Although the editor and site have a clearly liberal bias, all well-written verse of various views and
visions ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ...
http://www.blogcatalog.com/explore/gulf+directory/
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137. 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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138. Sedco Inc - Blogs, Pictures, and more on Blogged

mi) deep oil well when the drilling rig Sedco 135F lost drilling mud circulation. ... Ixtoc I was an
exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible drilling rig ...
http://www.blogged.com/topics/sedco-inc/
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139. So Much for the Moratorium: Feds Approve Shallow-Water ...

Jun 2, 2010... exploratory wells currently being drilled in the Gulf of Mexico. ... face the same fate
as the Ixtoc I disaster in the Gulf in 1979, ...
http://news.firedoglake.com/2010/06/02/so-much-for-the-moratorium-feds-approve-shallow-water-
drilling-in-gulf/
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140. tBlog - Ixtoc, We Hardly Knew You!

Ixtoc, We Hardly Knew You! 07.01.10 (2:45 pm) Ixtoc. Remember Ixtoc? I ... It was an exploratory
well that was being drilled in 1979 when the well lost mud circulation.
http://lavarock.tblog.com/post/1970105241
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141. Thanks, Katrina: Remembering Ixtoc

The Ixtoc I was an exploratory well being drilled in 160 feet of ... Pemex began drilling two
horizontal relief wells soon after the spill in June ...
http://thanks-katrina.blogspot.com/2010/05/remembering-ixtoc.html
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142. The Nilon Report: June 2010

Here we are one and a half months since the well exploded and most of us have only the chance to
sit and ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled in about 160 feet ...
http://www.thenilonreport.com/2010_06_01_archive.html
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143. 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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144. "Oil" | Page 87 | MySpace Forums

Pemex' Ixtoc exploratory well, 1979, Gulf of Campeche in only 150 feet of water. ... claimed so that
no compensation was paid to Texas or anyone else. Oh well then, DRILL ...
http://forums.myspace.com/p/4778007/70334036.aspx?fuseaction=forums.viewpost
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145. [DOC]WOAD Risks.doc - II
Considering all the exploratory and development wells drilled in the Gulf of ... It is also known that
7% of the exploratory wells drilled in the period in ...
http://www.pe.tamu.edu/schubert/public_html/Blowout/WOAD%20Risks.doc
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146. '79 Gulf oil spill leaves sobering lessons for BP - Boston.com
http://www.boston.com/news/world/latinamerica/articles/2010/06/04/79_gulf_oil_spill_leaves_sob
ering_lessons_for_bp/?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Latest+news
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147. '79 Gulf oil spill leaves sobering lessons for BP - El Paso Times
http://www.elpasotimes.com/juarez/ci_15226502
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148. '79 Gulf oil spill leaves sobering lessons for BP - Evening Sun
http://www.eveningsun.com/ci_15226502
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149. '79 Gulf oil spill leaves sobering lessons for BP - Silver City Sun ...
http://www.scsun-news.com/silver_city-business/ci_15226502?source=rss
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150. '79 Gulf oil spill leaves sobering lessons for BP | Deseret News
MEXICO CITY — It started with a burst of gas through the drilling well. ... National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, a fire burns near the Ixtoc exploratory well ...
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700037706/79-Gulf-oil-spill-leaves-sobering-lessons-for-BP.ht
ml?s_cid=rss-5
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151. '79 Gulf spill leaves sobering lessons for BP - Disaster in the Gulf ...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37514348/from/RSS/
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152. EarthScape.org - An Online Resource for the Global Enviroment ...

and has no comments yet. Flooding and landslides caused by heavy rain ... Ixtoc I was an
exploratory oil well being drilled in the Bay of Campeche of the ...
http://www.earthscape.org/page/8/
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153. EIS Chapter 5, Part 4

Oct 2004 - ...discharges, barge transit and anchoring, and well abandonment. These operations are
described...use of ex- plosives in the delineation well abandonment process. As discussed, the...or
mortality would occur as a result of well abandonment op
http://www.mms.gov/omm/pacific/enviro/EIS/pdfs/EIS_Chapter5_Part4.pdf
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154. EIS Chapter 7

Oct 2004 - ...Environmental Affirs. Technical Appendix I – Marine Biology. ADL. 1985. Union
Oil...drilling discharges in the mid-Atlantic. I. Quantity and fate of discharges. Pages...of
cetaceans in California waters. Part I: Ship surveys in summer and
http://www.mms.gov/omm/pacific/enviro/EIS/pdfs/EIS_Chapter7.pdf
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155. 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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156. Is this in Florida's future? - Environment Florida

When scientists checked the bottom around some exploratory wells that Chevron had drilled three
years before, they reported that "the layer of cuttings at both sites was still quite thick. Once the
well is drilled and begins pumping, it also discharges a n
http://www.environmentflorida.org/in-the-news/save-our-shores2/save-our-shores/is-this-in-florida
s-future
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157. IXTOC I - Mexico, World

http://dailyradar.com/beltwayblips/story/ixtoc-i/
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158. 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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159. ixtoc videos - by ?????

But there have been dozens of oil well blowouts in the Gulf of Mexico, and the ... Ixtoc I was an
exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible ...
http://www.esitex.net/ixtoc/
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160. Lakeview Gusher : Lakeview Gusher in News, Blogs, Photos ...

http://www.tags-search.com/lakeview-gusher/tag.html
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161. Not the Answer: January 2010
· June 3, Gulf of Mexico: Exploratory well Ixtoc 1 blows out, spilling some 140 million gallons ...
Offshore, it takes roughly 2 to 6 months to drill a well. The time it takes to drill ...
http://oilonthebeach.blogspot.com/2010_01_01_archive.html
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162. Offshore Rigs News - Oil & Gas Industry Today

Gulf was in June 1979, when an offshore rig in Mexican waters — the Ixtoc... provides a regional
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255. The Ixtoc Blowout - 31 Years Ago Today - melanie_d ...

Thirty one years ago today — June 3, 1979 — Pemex's Ixtoc I exploratory well suffered a ... are
exhausted and oil companies turn to ultra-deep drilling and drilling in Alaska's ...
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256. The parallels between the Ixtoc spill and the current Deepwater
The parallels between the Ixtoc spill and the current Deepwater Horizon disaster, including failure
of the blowout preventer, are striking. Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled in about 160
feet of water in the , in the Gulf of Mexico.
http://www.sarasotaspeaks.com/node/63355
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257. The Worst Oil Spill In History: SURPRISE! It's not BP ...
Considering the differences, I think this one is going to surpass the Ixtoc I easily and ... June 3,
1979, the 2 mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, blew out in the Bahia de ...
http://unclebobs.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/8971047813/m/490100483
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258. The Worst Oil Spills - Business News on xinmsn News

For several days the well was thought to be spewing 1,000 barrels a day from ... Mexico, and the
second-biggest of all time, was the 1980 blowout of the Ixtoc I exploratory well drilled ...
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2010/04/30 ...spill ever to hit the Gulf of Mexico, and the second-biggest of all time, was the 1980
blowout of the Ixtoc I exploratory well drilled in Mexican waters by Petroleos Mexicanos. It took
nine months to cap, during which time the well s
http://www.canada.com/worst+spills+ever/2971866/story.html
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260. This thing may leak for months...... Ixtoc 1 in 79' took 9 ...
Ciudad del Carmen on Mexico's Gulf coast. ...
http://forums.hannity.com/showthread.php?t=1962341
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261. 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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262. 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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263. World's Largest Oil Spills Map

A world map showing the location of some of the world's largest oil spills. ... Ixtoc was an
exploratory well being drilled by Pemex, Mexico's government-owned ...
http://geology.com/articles/largest-oil-spills-map/
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264. 2nd Light Forums Forums - History destined to repeat itself?

... 1979, the 2 mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, blew out in the ... The IXTOC I was being
drilled by the SEDCO 135, a semi-submersible platform on lease to Petroleos Mexicanos ...
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3&threadid=109219
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265. '79 Gulf oil spill leaves sobering lessons for BP - Silver ...
MEXICO CITYIt 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.scsun-news.com/silver_city-business/ci_15226502
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266. '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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267. '79 Gulf oil spill leaves sobering lessons for BP - wtop.com
'79 Gulf oil spill leaves sobering lessons for BP ... National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
a fire burns near the Ixtoc exploratory well that blew out ...
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=389&sid=1972487
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268. Barbour criticizes 6-month halt on exploratory deep-sea Gulf drilling ...
Barbour criticizes 6-month halt on exploratory deep-sea Gulf drilling, will ... "There have been more
than 30,000 oil wells drilled in ... oil spill happened in 1979, when the Ixtoc ...
http://www.sfexaminer.com/economy/96292258.html
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269. Canada.com - News - Ixtoc I oil spill
From Wikipedia - Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ... From Wikipedia -
http://www.canada.com/news/event/ixtoc-0x3a07ae/topic.html
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270. 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
http://www.canadaeast.com/news/article/1081141
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271. Daily Kos: UPDATED: New Offshore Drilling Project Approved!

Jun 2, 2010 ... Here's the history of the Ixtoc I spill. It was an exploratory well drilled about 62
miles off the coast of Ciudad del Carmen, ...
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/6/2/872359/-BREAKING:-New-Offshore-Drilling-Project-Appro
ved!
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272. Deepwater Horizon Mitigation and Impacts-What Can We Learn ...

May 16, 2010 ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory well drilled by the Mexican government-owned oil
company Pemex in 1979 in the Bay or Gulf of Campeche in the SW ...
http://groups.google.com/group/climateintervention/msg/cabf2f901166f6ae?pli=1
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273. FairfieldLife : Message: In 1979, Less Complicated Oil Leak Took 10 ...
The Ixtoc was an exploratory well drilled in the oil-rich southern Gulf by Pemex, the Mexican state
oil company. It exploded after the drilling mud, used as a counterbalance to ...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/249022
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274. Free Craft Projects and Resources

Free Craft Projects and Resources - watch the latest and enjoy. Free Craft Projects and Resources
... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible ...
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275. gCaptain.com
Mar 28, 2010 ... On June 3, 1979, the 2 mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, ... Two relief wells
http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/page/18
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276. Global Pollution and Prevention News:

Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled in the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico,
about 62 northwest of Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche in waters 160 feet deep.
http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/41398
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277. 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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278. Haley Barbour says it's 'reasonable' to continue offshore oil drilling ...
... spill happened in 1979, when the Ixtoc ... put a six-month moratorium on exploratory drilling in
... do we really want to shut down drilling and impact the economy in that way as well?
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2010/06/haley_barbour_says_its_reasona.html
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279. How the Special Relationship became the Energy Relationship

This is a no win situation for the politicians – once it became clear that it was something on the
scale of Ixtoc 1 it was obvious that this spill might last f ... For those unwilling to wait 9 months for
the relief wells to be drilled, a more extreme solu
http://princehorus.wordpress.com/2010/06/19/how-the-special-relationship-became-the-energy-rel
ationship
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280. In 1979, Less Complicated Oil Leak Took 10 Months To Stop

The story of the Ixtoc disaster, one of the worst in drilling history, began on June 3, 1979. ... The
company....
http://www.theangelrant.com/2010/06/in-1979-less-complicated-oil-leak-took.html
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281. In 1979, Less Complicated Oil Leak Took 10 Months To Stop ...
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/05/ixtoc_oil_spill.php?ref=fpblg
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282. In Mexico, Gulf oil spill draws parallels to worst case ever -
Ciudad del Carmen on Mexico's Gulf coast. By comparison, the Deepwater Horizon well is 5,000
feet deep. The Ixtoc 1 well was owned by Petroleos Mexicanos, Me
http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/pe2jT4JzvQ8/2010-05-23-super-spil
l_N.htm
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Texas : 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 ...
http://politifi.com/news/IncidentNews-IXTOC-I-552449.html
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Jun 13, 2010 ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible platform,
http://article.wn.com/view/2010/06/13/Ixtoc_offshore_well_Gulfs_other_massive_oil_spill_no_long
er_/
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285. Keeping oil spill in perspective | Lubbock Online | Lubbock ...

May 16, 2010 ... The current spill is dwarfed by the estimated 140 million gallons of oil that leaked
into the Gulf from the Mexican Exploratory well, Ixtoc ...
http://lubbockonline.com/interact/blog-post/may/2010-05-17/keeping-oil-spill-perspective?page=1
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286. lakeview gusher

http://www.areapal.com/social/news/United%20States/lakeview%20gusher/next/2010-05-25T00%
3A00%3A19%2B0000
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287. LeftWord : Posts From May 31 2010 : The Best Liberal Blog Posts
The Ixtoc was an exploratory well drilled in the oil-rich southern ... The Ixtoc was an exploratory
well drilled in the oil-rich southern Gulf by Pemex, ...
http://leftword.blogdig.net/archives/date/31/May/2010/6
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288. melanie_d - Greenpeace USA Blog

Thirty one years ago today June 3, 1979 Pemex's Ixtoc I exploratory well suffered a blowout
resulting in the largest peace-time oil spill in history. ...
http://members.greenpeace.org/blog/melanie_d
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289. Mississippi Business Journal » Blog Archive » Barbour to Obama ...

... the six-month moratorium on exploratory deepwater drilling ... “There have been more than
30,000 oil wells drilled in the Gulf ... peacetime oil spill happened in 1979, when the Ixtoc ...
http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/06/barbour-to-obama-drilling-moratorium-is-bad/
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290. 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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291. Oil Spill | CleanTechies Blog - CleanTechies.com

Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled in the Bay of ... On 3 June 1979, the well suffered a
blowout resulting in the third largest oil spill and ...
http://blog.cleantechies.com/tag/oil-spill/
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292. 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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293. Semi-submersible Platform Blogs (Llog, Gjoea) @ OilDiscovered.com

vessel, 195m long and comprising a width of 41.5m, will be deployed mainly for the loading and
transportation ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the. ...
http://www.oildiscovered.com/Semi-submersible_Platform/blogs.htm
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294. The US has met the Enemy and they are all of us!! - China.org.cn
Jul 17, 2010 ... There is no place on Earth where man has drilled for oil and not left ... In 1979,
Ixtoc I experienced a blowout accident similar to the current BP ... This was another exploratory
off-shore oil well owned and operated ...
http://www.china.org.cn/opinion/2010-07/17/content_20516369.htm
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http://www.forbes.com/2010/04/29/worst-oil-spills-business-energy-oil-spills.html?partner=msn
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Apr 30, 2010 ... For several days the well was thought to be spewing 1000 barrels a day ... was the
1980 blowout of the Ixtoc I exploratory well drilled in ...
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2971866
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297. Twitter Trackbacks for Ixtoc I oil spill - Wikipedia, the free ...
Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico, about 100 km ( 62 ...
http://topsy.com/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixtoc_I
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298. WHY IS BRITISH PETROLEUM (B.P.) POISONING OUR WATER?!

... org/wiki/Ixtoc_I_oil_spill 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 M...
http://djsmellsogood.wordpress.com/2010/05/28/oilspill/
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299. Yahoo! Message Boards - Int l Business Machines (IBM) - They will have ...
600 miles south of Texas in the Gulf of Mexico. The IXTOC I was being drilled by the ...
http://messages.finance.yahoo.com/Stocks_(A_to_Z)/Stocks_I/threadview?m=tm&bn=9010&tid=4
89064&mid=489082&tof=27&off=1
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300. "pemex" Stories - Mixx

Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ... that spewed oil for nine months,
devastated marine life and covered the Texas and Mexican coasts with gobs of...
http://www.mixx.com/tags/pemex
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301. [PDF]Ixtoc I Oil Spill - IXTOC I — JUNE 3, 1979 — BAY OF CAMPECHE

A blowout at a exploratory well in 50 meters of water caused the 290-day long spill.4 ... The drill
lost circulation at a depth of about 3625 meters. ...
http://www.pewtrusts.org/uploadedFiles/wwwpewtrustsorg/Fact_Sheets/Protecting_ocean_life/PEG
_IXTOCISpill_May2010.pdf?n=7627
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302. '79 Gulf oil spill leaves sobering lessons for BP - The Denver Post
http://www.denverpost.com/rawnews/ci_15226502
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303. '79 Gulf oil spill leaves sobering lessons for BP - Worldnews.com
Three decades later, the 1979 Ixtoc disaster remains the Gulf's ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil
http://article.wn.com/view/2010/06/04/79_Gulf_oil_spill_leaves_sobering_lessons_for_BP_e/
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304. '79 Gulf oil spill leaves sobering lessons for BP - wtop.com
it couldn't stop the leak until two relief wells were drilled _ and even that didn't ...
http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=105&sid=1972488
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305. 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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306. AP: Feds Approve New Gulf Oil Well off LA - Democratic Underground
IXTOC I Bahia de Campeche, Mexico 1979-Jun-03 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 ...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x324117
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307. Asian Energy: Ixtoc I is (was?) currently considered the ...

May 30, 2010 ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well in the Bay of Campeche of the ... Two relief
wells were drilled to relieve pressure and the well was ...
http://asianenergy.blogspot.com/2010/05/ixtoc-i-is-currently-considered-largest.html
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http://www.sfexaminer.com/economy/barbour-criticizes-6-month-halt-on-exploratory-deep-sea-gulf
-drilling-will-meet-with-obama-96292258.html
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309. Barbour: Drilling moratorium bad idea | hattiesburgamerican.com ...

... Obama that the six-month moratorium on exploratory deepwater drilling in ... "There have been
more than 30,000 oil wells drilled in the ... oil spill happened in 1979, when the Ixtoc ...
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20100614/NEWS01/6140327/Barbour-Drilling-morator
ium-bad-idea
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310. Big Oil's Collective Responsibility | CleanTechies Blog -

Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled in the Gulf of Mexico in 1979 when it suffered a
blowout, resulting in the second largest accidental oil spill in history.
http://blog.cleantechies.com/2010/06/17/big-oils-collective-responsibility/
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311. 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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well blew out June 3, 1979 and wasn't capped till > March of '80. "Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil
http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?11,165074,page=5
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313. Dan Swenson, The Times-Picayune... | NOLA.com

The 1979 Ixtoc I exploratory oil well blowout in the Bay of Campeche caused what ... BP is drilling
two relief wells, which will permanently intersect with the ...
http://connect.nola.com/user/dswenson/index.html
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314. Federal News Radio 1500 AM: '79 Gulf oil spill leaves sobering lessons ...
http://federalnewsradio.com/index.php?nid=37&sid=1972536
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315. Flames Seen In Oil Leak ? - OV

YOUnity, One World. One Vibration, EnLIGHTen Life. Active Site. ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil
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316. From 6/23/10--EcoTerrorists' (BP,Halliburton, & TransOcean ...

The 2 mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, blows out in the Bahia de Campeche, ... The IXTOC I
was being drilled by the SEDCO 135, a semi-submersible platform on ...
http://push.pickensplan.com/profiles/blogs/from-62310ecoterrorists
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317. Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill News From AOL News

the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico, about northwest of Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche in
waters deep.
http://www.aolnews.com/tag/Gulf-of-Mexico-oil-spill/
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318. 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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319. Here's the worst spill on record.....and how BP will be worse

From Wikipedia: “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 M...
http://steveaustinlex.wordpress.com/2010/05/27/heres-the-worst-spill-on-record-and-how-bp-will-b
e-worse
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320. Ixtoc I oil spill

From Wikipedia - 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 ...
http://www.canada.com/news/event/ixtoc-0x3a07ae/topic_photos.html
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321. LiveLeak.com - Mexico claimed sovereign immunity, paid nothing ...

Jun 16, 2010 ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible platform
Sedco 135-F in the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico, ...
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3e0_1276719896
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322. 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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323. News stories and headlines related to lakeview gusher ...

Find news headlines and stories about lakeview gusher. Also find news photos, videos and ... Ixtoc
I was an exploratory oil well being drilled in the Bay of Campeche of the ...
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324. News: Last Seven Days | "EDITORIAL: Echoes of Ixtoc 1" | The ...
Ixtoc I was an exploratory drilling platform off the coast of Mexico ... of beaches and wetlands, and
the rate of evaporation and microbial degradation all affect ...
http://registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/24869272-35/oil-spill-ixtoc-deepwate
r-horizon.csp
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325. North Thailand Travel,Chiangmai travel,songkran chiangmai ...

North Thailand Travel,Chiangmai travel,songkran
chiangmai,chiangrai,maehongson,sukhothai,tak,petchabun - watch the latest and enjoy. North
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326. Oil still flowing out of control. | The Hive

I find it strange that when BP applied for the permits to drill this well it swore ... National Oceanic
http://thehive.modbee.com/node/19928
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327. Printable Version of .: ENN: Top Stories :. ENN RSS News, RSS Feeds
about 62 northwest of Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche in waters 160 feet deep. On 3 June 1979,
the well suffered a blowout resulting in the third largest oil spill
http://feeds2read.net/Print/9323/ENN-Top-Stories
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328. RIGZONE - US Interior Dept. Offers Deepwater Drilling Moratorium ...

Sidetrack and bypass wells are typically drilled after exploratory wells have already been bored into
the sea ... Analysis: Media, Political Rhetoric Ignores Potential Lesson of Ixtoc ...
http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=93919&rss=true
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329. Senator Frank R. Lautenberg

... relief well whenever a new exploratory or development well is drilled. ... spills, the Ixtoc Spill in
Mexico in 1979 and the Montara Spill in Australia in ...
http://lautenberg.senate.gov/newsroom/record.cfm?id=325677
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330. The Bitter American: Those Who Forget History are Doomed to Repeat It ...
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible platform Sedco 135-F in
the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico, about 100 km (62 mi) northwest of ...
http://trekmedic251.blogspot.com/2010/06/those-who-forget-history-are-doomed-to.html
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331. The Deepwater Horizon Disaster | ASA Voices

http://www.asa3online.org/Voices/2010/05/04/the-deepwater-horizon-disaster/comment-page-2/
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332. The Worst Oil Spills - Yahoo! India News

http://in.news.yahoo.com/240/20100506/1301/twl-7562763.html
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333. TPF: 1979 Ixtoc Oil Spill Very Similar to Current BP Oil Spill ...
May 27, 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.the-peoples-forum.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=18830
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334. Video Search

Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible ... For the outdoor and golf
enthusiasts, the scenic hinterland and premier golf courses are close by. ...
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335. What Did We Learn From '79 Oil Spill? Not Enough | TheLedger.com
MEXICO CITY | It started with a burst of gas through the drilling well. Workers ... National Oceanic
http://www.theledger.com/article/20100605/news/6055075
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336. 1979 (Liz Swope, Beirut Slump, Regional, Chronology ...

Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible drilling rig ... I just recently
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Three decades later, the 1979 Ixtoc disaster remains the Gulf's and the world's worst ... the Ixtoc
exploratory well that blew out on June 3, 1979, in the Bay of Campeche, ...
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/mexico/79_Gulf_oil_spill_leaves_sobering_lessons_for_BP_95
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338. '79 Gulf oil spill leaves sobering lessons for BP - Business News ...
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=21&sid=328186
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339. '79 Ixtoc Uno Gulf oil spill leaves sobering lessons for BP ...
Online Extras: '79 Ixtoc Uno Gulf oil spill leaves sobering lessons for BP | mexico, city, oil, gulf,
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http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/articles/mexico-112879-city-oil.html
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340. A sit-down with Shell's Alaska boss

May 21, 2010 ... Since shortly after a BP Plc exploratory well blew out beneath the Gulf ... Shell,
which has drilled in the arctic off Alaska in the past without .... The largest previous spill, the Ixtoc
I in Campeche Bay off northern ...
http://alaskadispatch.com/voices/medred/5407-a-sit-down-with-shells-alaska-boss
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341. BP Share Chat - Chat About BP. Shares - Stock Quotes, Charts ...
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible ... Hope the well is
plugged soon and good luck to all those willing to keep buying ...
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342. BP's Tried And Tested Failures

600 ... The IXTOC I was being drilled by the SEDCO 135, a semi-submersible platform on ...
http://www.scientificblogging.com/chatter_box/bps_tried_and_tested_failures
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343. Comments on Graphic shows status of relief wells being drilled ...
BP is drilling two relief wells, which will permanently intersect with the damaged .... The 1979 Ixtoc
I exploratory oil well blowout in the Bay of Campeche ...
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/05/graphic_shows_status_of_relief/800093
8/comments-newest.html
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344. 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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345. ENN Original news:

about 62 northwest of Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche in waters ...
http://www.enn.com/original/article/41398
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346. Huge Tower at the Central Peak of Pythagoras on the Moon

Campeche in waters 50 m (160 ft) deep.[1] On 3 June 1979, the
http://www.redicecreations.com/article.php?id=9679
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347. Ixtoc I - Ask Jeeves Encyclopedia

May 11, 2010 ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well in the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico ,
... The Ixtoc I was being drilled by the Sedco 135, ...
http://uk.ask.com/wiki/Ixtoc_I
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348. LAUTENBERG INTRODUCES 'EMERGENCY RELIEF WELL ACT' TO CONTAIN ...

... relief well whenever a new exploratory or development well is drilled. ... Members of the
Legislature and fellow citizens and taxpayers: Earlier this week, I signed ...
http://www.politickernj.com/office-senator-frank-lautenberg/39742/lautenberg-introduces-emergen
cy-relief-well-act-contain-oil-dr
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349. 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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http://groups.google.ws/group/rec.gambling.poker/browse_thread/thread/5a2196804d3b513d/007
d1790a5b1445f?lnk=raot
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351. Pemex Ixtoc of 1979 - just for reference - Unexplained ...

Two relief wells were drilled to relieve pressure from the well to allow ... The IXTOC I well
continued to spill oil at a rate of 10000 - 30000 barrels per ... Science & Technology, |- Space
Exploration and Astronomy ...
http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=183187
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352. Planet Earth Conservation, Environmental Information, New, Books,

about 62 northwest of Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche in waters 160 feet deep. On 3 June 1979,
the well suffered a blowout resulting in the third largest oil spill
http://conserveplanetearth.com
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353. Religion and Ethics BBS - What BP And Pemex Oil Spills Have In ...
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well in the Bay of Campeche and drillers had reached a depth of
nearly two miles when it lost drilling mud ...
http://disc.yourwebapps.com/discussion.cgi?disc=175790;article=1369692;title=Religion%20and%
20Ethics%20BBS
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354. Spilling over

Welcome to the world of deep water drilling. ... In 1979, the shallow water exploration well Ixtoc 1
blew out near Mexico, releasing 140 million gallons (3....
http://geophysics.vox.com/library/post/spilling-over.html
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355. Sunday News Roundup

The most obvious one: The BP well blowout killed 11 people aboard the Deepwater Horizon rig. ...
The department has asked companies including BP Plc and the firm that drilled the well,
Transocean Ltd, to preserve documents related to the explosion on the d
http://riverdaughter.wordpress.com/2010/07/11/sunday-news-roundup-11/
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356. 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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357. Twitter Trackbacks for Ixtoc I oil spill - Wikipedia, the free ...
http://topsy.com/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixtoc_I_oil_spill
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358. WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY DON'T STOP THE GULF OIL LEAK?
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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359. Will Oil Spill Impede Offshore Plans? - Energy & Environment ...
May 3, 2010 ... So Shell is arguing that in the Arctic it is going to drill exploratory wells first, and
that the Timor Sea disaster happened only after oil ...
http://energy.nationaljournal.com/2010/05/will-oil-spill-impede-offshore.php
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360. World Videos from BeltwayBlips

youtube.com — Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ... youtube.com — The
recording and cast from an Al Jazeera crew on one of the boats ...
http://dailyradar.com/beltwayblips/world/video/
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361. "Ban on offshore drilling a bit of an " | Page 4 | MySpace Forums

Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico, about 100 km (62 mi) northwest of Ciudad ...
http://forums.myspace.com/p/4793192/70234964.aspx?fuseaction=forums.viewpost
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362. '79 Gulf oil spill leaves sobering lessons for BP - The ...
MEXICO CITYIt 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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363. 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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364. Campeche - Blogs, Pictures, and more on Blogged

The Ixtoc I oil spill: was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ... and resources and what
works? Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well ...
http://www.blogged.com/topics/campeche/
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365. 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.scenepublications.com/columns.html
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366. Comments on: Judge Slams Administration, Lifts Drilling ...

by texas_liberal June 22, 2010 9:22 PM EDT: Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the
semi-submersible drilling rig Sedco 135-F in the Bay of ...
http://www.cbsnews.com/8601-504564_162-20008490-2.html?assetTypeId=41&blogId=504564
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367. Federal News Radio 1500 AM: '79 Gulf oil spill leaves sobering lessons ...
http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?sid=1972536&nid=37
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368. GoM rig fire, spill darken future of offshore petroleum ...
Jun 1, 2010 ... Well control, leak containment efforts show massive commitment ... finalizing the
drilling of an exploratory well on the Macondo prospect, .... daily total of some 10000 b/d of heavy
oil from the June 1979 IxToc I well ...
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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369. GULF OIL SPILL HAPPENED BEFORE! - SEE HOW THEY RESOLVED IT ...
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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370. In Mexico, Gulf oil spill draws parallels to worst case ever, ...
http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?p=359196
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371. Ixtoc I Videos from AOL News

AOL News has the latest Ixtoc I videos. Find the best Ixtoc I videos. Videos from around the web
and around the world for the latest hot news topics
http://www.aolnews.com/tag/Ixtoc-I/video
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372. mexican gulf oil... | Yahoo!7

ON THE GULF OF MEXICO OIL SPILL (2010) AND: OIL (PETROLEUM) AND ... Ixtoc I was an
http://au.m.yahoo.com/w/search/?p=mexican+gulf+oil+spill&_intl=au&_lang=en-au&_is_ysid=1&
submit=oneSearch&.ysid=b5ZVjJqX14o5_Muxre8CSs7s
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373. 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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374. N. Korea expels S. Korean workers

relief wells dug horizontally through the seafloor to stop ... The Ixtoc I was an exploratory well
being drilled in. 160 feet of water about 60 miles ...
http://www.tehrantimes.com/PDF/10881/10881-3.pdf
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375. Oil Spill Whoppers | FactCheck.org

... Barbour said on two Sunday talk shows that more than 30,000 wells have been drilled ... In
1979, a deep exploratory well called IXTOC I blew out in the Bahia de Campeche part of ...
http://factcheck.org/2010/07/oil-spill-whoppers/
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376. Oil-Filled Callianassa Burrows on a Texas Barrier-Island Beach

The IXTOC I exploratory well being drilled in the Gulf of Campeche, Mexico, blew out on 3 June
1979 (Oil Spill Intelligence Report, 1980a), releasing more ...
http://search.datapages.com/data/doi/10.1306/212F81ED-2B24-11D7-8648000102C1865D
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Ixtoc spill." "The worst spill ever to hit the Gulf of Mexico, and the. second-biggest of ...
exploratory well drilled in Mexican waters by Petroleos Mexicanos. ...
http://groups.google.com.ng/group/rec.gambling.poker/msg/2f4454ae70839683
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378. Pemex back in 1979 - 2CoolFishing

Bahia de Campeche, Mexico 1979-Jun-03 On June 3, 1979, the 2 mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC
I, blew out in the Bahia de Campeche, ...
http://2coolfishing.net/ttmbforum/showthread.php?t=273922
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379. 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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380. 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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381. Replies
Jun 4, 2010 ... On June 3, 1979, the 2 mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, ... Two relief wells
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2528052/replies?c=9
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382. sci.military.naval - 25 new messages in 15 topics - digest

lead balls into the well and drilled relief wells -- but it took 10 ... The Ixtoc was an exploratory well
drilled in. the oil-rich southern Gulf by Pemex, the Mexican state oil ...
http://www.opensubscriber.com/message/sci.military.naval@googlegroups.com/14011865.html
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383. Sights on Pennsylvania: IxToc I Oil Spill 1979

IxToc I Oil Spill 1979. A disturbing story about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill published on June 8,
2010 ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ...
http://sightsonpennsylvania.blogspot.com/2010/06/ixtoc-i-oil-spill.html
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384. Slate -> The Fray -> Ballot Box

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://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/thread/3925368.aspx
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385. The Oil Leak - Ragga-Jungle.com - Page 2

Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ... On 3 June 1979, the well suffered a
blowout resulting in the third largest oil spill and ...
http://ragga-jungle.com/topic/13279-the-oil-leak/page__st__20
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386. Transocean : Accidents And Incidents
Ixtoc I Oil Spill. On 3 June 1979, an exploratory well being drilled by Sedco not then a part of
Transocean with the semi-submersible Sedco 135-F, ...
http://www.museumstuff.com/learn/topics/Transocean::sub::Accidents_And_Incidents
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387. What Happens If BP Fails?

at F ... In 1979, a Mexican-owned rig called Ixtoc-1 suffered a blowout and collapsed, and 140
million gallons of oil escaped into the water....
http://betaamentoring.wordpress.com/2010/06/05/what-happens-if-bp-fails
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388. 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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389. YouTube - tomdivan's Channel

Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible ... more Ixtoc I was an
http://www.youtube.com/user/tomdivan
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390. Anger grows as disaster reaches Panhandle beaches

... resume drilling if a new well ... 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 ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2528052/posts
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http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/economy/96292258.html
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392. Barbour: Moratorium on Gulf oil drilling bad idea - Examiner.com

... that the six-month moratorium on exploratory deepwater drilling in the ... "There have been
more than 30,000 oil wells drilled in the ... oil spill happened in 1979, when the Ixtoc ...
http://www.examiner.com/a-2678629~Barbour__Moratorium_on_Gulf_oil_drilling_bad_idea.html
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393. Bluesplayer Cartoons - ixtoc videos

http://bluesplayer.co.uk/youtube_cartoons/ixtoc/
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"Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ... Both the Ixtoc I and the current oil
spill were "exploratory" wells using "single" ...
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395. Campeche - message boards | BoardReader

BBC News, Campeche, Mexico The Ixtoc well was drilling at 150ft compared with . .... 1979, the 2
mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, blew out in the Bahia ...
http://boardreader.com/tp/Campeche.html
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396. DailyWealth | Athabasca Oil Sands

The second largest oil spill in history occurred at PEMEX's "IXTOC 1" well. ... We know the oil is
there, so there's no risky exploratory wells to be drilled...
http://www.dailywealth.com/1356/What-You-re-Not-Hearing-About-the-Coming-Offshore-Drilling-B
an
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397. 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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Jun 1, 2010 ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, ... Two relief wells were
drilled to relieve pressure from the well to allow ...
http://earthprotect.com/component/content/article/75-gulf-oil-spill/355-gulf-oil-spill-did-we-learn-a
nything.html
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399. Inconceivable or Forseeable

In both cases, metal domes put over the well failed to stop the leak. ... - And as they did in Mexico,
BP crews are trying to stop the spill by drilling reliever wells horizontally through the seafloor, a
technique that could take months....- BP, which own
http://abovethechatter.blogspot.com/2010/05/inconceivable-or-forseeable.html
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400. IXTOC - Videos, New release, new movies, funny videos, funny ...
http://www.chithrageetham.com/malayalam_videos/ixtoc/
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Message from discussion OT: The Full Extent of the Disaster ... 1980 blowout of the Ixtoc I
exploratory well drilled in Mexican waters by Petroleos Mexicanos. ...
http://groups.google.com.ng/group/rec.gambling.poker/msg/2f4454ae70839683?dmode=source
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402. Pollution | Geo-Mexico, the geography of Mexico

The largest oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico followed the June 3, 1979 blowout from the PEMEX Ixtoc I
exploratory well in the southern part of the ...
http://geo-mexico.com/?tag=pollution
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403. Reaching Aids - a comprehensive view - Wellsphere
HIV And AIDS FAQ - How Much Do You Know About HIV And AIDS? ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory
oil well being drilled in the Bay of Campeche of the ...
http://www.wellsphere.com/wellpage/reaching-aids
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404. The Other Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico - 1979

The Martech response included 50 personnel on site, the remotely operated vehicle TREC, and the
submersible Pioneer I. ... The approach was complicated by poor visibility and debris on the
seafloor including derrick wreckage and 3000 meters of drilling pip
http://ownersofamerica.com/blog/2010/06/24/the-other-oil-spill-in-the-gulf-of-mexico-1979
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http://www.leaderpost.com/news/worst+spills+ever/2971866/story.html
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406. They're going to uncap the oil spill... - SurfTalk

http://www.stripersonline.com/surftalk/showthread.php?p=7339136
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407. Wapedia - Wiki: Transocean

Ixtoc I oil spill. Main article: Ixtoc I oil spill. On 3 June 1979, an exploratory well being drilled by
Sedco (not then a part of Transocean) with the ...
http://wapedia.mobi/en/Transocean
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408. '79 Gulf spill leaves sobering lessons for BP - MSNBC Articles
http://news.mobile.msn.com/en-us/articles.aspx?aid=37514348&afid=1
71%

Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, about 100 ... Two relief wells were drilled
to relieve pressure from the well to allow response personnel to cap it. ...
http://www.earthprotect.com/blogs/gulf-oil-spill-did-we-learn-anything.html
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http://www.evri.com/event/ixtoc-i-0x3a07ae/articles
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411. 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://firedoglake.com/2010/05/26/lessons-of-the-deepwater-horizon-disaster
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412. msnbc.com business - Rescue for BP? Reports say it's seeking investor
oil company.
http://business.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/04/4614721-rescue-for-bp-reports-say-its-seeking-in
vestor-
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413. Oil Spill | Yahoo!

The Montara oil spill was a oil and gas leak and subsequent slick that took ... Ixtoc I was an
http://m.yahoo.com/w/search/?p=Oil+Spill&_intl=us&_lang=en&_is_ysid=1&fr=wikipedia&b=1&su
bmit=oneSearch&n=10&stype=wikipedia&sf=0&.tsrc=hpredir&.ysid=pAt6xoydoRZ4l_ngxd6gxmbA
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414. rallies on HuffingtonPost

"Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible ... Ixtoc I was an
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/rallies?action=comments&display=news&sort=newest
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415. red adair « Read NEWS

I well continued to spill oil at a rate of 10000 ...
http://www.read-news.info/tag/red-adair/
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416. Sedco - Blogs, Pictures, and more on Blogged

Ixtoc I was a well drilled by Pemex (Petroleos Mexicanos) off shore of the Yucatan in the Bay of
Campeche. ... The IXTOC I was being drilled by the SEDCO 135, a semi-submersible ...
http://www.blogged.com/topics/sedco/
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417. The Angel Rant

Ixtoc was an exploratory well drilled in the oil-rich ...
http://www.theangelrant.com/
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418. The Volokh Conspiracy » Sec. Salazar to Reimpose Drilling ...

It’s, I think, a moratorium on exploratory drilling which ... of this monumental fustercluck, we have
Ixtoc I, as well as ... involves engineering questions about oil drilling as well ...
http://volokh.com/2010/06/23/sec-salazar-to-reimpose-drilling-moratorium/
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419. The Worst Oil Spills

For several days the well was thought to be spewing 1,000 barrels a day from the seafloor. On
Thursday ... blowout of the Ixtoc I exploratory well drilled in Mexican waters by ...
http://money.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1051194
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http://www.leaderpost.com/news/story.html?id=2971866
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421. 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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422. Windows to Russia

... 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/
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423. BP Attempting to Implement Same Procedures That Failed In ...

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 ...
http://www.puppetgov.com/2010/06/04/bp-trying-to-implement-same-procedures-that-failed-in-19
79-oil-spill/
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424. CleanEnergy Footprints

... ago, in my living memory, we watched as an exploratory well in ... months on end until two
relief wells could be drilled and the original, leaking well capped. The blowout of the Ixtoc ...
http://blog.cleanenergy.org/page/3/
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425. gCaptain.com
http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/page/16
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426. Gulf oil spill has 'perfect precedence' in 1979 disaster - Gulf Oil ...
The exploratory oil well two miles ... with capping the well. The growing slick turned into an
immediate ecological nightmare. The year was 1979. The blowout of the Ixtoc I, drilled ...
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/23/1644742/spill-has-perfect-precedence-in.html?asset_id=
1646187&asset_type=gallery
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427. 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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428. Harte Research Institute: Newsletter Spring 2010 > Director's ...
Relief wells, two of them just as with Deepwater Horizon, were drilled ... runaway Ixtoc and
reduced the pressure, the well continued to flow for several months. ... that was to advise the
Department of Energy on oil and gas exploration ...
http://02a8a22.netsolhost.com/newsletter/spring2010/article1.html
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429. Newsvine - BP taps vast pool of crude in deepest oil well

Drilling a deep-water well can add another $100 million, and if crude is located, it could ... June 3,
Gulf of Mexico: exploratory oil well Ixtoc 1 blew out, spilling an estimated 140 ...
http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/02/3219491-bp-taps-vast-pool-of-crude-in-deepest-oil-
well
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430. Perhaps Not Aliens

So, I thought I would give him an opportunity to reboot, i. e. to change his mind....
http://elementalzoo.typepad.com/elemental-zoo/2010/05/perhaps-not-aliens.html
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431. Petroleum History Resources: This Week in Petroleum History

Articles and Resources from the American Oil and Gas Historical Society, www.aoghs.org. ... The
Ixtoc I exploratory oil well in Mexico's Bay of Campeche blows out and ignites. ...
http://sites.google.com/site/petroleumhistoryresources/Home/this-week-in-petroleum-history
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432. ScienceBlips - Twitter Reactions - IXTOC I - Environment

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://scienceblips.dailyradar.com/story/ixtoc-i/tweets/
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433. TH - National/World Article

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 ...
http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=285071
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http://www.theprovince.com/news/story.html?id=2971866
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435. [PDF]OIL-FILLED Callianassa BURROWS ON A TEXAS BARRIER-ISLAND BEACH1

Approximately 200 bbl of IXTOC oil may have been preserved in this form along South Texas
beaches. INTRODUCTION. The IXTOC I exploratory well being drilled ...
http://jsedres.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/reprint/53/2/411.pdf
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436. [PDF]OIL-FILLED CaUianassa BURROWS ON A TEXAS BARRIER-ISLAND BEACH1

Approximately 200 bbl of IXTOC oil may have been preserved in this form along South Texas
beaches. INTRODUCTION. The IXTOC I exploratory well being drilled ...
http://jsedres.sepmonline.org/cgi/reprint/53/2/411.pdf
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437. BP's gulf oil well blowout eclipses Exxon Valdez spill ...
... Mexico so crews 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_more-energy-news
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438. BP's gulf oil well blowout eclipses Exxon Valdez spill | NewsOK.com
• Suspending action on 33 deepwater exploratory wells currently being drilled in ... Either way,
crews will continue to drill two relief wells ... rig in Mexican waters — the Ixtoc I ...
http://www.newsok.com/bps-gulf-oil-well-blowout-eclipses-exxon-valdez-spill/article/3464336?cust
om_click=lead_story_photo
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439. Drilling oil gas wells Oil well drilling Oil rig Drilling mud
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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440. Mashpedia - Ixtoc I

http://mashpedia.com/Ixtoc_I
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441. Oil Spill In The Gulf. - OV

Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ... 1979, the well suffered a blowout
and is recognized as the second largest oil spill and ...
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442. Oil spills Topics at Duck Duck Go

Ixtoc I oil spill - Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible drilling rig
http://duckduckgo.com/c/Oil_spills
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443. Other spills provide lessons for Gulf oil leak | DailyComet.com
MIAMI - The exploratory oil well two miles below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico ... The blowout
of the Ixtoc I, drilled by the Mexican-run Pemex, retains the dubious record ...
http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20100526/ARTICLES/100529457
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444. THE DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL-SPILL IS NOT A MISTAKE OR ACCIDENT!!

On 3 June 1979 the well suffered a blowout and is recognized as the second largest oil ... Ixtoc
suffered the blow out and resulting fire that caused her to sink, the drill bit ...
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/wdgeradio/blog/2010/05/13/the-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-is-not-a-
mistake-or-accident
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445. YouTube - atomitron's Channel

the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico, about ... more ...
http://www.youtube.com/user/atomitron
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446. Avian Flu Talk: Breaking News > World Wide

On 3 June 1979, an exploratory well being drilled by Sedco (not then a part of ... Ixtoc Uno Gulf oil
spill leaves sobering lessons for BP. June 04, 2010 ...
http://www.avianflutalk.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=26444&PID=208452
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447. Barbour: Drilling moratorium bad idea | hattiesburgamerican ...

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://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20100614/NEWS01/6140327/Barbour-Drilling-morator
ium-bad-idea?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+StatelineorgRss
-Mississippi+(Stateline.org+RSS+-+Mississippi)
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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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449. BP/Ixtoc 1 | clarionledger.com | The Clarion-Ledger

Jun 18, 2010 ... In 1979, PEMEX, Mexico?s government-owned oil company, contracted with
Southeastern Drilling Company, or Sedco, to sink an exploratory well ...
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20100618/OPINION02/6180344/BP-Ixtoc-1
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450. Dedefensa.org - Forum

Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible ... the well suffered a
blowout resulting in the third largest oil spill and the ...
http://www.dedefensa.org/forum-page6.html
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451. Factbox: The worst oil leak in U.S. - Comments and suggestions ...
Jun 3, 2010 ... Ixtoc I, a two-mile deep exploratory well, .... a relief well is drilled and operational
to relieve the pressure of the well until August. ...
http://www.peopleforum.cn/viewthread.php?tid=21451
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452. Gulf Oil Spill: Feds Halt New Drilling In Gulf - Barack Obama, White ...
youtube.com 6/6/2010 — 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, about 100 km (62
http://dailyradar.com/beltwayblips/story/gulf-oil-spill-feds-halt-new-drilling-in-gulf/
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453. Ixtoc Rig | Let Tell Me !

Ixtoc I Was An Exploratory Oil Well Being Drilled By The Semisubmersible Drilling Rig Sedco 135F
In The Bay Of Campeche Of The Gulf Of Mexico About 100 Km ...
http://www.lettellme.com/blogs/ixtoc+rig.html
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454. Materials For Energy

When PEMEX drilled a deep exploratory well, similar to the BP blowout, the sea ... The Ixtoc
Blow-Out lasted for 9 months until a relief well was drilled. ...
http://materialsforenergy.typepad.com/
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455. 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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456. Striker 2002 PDF - www.aseanmusic.com

In wells drilled with oil base mud the invading filtrate can in the world ... to hit the Gulf of Mexico,
and the was the 1980 blowout of the Ixtoc I exploratory well drilled ...
http://www.aseanmusic.com/ever-drilled-test-north.html
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457. 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 ... 1979,
the 2 mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, blew out in the ...
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6421
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458. Thirty One Years Since Third Largest Oil Spill

As a result of the massive oil spill, a third of the Gulf of Mexico remains out of bounds for fishing.
This is in spite of BP finally managing to chan
http://www.articlealley.com/article_1603846_15.html
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459. ANALYSIS: Misleading claims about Gulf oil spill continue to ...
In 1979, a deep exploratory well called IXTOC I blew out in the Bahia de ... that blowout
preventers had failed on 83 wells in a two-year period in the late 1990s on the Outer ...
http://www.yorkdispatch.com/viewpoints/ci_15447640
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460. At least the walruses are safe, and any day now @Nifty will ...
Jun 8, 2010 ... Maybe if they drill some more wells to intercept the old one and ...... Abstract The
blow-out of the Ixtoc I exploratory well in the Bay of ...
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/06/at_least_the_walruses_are_safe.php
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461. Beck's attack on drilling moratorium rests on falsehood ...

But we're going to go ahead and punish Louisiana and the rest of the Gulf. ... June 3, 1979, the 2
mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, blew out in the Bahia de ...
http://mediamatters.org/research/201006220065?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&ut
m_campaign=Feed:+mediamatters/latest+(Media+Matters+-+Latest+Items)
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462. british petrolium continius to lie. - Page 6 - GoGabber

[edit] Ixtoc I oil spill. Main article: Ixtoc I oil spill. On 3 June 1979, an exploratory well being drilled
by Sedco (not then a part of ...
http://www.gogabber.com/showthread.php?p=150273
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463. gCaptain.com
Mar 30, 2010 ... On June 3, 1979, the 2 mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, ... Two relief wells
http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/page/18?ak_action=lh_js
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464. 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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465. Ixtoc I oil spill?? - goo Wikipedia (???????)

http://wpedia.goo.ne.jp/enwiki/Ixtoc_I_oil_spill
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466. Lessons to be learned from the Gulf oil spill - C-K Faculty Blog
Jun 4, 2010 ... Apparently, no lessons were learned from the 1970 Ixtoc spill in Mexico. It took 11
months to cap an exploratory well drilled by Pemex in ...
http://blogs.kentlaw.edu/faculty/2010/06/lessons-to-be-learned-from-the-gulf-oil-spill.html
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467. NoiseGuide :: View topic - gulf coast oilgasm

?rill, baby, drill." Look how well the monkey learned the catchphrase! .... Ixtoc I was an exploratory
oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, ...
http://www.noiseguide.com/board/viewtopic.php?p=90344&sid=8a15dbf128efbcc4e9ffb809a06e44
7e
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468. The Right-Wing Lie Behind Haley Barbour's BP Talking-Point « ...

Jun 20, 2010 ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible drilling rig
http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/06/20/the-right-wing-lie-behind-haley-barbours-bp-talkin
g-point/
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469. They Must Be Hiding Something Really Big

And what if, in a worst-case scenario, this well is in the 5% and we can't plug ... P-4oooyqe_8
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the ...
http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/they-must-be-hiding-something-really-big_07052010
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470. TruthAlliance.net > News > Fire BP, Remove Them from the ...
Drilling relief wells is extremely difficult. As I wrote on June 5th: ... Pemex lost control of the Ixtox
I, an exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico. ...
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
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471. 05/29/10 Oil Spill update - RealityTVLounge Forums

The 2-mile-deep exploratory well, Ixtoc I, blew out on June 3, ..... If they had a relief well drilled
same time the drilled this well then ...
http://www.realitytvlounge.com/forums/showthread.php?p=76261
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472. BP's Tried And Tested Failures

600 miles ... The IXTOC I was being drilled by the SEDCO 135, a semi-submersible ...
http://www.scientificblogging.com/chatter_box/bps_tried_and_tested_failures?quicktabs_1=0
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473. Changes Core Mantel Well

Scribd is a way to easily put your documents online. ... Ixtoc I Exploratory Well Drilled. From:
Vincent J. Cataldi. Reads: 19. 194 p. Increase Temperature Deep Oil Well ...
http://www.scribd.com/doc/34180044/Changes-Core-Mantel-Well
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474. ContreInfo :: Brèves

Contre Info, un site alternatif d'informations, analyses, commentaires et documents ... Ixtoc I was
http://www.contreinfo.info/lstbrv.php3?id_rubrique=22
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475. Deja vu, all over again - sci.military.naval | Google Groups

lead balls into the well and drilled relief wells - but it took 10 ... The Ixtoc was an exploratory well
drilled in. the oil-rich southern Gulf by Pemex, the ...
http://groups.google.com.pk/group/sci.military.naval/browse_thread/thread/abcc325392def75c/cbd
7d9aaa371cd5a?lnk=raot
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476. Newsvine - Forget Katrina: Obama Compares Spill To 9/11

I just have to repeat this again: 9/11 shaped us as a nation with vulnerabilties and ... careful and
not cutting corners and costs with deep ocean drilling and that ...
http://lisaed.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/14/4508674-forget-katrina-obama-compares-spill-to-91
1
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477. RagingDebate.com » Energy » Gulf Spillup, Prices Down Means ...

Oil workers had drilled a well down 3500 feet below the ocean floor. .... Oil Armageddon II: The
Ixtoc Rig Blowout, Bay of Campeche, Mexico 1979 ...... attention in 2006 when Chevron
successfully drilled an exploration well more than ...
http://ragingdebate.com/energy/gulf-spillup-prices-down-means-ecological-economic-armageddon
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478. Sanibel author explains "True Cost of Oil" - NBC-2.com WBBH ...
NBC2 News and Weather online for Southwest Florida, serving Lee, Collier, Charlotte, Desoto,
Glades and Hendry counties
http://www.nbc-2.com/Global/story.asp?S=12425010
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479. This thing may leak for months...... Ixtoc 1 in 79' took 9 ...
http://forums.hannity.com/showthread.php?p=74216071
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480. Very Interesting Info: Jotman's Timeline of Gulf of Mexico oil ...
The 2 mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, blows out in the Bahia de Campeche, 600 miles south of
Texas in the Gulf of Mexico. The IXTOC I was being drilled ...
http://204.74.214.194/forum1/message1062502/pg1
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481. Wellhead
Apr 20, 2010 ... It also drilled the world's deepest Offshore well. ... On June 3, 1979, the 2 mile
deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, blew out in the Bahia de ...
http://politifi.com/news/Wellhead-550330.html
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482. Anger grows as disaster reaches Panhandle beaches

Jun 4, 2010 ... On June 3, 1979, the 2 mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, ... Two relief wells
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2528052/posts?q=1&;page=1
65%

"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 ...
http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/read.php?11,165074,167091
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484. Fishermen's Group Says Offshore Drilling Threatens Fish and ...
Aug 6, 2008 ... The initial exploratory phase of offshore oil and gas activities ... Each well drilled
produces, on average, 180000 gallons of drilling mud and cuttings. ... The worst case oil spill from
an offshore rig was the Ixtoc I ...
http://www.aquanet.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1916&Itemid=2
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485. 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?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Naked
Capitalism+(naked+capitalism)
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486. Jan 03 cover

and planning, procedure development, crew training, and mon ... (BOP) requirements and
well-control poli- cies are crucial for safe drilling and ...
http://www.spe.org/jpt/print/archives/2003/01/JPT2003_01_wellcontrol_focus.pdf
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487. Oil Rig accident off the coast of Louisiana

1. New estimates show the undersea well has spilled between 17 and 39 ... Ixtoc I was an
exploratory oil well in the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico, ...
http://goldmonkey.org/smf/index.php?topic=1941.msg40247
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488. Oil Spill Whoppers " News That Matters

In 1979, a deep exploratory well called IXTOC I blew out in the Bahia de Campeche part of the
Gulf. That gusher kept spewing oil for nearly 10 ...
http://www.planputnam.org/ntm/2010/07/oil-spill-whoppers/
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489. Other spills provide lessons for Gulf oil leak | HoumaToday.com
May 26, 2010 ... MIAMI - The exploratory oil well two miles below the surface of the Gulf ... The
http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20100526/ARTICLES/100529457
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490. State: Is this in Florida's future?

Aug 12, 2001 ... When scientists checked the bottom around some exploratory wells that ... Once
the well is drilled and begins pumping, it also discharges a new .... Oil industry officials point out
that big spills like Ixtoc are rare. ...
http://www.sptimes.com/News/081201/State/Is_this_in_Florida_s_.shtml
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491. the rum soaked fist: internal martial arts forum • View topic ...
Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible ... out the well. The oil
caught fire, and Sedco 135F burned and collapsed into the sea ...
http://rumsoakedfist.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=9485
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492. Traveltalkonline: Oil spill Factoid- NOT BVI related

... and a killer martini (I do love a good martini); Red always stopped and talked to ... to shear
through the casing and drill string to close the well in the event of a blowout ...
http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=1168162&Main=1167705
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493. www
And well ya know Japan and the US are now allies. Meso-575799 ... careful and not cutting corners
and costs with deep ocean drilling and that ...
http://www.newsvine.mobi/_vine/comments?i=4508674
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494. APPENDIX E1 Marine Spill Probability Assessment

in terms of the number of wells to be drilled, the new pipeline and flowlines components of the
Project. and ... oil spill in history, the Ixtoc I oil-well. blowout in the Bay of ...
http://www.encana.com/operations/canada/deeppanuke/pdfs/filings/p004539.pdf
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495. Court Puts a Stop to Drilling Ban - Blogcritics Politics

Jun 22, 2010 ... Because the moratorium is on DRILLING NEW WELLS, not PUMPING at the scores
... would have halted work at 33 current exploratory drilling platforms, ... FYI, the worst oil spill
ever - Ixtoc I - was at a depth of about ...
http://blogcritics.org/politics/article/court-puts-a-stop-to-drilling/
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496. Energy Tribune- The Lost Legacy of the Last Great Oil Spill
Jul 14, 2010 ... Some of the oil was trapped well below the Gulf's surface, with undetermined
effects. ... 1000 kilometres south, at an exploratory oil well known as Ixtoc I, ..... Ugandan says
Tullow Oil Drilled on Herit... By Reuters ...
http://www.energytribune.com/articles.cfm/4654/The-Lost-Legacy-of-the-Last-Great-Oil-Spill
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497. Gulf Oil Spill - Page 24 - PbNation

Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible ... and seal off the well on
the ocean floor; however in this case the drill collars ...
http://www.pbnation.com/showthread.php?p=67259739
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498. GULF OIL SPILL HAPPENED BEFORE! – SEE HOW THEY RESOLVED IT ...
http://earthquakes-today.info/2010/06/gulf-oil-spill-happened-before-see-how-they-resolved-it/
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499. Obama To Suspend Alaskan Drilling, Too | Sweetness & Light

From a joyous Reuters: U.S. to suspend Arctic drilling: Alaska senator Thu May 27, 2010
WASHINGTON (Reuters) The Obama administration plans
http://sweetness-light.com/archive/obama-to-suspend-new-arctic-drilling
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500. 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
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501. Oil Rig Spills

Gulf of Mexico. The IXTOC I well was being drilled by the ...
http://www.lost-money-in-bp.com/spills.php
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502. Popular Topics List on GetGlue

It is scheduled to take place between 11 June and 11 July 2010 in South Africa. ... Ixtoc I oil spill.
http://getglue.com/topics
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503. Squirrel's Nuts | SJBMX | SAN JOSE BMX

The IXTOC I well continued to spill oil at a rate of 10,000 30,000 barrels per day ... The IXTOC I
exploratory well blew out on June 3, 1979 in the Bay of Campeche off Ciudad ...
http://sjbmx.com/category/squirrels-nuts/
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504. [PDF]6 POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF OIL AND GAS DRILLING ON ...
gas during exploratory drilling, well completion, and production, ..... Offshore Well Blowout (The
IXTOC 1 exploratory well blew out on June 3, 1979, ...
http://www.lrc.usace.army.mil/GrtLakes/OilGas/Chapter6.pdf
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505. Dear Leader | The New Republic

http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/75251/dear-leader
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506. Distribution of Hydrocarbon Reserves

caused by drilling exploratory wells, and the volume. of these ... caused by the drilling of the
Pakal-1 exploratory well. The proved oil reserves totaled 4, ...
http://www.pemex.com/files/content/Chapter_5.pdf
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507. Explosion Deep Oil Well

the explosion the rig was drilling an exploratory well.[13] The planned well was ... The Ixtoc I oil
well was a 2 mile deep exploratory drilling site. ...
http://www.scribd.com/doc/34330571/Explosion-Deep-Oil-Well
63%
508. 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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509. 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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510. portland imc - 2010.06.16 - Since BP has broken everything it ...

In 1979, a Mexican-owned rig called Ixtoc-1 suffered a blowout and collapsed, and 140 ... Pemex,
the Mexican oil company, drilled two relief wells - and even then oil kept ...
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2010/06/400375.shtml
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511. RE: New developments in the Deepwater Horizon situation

Well, I've been to one world fair, a picnic, and a rodeo, and that's the ... 3, 1979, the 2 mile deep
exploratory well, IXTOC I, blew out in the Bahia de ...
http://faithcommunitynetwork.com/fb.aspx?m=4892010
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512. 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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513. CleanEnergy Footprints " Archive " Deja vu all over again ...
Edmund Burke (1729-1797), statesmen, writer and philosopher ... wells could be drilled and the
original, leaking well capped. The blowout of the Ixtoc ...
http://blog.cleanenergy.org/2010/05/30/deja-vue-all-over-again-31-years-later/
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514. European Tribune - Community, Politics & Progress.

He said the relief well drilling stalled just above 9000 feet, as measured from ... Ixtoc I was an
exploratory oil well in the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico, ...
http://www.eurotrib.com/story/2010/5/16/82317/7657
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515. How to Contain an Oil Spill

http://www.organiclinker.com/forums/news/2364-how-contain-oil-spill.html
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516. LA Offshore oil rig explosion - General Discussion (Not Horse ...
And he has also put a stop to all deep water drilling. Everytime BP wants to try ... June 3, Gulf of
Mexico: exploratory oil well Ixtoc 1 blew out, spilling an ...
http://fhotd64476.yuku.com/reply/1170543/t/Re-LA-Offshore-oil-rig-explosion.html
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517. lakeview gusher

Oil gushing from the mile-deep well in the Gulf of Mexico has dominated the news since it erupted
April 20. ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled in the Bay of ...
http://www.areapal.com/social/news/United%20States/lakeview%20gusher/next/2010-05-25T00%
253A00%253A19%252B0000
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518. La-la land | Concord Monitor

Both Carter and Obama challenged us to not rely on oil products. ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil
http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/la-la-land
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519. Senator Frank R. Lautenberg

The "Emergency Relief Well Act" would require the concurrent ... least one relief well whenever a
new exploratory or development well is drilled. ...
http://lautenberg.senate.gov/newsroom/record.cfm?id=325677&
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520. Spill A Wake-Up Call Heard In The - Osmosus - Social Energy ...
Jun 30, 2010 ... "Drilling wells at deep-water depths is a $100 million exercise and you might ... is
currently doing exploratory drilling in deep water in Orphan Basin. ... and in 1979 the Ixtoc I
blowout took nearly 10 months to cap. ...
http://www.osmosus.com/news/display/spill-a-wake-up-call-heard-in-the-americas-1
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521. [PDF]Drilling in the Great Lakes: Background and Issues

Erie; two onshore exploratory wells were drilled in 1957 but no commercial deposits ..... The
largest unintended oil spill in world history — the IXTOC I, ...
http://www.policyarchive.org/handle/10207/bitstreams/18724.pdf
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522. 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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523. Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Selected Issues for Congress

drill site by a dynamic positioning system (i.e., not permanently anchored to ... The lessee is
required to take precautions to keep all exploratory well drilling ...
http://clerk.house.gov/library/reference-files/HT_deepwater_horizon_crs_report.pdf
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524. Extra - askjaybreakstone.com

Gulf of Mexico. The IXTOC I well was being drilled by the ...
http://askjaybreakstone.com/extra.php
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525. NEMS360.com - Barbour Drilling moratorium bad idea

Find local news, events, classifieds and businesses in Northeast Mississippi and ... Waters between
the shore and the islands off Biloxi and Gulfport are not included, but ...
http://nems360.com/view/full_story/7922898/article-Barbour--Drilling-moratorium-bad-idea?instanc
e=lead_story_left_column
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526. Peak oil, prices, and supplies - May 10 | Energy Bulletin

Last year, 500 deepwater wells were drilled, costing up to $100m each, and ... In that spill, the
exploratory oil well Ixtoc 1 suffered a blowout and wasn't capped ...
http://www.energybulletin.net/node/52764
61%

I just now found out about the IXTOC oil spill in the gulf of Mexico in 1979. ... 3, 1979, the 2 mile
http://forums.crosswalk.com/fb.aspx?m=4892010
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528. [PDF]Drilling in the Great Lakes: Background and Issues

Nov 11, 2008 ... Erie; two onshore exploratory wells were drilled in 1957 but no ..... The largest
unintended oil spill in world history — the IXTOC I, ...
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34741_20081111.pdf
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529. A worse gulf oil spill... - ArboristSite.com

A worse gulf oil spill... Off the Topic Forum ... 3, 1979, the 2 mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I,
blew out in the Bahia de Campeche, 600 miles south of ...
http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?p=2262036
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530. Avian Flu Talk: Breaking News > World Wide
On 3 June 1979, an exploratory well being drilled by Sedco (not then a part of ... Ixtoc Uno Gulf oil
spill leaves sobering lessons for BP. June 04, 2010 ...
http://www.avianflutalk.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=26444&PID=208465
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531. 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/
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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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533. caught - StormLobby - Join our conservative website,contact ...

caught - StormLobby - Join our conservative website,contact congress lobby against obama & the
liberal agenda
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534. 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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535. electricity - Green Dynamic Solar Blog

Oct 11, 2009 ... Ironically, Edwin Drake, the man who drilled the first well in .... Blowout of the
exploratory well Ixtoc I in 1979, in the Gulf of Mexico. ...
http://greendynamicsolar.com/blog/?tag=electricity
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536. Energy Tough Love Blog " social crisis

The IXTOC I was an exploratory well that blew up in the Bay of Campeche on June 3, 1979, after
oil and gas ... They drilled a second and third wells to take the pressure off. ...
http://censys.org/blog/?cat=106
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537. FOXNews.com - Disaster in the Gulf: 87 Days and Counting ...

May 28, 2010 ... In the Gulf: A relief well being drilled deep into the seafloor of the Gulf ... surpass
the prior record set by the Ixtoc I spill three decades ago. ... 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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538. Guest Post: Eyewitness Reports Suggest BP Cut Safety Corners ...
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 from 79/80 ...
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2010/05/guest-post-eyewitness-reports-suggest-bp-cut-safety-cor
ners-on-deepwater-horizon.html
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539. How can you sell the Earth? - SuccessVibe.com

We are here to discuss success and motivation, prosperity, abundance, and what it takes ... Ixtoc I
was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ...
http://www.successvibe.com/forum/showthread.php?p=175839
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540. 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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541. Naming the Unspeakable | Cosmic Variance | Discover Magazine

The media seem to be stuck on "spill" and so I bet that will be in the name long ... And as a closing
thought, the Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well in the Bay of ...
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2010/04/30/naming-the-unspeakable/
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542. Oil Cleanup Expert Comments on Gulf Spill

A chemistry and environmental professor from the University of Texas at El Paso shares his
thoughts on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and what can be done about it.
http://www.wctv.tv/news/headlines/96017634.html
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543. Science Forum - Oil spill assistance

You don't consider Ixtoc a major subsea blow out? ... You are correct that it was an exploratory
well, but drilled from a Sedco vessel, ...
http://www.thescienceforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=244250
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Jun 4, 2010 ... By then, it could surpass Ixtoc as the worst oil spill in history, ... that stopping is left
imperfect or it takes another drill or what have you, ... a fire burns near the Ixtoc exploratory well
that blew out on June 3, ...
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545. Gulf oil spill update: Well pressure low, test will go forward ...
Jul 17, 2010 ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible platform,
http://article.wn.com/view/2010/07/17/Gulf_oil_spill_update_Well_pressure_low_test_will_go_forw
ard/
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546. Oil leak in the gulf - VTXOA

A better example is the Ixtoc I exploratory oil well that blew in the ... It had the same size casing,
was drilled to a similar depth and ...
http://www.vtxoa.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2889024
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547. Oilism.com Crude Oil Prices, History and Production/Demand ...

Ixtoc I – The exploratory well blew out on June 3, 1979 in the Gulf of Mexico and by the time the
well was brought under control, 140 million gallons of oil ...
http://www.oilism.com/oil/page/2/
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548. Rss - turtles | Keyword Feed

Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well in the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico , ... The Ixtoc I
was being drilled by the Sedco 135, a semi-submersible ...
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/rss/tag/turtles.rss
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549. STOP USING OIL!

I think the government should ask BP to leave the United States and turn its operation ... The Ixtoc
1 exploratory well in the Bay of Camphece blew. out on 3 June 1979 causing a ...
http://www.stop-using-oil.com/
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550. Title: Drilling Moratorium Bad Idea: Barbour - WCBI category:

"There have been more than 30,000 oil wells drilled in the Gulf of Mexico in the last 50 ... But I
think it is very reasonable to continue to drill." The Deepwater Horizon spill, ...
http://www.wcbi.com/article.php?subaction=showfull&id=1276519362&archive=&start_from=&uca
t=2,5,6,45
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551. TxAggie on HuffingtonPost

"Ixtoc was drilled 40 years ogo by Pemex- one of the most corrupt and ... The 33 rigs were not just
drilling exploratory wells- many of them were in producing ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/TxAggie?action=comments&display=all&sort=newest
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552. John Konrad - Nautical Institute : US Gulf

The 2-mile-deep exploratory well, Ixtoc I, blew out on June 3, 1979 in the Bay ..... wells have to be
drilled deeper and under more complicated scenarios. ...
http://www.niusgulf.com/aggregator/sources/5
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553. 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
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554. Oil Spill Goes From Bad to Worse | Mother Jones

Apr 28, 2010 ... Ixtoc I was a well that spilled for 7 months - about an Exxon Valdez .... (3) They
can drill another well, to intercept the leaking one. ...
http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2010/04/oil-spill-goes-bad-worse
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555. Robotnik Causes an Oil Spill (Tennis)
Jul 7, 2010 ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled... Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico – Drill
baby Drill. Can we really afford the narrow-minded ...
http://www.oilspillupdates.com/oil-spill-videos/robotnik-causes-an-oil-spill-tennis/
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556. The 10 Biggest Oil Spills Ever - [Slideshow]

The Deepwater Horizon spill is now gushing 5,000 barrels a day into the Gulf of Mexico. ...
bluehouse, 9 hr 45 min ago, -3/+4No wonder the Ixtoc I Oil Well spilled oil. ...
http://digg.com/world_news/The_10_Biggest_Oil_Spills_Ever_Slideshow
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557. Baltic island of Åland to vote on the Lisbon Treaty

"I don't think it would have a big impact" on people or companies, he said. ... Ixtoc I was an
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558. Gulf of Mexico Oil Gusher BP

Scribd is a way to easily put your documents online. ... from Facebook to help use find more
content that you'll be interested in and build your social network on and off Scribd. ...
http://www.scribd.com/doc/33758215/Gulf-of-Mexico-Oil-Gusher-BP
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559. Mother Nature (WRATH) : Nice find Alex:#msg-50696043 Voices ...

Mother Nature (WRATH) Message: Nice find Alex:#msg-50696043 Voices from the Flats ... and the
requirement to drill relief wells simultaneously with exploratory wells. ...
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=50709846
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560. News from THE DELANEY CO.

The blowout of the Ixtoc I, drilled by the Mexican-run Pemex, retains the ... Eventually, Pemex cut
off Ixtoc I with two relief wells and a cement seal. ...
http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs079/1102700151084/archive/1103431646524.html?KeepThis
=true&TB_iframe=true&height=500&width=750
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561. Newshoggers.com
Drilled in 1980 by the Ron Tappmeyer jack-up, exploratory well No. 6 blew out in ... 1979, the
Sedco 135F was drilling the IXTOC I well for PEMEX, the state-owned ...
http://www.newshoggers.com/?ts=1272960063
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562. Oil Guru Matthew Simmons: It Could Be 24 Years Before Gusher ...
Oil Guru Matthew Simmons: It Could Be 24 Years Before Gusher Ends ... the well since the
Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded and burned on April 20, six weeks ago, and all ...
http://peakoilpetroleumandpreciousmetals.yuku.com/topic/12100/t/Oil-Guru-Matthew-Simmons----
24-Years--Gusher-Ends.html
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563. Other spills may provide lessons for Gulf oil leak | ...
May 27, 2010 ... MIAMI — The exploratory oil well two miles below the surface of the Gulf ... The
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100527/NEWS0107/5270414/1159/NE
WS04&nav_category=NEWS04
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564. Relief-Well Plan for BP Spill Took Nine Months to End Worst ...
Apr 30, 2010 ... In 1979, Ixtoc-1, an exploratory well owned by Petroleos Mexicanos ... Relief Wells
Two wells were drilled to relieve pressure from Ixtoc-1 ...
http://industry-news.org/2010/04/30/relief-well-plan-for-bp-spill-took-nine-months-to-end-worst-bl
owout-ever/
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565. Yes, Mr. President, It Was Your Katrina - Three Weeks Ago. Now ...
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/05/24-5
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566. 1979 Itox Gulf oil rig explosion and spill-very similar to ...
Ixtoc was an exploratory well drilled in ...
http://kunstlercast.com/forum/index.php?topic=3498.0
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567. BP spill sets a somber record as Gulf's biggest - Disaster in ...

Jun 28, 2010 ... And passing Ixtoc just before the July Fourth weekend, a time of normally ...
Efforts to drill relief wells that experts hope will stop the leak ... deepwater offshore drilling that
would affect exploratory wells at 500 ...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38032854/ns/disaster_in_the_gulf/
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568. Cautare videoclipuri Cap 162. Videoclipuri. Videos. | Portal Info

Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible ... and divers including Red
Adair were brought in to contain and cap the oil well. ...
http://www.portal-info.ro/video/videoclipuri-cap_162.html
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569. Crude Oil by LeRae Hancock.doc

8 The initial drills only produced shallow wells and failed in their efforts to ... 9 When the well blew
it sent out six tons of drill pipe and created a 100-foot ...
http://www.elizabethburleson.com/CrudeOilLeRaeHancock.doc
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570. Definition: Meaning of Red Adair

http://www.vogad.com/definition/meaning-of-red-adair/
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571. EPARTMENT OF THE

wells, not including the relief wells currently being drilled by BP, that are ... occurred, including one
in June 1979, when the Ixtoc I exploratory well located ...
http://www.doi.gov/news/pressreleases/loader.cfm?csModule=security/getfile&PageID=33646
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572. Foreign countries use oil spill as a wake-up call | McClatchy

Jun 29, 2010 ... ``Drilling wells at deepwater depths is a $100 million exercise and you might ... is
currently doing exploratory drilling in deep water in Orphan Basin. ... and in 1979 the Ixtoc I
blowout took nearly 10 months to cap. ...
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/06/29/96761/foreign-countries-use-oil-spill.html
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573. Increase Pressure Deep Oil Well

Scribd is a way to easily put your documents online. ... Ixtoc I Exploratory Well Drilled. From:
Vincent J. Cataldi. Reads: 14. 194 p. Increase Temperature Deep Oil Well ...
http://www.scribd.com/doc/34180091/Increase-Pressure-Deep-Oil-Well
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574. Lesson Learned: A Crook Never Lets the Opportunity Pass to ...
Imagine a two lane road in rural Alabama. A wealthy farmer is in a car headed south, a ... The
IXTOC I well. continued to spill oil at a rate of 10,000 - 30,000 barrels per day ...
http://www.redstate.com/vassar/2010/06/17/lesson-learned-a-crook-never-lets-the-opportunity-pa
ss-to-shake-down-a-patsy/
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575. msnbc.com business - BP faces backlash from Big Oil rivals

Ixtoc I oil spill. Main article: Ixtoc I oil spill. On 3 June 1979, an exploratory well ... We would not
have drilled the well they did." We put Joseph Hazlewood in charge of the ...
http://business.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/16/4516028-bp-faces-backlash-from-big-oil-rivals
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576. Oil Industry Flack Rayola Dougher Calls Delays on New Oil ...
May 29, 2010 ... It halted work on all 33 deep-water exploratory wells in the Gulf .... The ONLY
thing that stopped the Ixtoc blowout was the relief well. ... Canada requires a relief well be drilled
at the same time as the main well. ...
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/oil-industry-flack-rayola-dougher-calls-de
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http://www.theadvocate.com.au/news/world/world/general/oil-spill-crisis-bp-struggles-to-plug-leak/
1843009.aspx
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578. Oil Spill in Gulf Could be Positive after All ...

... to 33 exploratory rigs in the Gulf, and suspending exploratory drilling in the Arctic. ... Similar
relief wells stopped the Ixtoc-1 79 oil leak of 140 million gallons. It leaked ...
http://opeds.com/2010/06/19/oil-spill-in-gulf-could-be-positive-after-all/
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579. RIGZONE - Chevron Canada Spuds Deepest Oil Well

May 11, 2010 ... The exploratory well, expected to be drilled and evaluated over several ... Political
Rhetoric Ignores Potential Lesson of Ixtoc Spill ...
https://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=93122
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580. 2010 Explosion On Deepwater Horizon Drilling Rig : Info + Images
At the time of the explosion the rig was drilling an exploratory well. .... Ixtoc I oil spill .. List of
National Wildlife Refuges at risk from the ...
http://www.sandiegoaccountantsguide.com/library/2010-Explosion-on-Deepwater-Horizon-drilling-ri
g.php
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581. Barbour: Moratorium on Gulf oil drilling bad idea ...

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said Sunday that he'll tell President Barack
Obama that the six-month moratorium on exploratory deepwater drilling in ...
http://www.theadvertiser.com/article/20100614/NEWS18/6140316/Barbour-Moratorium-on-Gulf-oil
-drilling-bad-idea
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582. Chron.commons | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

I just bought 4 season tickets for next year and more and more people ... Ixtoc well off Mexico in
1979, 31 years ago. Since then, the USA has drilled thousands ...
http://www.chron.com/commons/persona.html?plckPersonaPage=PersonaMessages&plckUserId=s
amanthasunnie&newspaperUserId=samanthasunnie
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583. Oil spill crisis: BP struggles to plug leak as Obama faces ...
http://www.portlincolntimes.com.au/news/world/world/general/oil-spill-crisis-bp-struggles-to-plug-l
eak-as-obama-faces-his-own-gulf-crisis/1843009.aspx
55%

I just now found out about the IXTOC oil spill in the gulf of Mexico in 1979. ... 3, 1979, the 2 mile
http://forums.kguradio.com/fb.aspx?m=4892010
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585. Yahoo! Message Boards - Zoltek Companies Inc. (ZOLT) - GOP ...
The Ixtoc 1 exploratory well had a blow out that took 9 months to seal off. ... They drilled 2
horizontal wells like they are doing now to finally shut it down. ...
http://messages.finance.yahoo.com/Stocks_(A_to_Z)/Stocks_Z/threadview?m=tm&bn=20440&tid=
71677&mid=71724&tof=4&frt=2
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586. 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%

MEXICO CITY — It started with a burst of gas through the drilling well. ... a fire burns near the
Ixtoc exploratory well that blew out on June 3, ...
http://www.journal-news.com/news/nation-world-news/79-gulf-oil-spill-leaves-sobering-lessons-for
-bp-745691.html
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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
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589. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen: 'Top Kill' Appears To Be ...
May 27, 2010 ... He also said he was suspending planned exploration drilling off the coasts ...
Virginia and on 33 wells currently being drilled in the Gulf of Mexico. ... An offshore drilling rig in
Mexican waters—the Ixtoc I—blew up in ...
http://cbs5.com/national/gulf.oil.spill.2.1718340.html
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590. Deepwater Horizon.htm

... Horizon rig, which had drilled an exploratory well according to BP's design. ... the LMRP/Cap#4
system to the Enterprise drill ship. However, I could not understand the. ...
http://uak-airsoft.com/ghe/ver/?p=deepwater-horizon.htm
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591. ETList : Messages : 10169-10182 of 10182

Though PEMEX drilled two relief wells to reduce the pressure, the ... At this rate, it could surpass
the Ixtoc I spill between by September or October. ...
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ETList/messages/10169?xm=1&m=e&l=1
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592. Oil spills are forever « Letters to the Editor

Jun 18, 2010 ... But the comparisons to Ixtoc 1 are glaring, in more ways than one. ... Drilling
Company, or Sedco, to sink an exploratory well in the Bay of ...
http://interact.stltoday.com/blogzone/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor/2010/06/oil-spills-ar
e-forever/
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593. Stop Deepwater Drilling in Canada | Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-Deepwater-Drilling-in-Canada/132507786761036?v=wall&vi
ewas=0
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594. 79 Gulf spill leaves sobering lessons for BP

http://archive.newsclicker.com/n.cgi?id002=mjamjr888guf4ssonsforBP
53%
595. Gulf Oil Drilling Moratorium? - Truck Driving Message Board ...
Have you heard about the Ixtoc spill? I won't pick a particular article ... However, if all OTHER
"exploratory" wells being drilled could be ...
http://www.classadrivers.com/forum/anything-everything/40084-gulf-oil-drilling-moratorium.html
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596. Gulf Seafoor Crack Leak In Slow Motion
http://lanclip.com/watch-f6-fPwLZP7s/gulf-seafoor-crack-leak-in-slow-motion.html
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597. Lautenberg Introduces “Emergency Relief Well Act” to contain ...

Jun 15, 2010 ... Lautenberg's bill would require pre-emptive relief well drilling and ... well whenever
a new exploratory or development well is drilled. ... the Ixtoc Spill in Mexico in 1979 and the
Montara Spill in Australia in 2009. ...
http://www.reefrelieffounders.com/drilling/2010/06/17/lautenberg-introduces-emergency-relief-well
-act-to-contain-oil-drilling-disasters/
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598. Mississippi Governor Barbour says moratorium on Gulf oil ...

Jun 13, 2010 ... "There have been more than 30000 oil wells drilled in the Gulf of Mexico in ...
when the Ixtoc disaster off Mexico's coast spewed 140 million gallons of ... on exploratory drilling in
Gulf waters deeper than 500 feet. ...
http://www.ocala.com/article/20100613/ARTICLES/100619872
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599. 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://wbztv.com/national/Obama.heads.to.2.1720762.html
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600. Oil Spill | Yahoo!

March 2008 - The mineral rights to drill for oil were purchased by BP at the Minerals Management
Service's ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi ...
http://us.m.yahoo.com/w/search/?p=Oil+Spill&_intl=us&_lang=en&_is_ysid=1&fr=wikipedia&b=1
&submit=oneSearch&n=10&stype=wikipedia&sf=0&.tsrc=rawfront&.ysid=8FCzobWcvbxCoR8KZuQ
tVI1w
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601. Oil spill at 'monster' stage | The Portland Press Herald ...
New estimates indicate the growing Gulf leak is easily the worst in U.S. history ... Suspending
action on 33 deep-water exploratory wells currently being drilled in the Gulf. ...
http://www.pressherald.com/news/oil-spill-at-monster-stage_2010-05-28.html
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602. Stinque » Fake BP's Greatest Tweets

Jun 1, 2010 ... @IanJ: When the Ixtoc I well blew out in Mexican waters in 1979 — shallow water,
... in particular those that require relief wells to be drilled within months of ... @IanJ: @nojo: The
BP well was an exploratory well. ...
http://www.stinque.com/2010/06/01/fake-bps-greatest-tweets/
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603. tBlog: Free Blog Templates! Blog Hosting!

Remember Ixtoc? I don't, yet it was the biggest oil spill in the Gulf ... It was an exploratory well
that was being drilled in 1979 when the well ...
http://www.tblog.com/travel
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604. Timeline of Energy & Fuel

May 28, 2010 ... 347 A.D. Oil wells are drilled in China up to 800 feet deep using .... 1979 -
Pemex's Ixtoc I exploratory oil well blowout in the Gulf of ...
http://donsnotes.com/environment/energy-timeline.html
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605. "Oil" | Page 87 | MySpace Forums

Pemex' Ixtoc exploratory well, 1979, Gulf of Campeche in only 150 feet ... At some point the drilled
hole in the earth will enlarge itself ...
http://forums.myspace.com/t/4778007.aspx?fuseaction=forums.viewthread&PageIndex=87&SortO
rder=0
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606. The Worst Oil Spills and Disasters Ever « Jcscher's Blog
http://jcscher.wordpress.com/2010/05/25/the-worst-oil-spills-and-disasters-ever/
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http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/environment/conservation/bp-struggles-to-plug-leak-as-obama-f
aces-his-own-gulf-crisis-20100527-whrh.html
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608. Distribution of Hydrocarbon Reserves

... the result of the well drilling, workovers and well completions activities and the ... light and
superlight oil, as well as the associated and. non-associated gas in the 2P and ...
http://www.pemex.com/files/dcf/Chapter5j.pdf
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609. How BP's Deepwater Horizon oil find was originally reported in ...
May 30, 2010 ... The Tiber well was drilled to a total depth of approximately 35055 feet (10685
metres) .... Exploration wells in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, for example, ... Parallels between
1979 Ixtoc disaster and Deepwater Horizon ...
http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2010/05/how-bps-deepwater-horizon-oil-find-was-originally-repo
rted-in-september-2009.html
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610. Poll: Support for More Offshore Oil Drilling Plummets - ...
May 11, 2010 ... In 1979, the IXTOC-1 blowout flowed uncontrollably in the Bahia de ... Drilled in
1980 by the Ron Tappmeyer jack-up, exploratory well No. ...
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20004732-503544.html
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611. 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%3A+digg%2Ftopic%2Fworld_news%2Fpopular+(Popular+in
+World+News)
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612. Wikiwak - Deepwater Horizon

In September 2009, the rig drilled the deepest Oil well in history at a vertical ... the final phases of
drilling the exploratory well at Macondo,[31] a ...
http://www.wikiwak.com/wak/Deepwater_Horizon
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613. Hot and Latest News - powered by FeedBurner

... 3, 1979, the 2 mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, blew out in the Bahia de Campeche, 600
miles south of ... The IXTOC I was being drilled by the SEDCO 135, a semi-submersible ...
http://feeds2.feedburner.com/newsblogforamerica
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614. Mississippi Governor Barbour says moratorium on Gulf oil ...

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said Sunday he'll tell President Barack Obama
that the six-month moratorium on exploratory deepwater drilling in the ...
http://www.gatorsports.com/article/20100613/ARTICLES/100619752
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615. Oil has reached the coast of Louisiana - GatorCountry.com ...

Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, ... was drilling a 2- mile (3.2 km) deep oil
well, when the drilling rig lost ...
http://www.gatorcountry.com/swampgas/showthread.php?t=151748
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http://www.camdencourier.com.au/news/world/world/general/oil-spill-crisis-bp-struggles-to-plug-le
ak/1843009.aspx
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http://www.inverelltimes.com.au/news/world/world/general/oil-spill-crisis-bp-struggles-to-plug-leak
/1843009.aspx?order=1
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http://www.theleader.com.au/news/world/world/general/oil-spill-crisis-bp-struggles-to-plug-leak/18
43009.aspx
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619. Oil Spill in Gulf could be Positive after All (printable)

If the Obama administration would listen, the Horizon spill could be very positive. ... to 33
exploratory rigs in the Gulf, and suspending exploratory drilling in the Arctic. ...
http://www.nolanchart.com/article/print.php?ArticleID=7794
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620. What You're Not Hearing About the Coming Offshore Drilling Ban ...
May 13, 2010 ... We know the oil is there, so there's no risky exploratory wells to be drilled…
Nope… the Athabasca deposit is just a huge swath of ...
http://www.gold-speculator.com/daily-wealth/29197-what-youre-not-hearing-about-coming-offshor
e-drilling-ban.html
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621. Why We Have Never Had A Spill Like the BP Gulf Oil Spill ...
The blowout of the Ixtoc I, drilled by the Mexican-run Pemex, ... policy that all exploratory wells
must have "a relief well ready in case ...
http://www.survivalistboards.com/showthread.php?p=1632695
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622. World's Largest Oil Spills Map - TheNewTopical.com - current ...

During their retreat they set many fires at wells and pipeline terminals. ... Ixtoc was an exploratory
well being drilled by Pemex, Mexico's government-owned ...
http://thenewtopical.com/fundamental-change/4915-worlds-largest-oil-spills-map.html
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623. ???????????????? - ?????????

???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ... Ixtoc I was an
http://b.hatena.ne.jp/t/ç§‘å-¦?sort=eid&of=25
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624. [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
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625. Deepwater Horizon

Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, semi-submersible offshore
drilling rig. Built in 2001 in South Korea, it was owned by Transocean, ...
http://abitabout.com/Deepwater+Horizon
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626. Environmental Assessment

well would be directionally drilled to a bottom-hole location approximately 2,000 feet ... supply, and
a moderate to major adverse impact on. BNP if the well was not drilled and ...
http://www.nps.gov/archive/pais/myweb2/BNP%20tomato%20%20EA.pdf
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627. Hattiesburg American - www.hattiesburgamerican.com ...

Hattiesburg American Electronic Edition is the online version of the Hattiesburg American
newspaper of Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi.
http://www.hubbrides.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100614/NEWS01/6140327
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628. How can you sell the Earth? - SuccessVibe.com

Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico. ...
http://www.successvibe.com/forum/showthread.php?p=175776
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http://cbs11tv.com/politics/Obama.heads.to.2.1720762.html?detectflash=false
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630. 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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http://albany.yourguide.com.au/news/world/world/general/oil-spill-crisis-bp-struggles-to-plug-leak/
1843009.aspx
49%
http://www.araratadvertiser.com.au/news/world/world/general/oil-spill-crisis-bp-struggles-to-plug-l
eak/1843009.aspx?order=1
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633. Rational Skeptics Society • View topic - the BP Oil Spill

The Ixtoc I oil spill on 3 June 1979 - This spill sounded ... On 3 June 1979, an exploratory well
being drilled by Sedco (not then a part of ...
http://www.rationalskepticssociety.com/viewtopic.php?t=1312&p=17139
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634. 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
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635. small dead animals: Drill Baby Drill!

... for deepwater drilling and suspended drilling at 33 exploratory wells in the Gulf. ... Ixtoc was
only 160 feet deep. I think we should know for sure we can contain that leak ...
http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/archives/014275.html
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636. Traders Anonymous: Déjà vu, all over again

I exploratory well blew out on June 3, 1979 in the ...
http://andytsgang.blogspot.com/2010/05/deja-vu-all-over-again.html
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637. 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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638. Guest Post: The Relief Wells Are Ahead of Schedule … But Will ...
Jul 7, 2010 ... “Any relief or kill well needs to be drilled with more caution ... Indeed, the veteran
engineer in charge of the Ixtoc Gulf oil .... s Cox 1, a 22000-ft Smackover exploratory well, blew
out near Piney Woods, Mississippi. ...
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2010/07/guest-post-the-relief-wells-are-ahead-of-schedule-but-wi
ll-they-work.html
48%
639. Insurance News - Congressional Documents and Publications

The largest of these incidents occurred in January 1969 from Alpha Well 21 off Santa ... June 1979
- April 1980 Ixtoc I Bay of Campeche, Mexico 3500000 ... The insurance underwriting of offshore
oil and gas exploration, drilling, ...
http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=192909
48%
http://cbs5.com/politics/Obama.heads.to.2.1720762.html
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641. OFFSHORE ENERGY LOSS-1: Loss categories, hazard types in ...

Offshore operations present a unique set of environmental conditions and adverse exposure not
observed in a land environment.
http://www.ogj.com/index/article-display/291771/articles/oil-gas-journal/volume-105/issue-17/expl
oration-development/offshore-energy-loss-1-loss-categories-hazard-types-in-marine-operations-des
cribed.html
48%
http://www.southcoastregister.com.au/news/world/world/general/oil-spill-crisis-bp-struggles-to-plu
g-leak/1843009.aspx
48%
http://www.camdenadvertiser.com.au/news/world/world/general/oil-spill-crisis-bp-struggles-to-plug
-leak/1843009.aspx
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644. Oil Spill In The Gulf. - OV

First, the BP platform was drilling for what they call deep oil. ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well
being drilled by the semi-submersible platform, Sedco 135F in the Bay of ...
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645. Oil Spill is....capped? Can it be true? : news

Jul 13, 2010 ... serious question: if this was an exploratory well, and the first one ... best place for
a layman to learn about the processes used in well drilling. .... If your referring to Ixtoc I you do
realize that it was 160ft deep ...
http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/couk4/oil_spill_iscapped_can_it_be_true/
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646. Opinionopolis
I just saw Dr. Russell Chianelli on Bloomberg TV, and my jaw hit the floor. ... When PEMEX drilled a
deep exploratory well, similar to the current blowout, the ...
http://opinionopolis.com/
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647. 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/
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648. The US has met the Enemy and they are all of us!!
Jul 16, 2010 ... There is no place on Earth where man has drilled for oil and not left ... In 1979,
Ixtoc I experienced a blowout accident similar to the current BP ... This was another exploratory
off-shore oil well owned and operated ...
http://dailychinaview.com/54922t7/the-us-has-met-the-enemy-and-they-are-all-of-us.htm
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649. Cry wolf Blog Archives

Jul 6, 2010 ... Relief well drill is only days away from leaking oil pipe ...... (d) Ixtoc I - The
2-mile-deep exploratory well, Ixtoc I, blew out on June 3 ...
http://cry-wolf.co.uk/index.php?paged=3&Itemid=71&option=com_wordpress
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650. Environmentalists are not to blame for the Deepwater Horizon ...
TALLAHASSEE - As the underwater oil leak progresses into day 57, gushing as many as 60,000
barrels (more than 2.5 million gallons) of crude into the Gulf of Mexico ...
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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651. Norwalk Reflector | Front | Widow grieves over husband who was ...
May 6, 2010 ... Oil from the well and riser pipe 5000 feet below continues to gush more ... routine
of drilling exploratory wells to preparing a well for production. ... tried similar technology when the
Ixtoc-1 well blew in the Bay of ...
http://www.norwalkreflector.com/articles/2010/05/06/front/iq_979887.txt
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652. 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
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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.youngwitness.com.au/news/world/world/general/oil-spill-crisis-bp-struggles-to-plug-lea
k/1843009.aspx
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http://www.blayneychronicle.com.au/news/world/world/general/oil-spill-crisis-bp-struggles-to-plug-l
eak/1843009.aspx
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http://www.oberonreview.com.au/news/world/world/general/oil-spill-crisis-bp-struggles-to-plug-lea
k/1843009.aspx
47%
http://www.whyallanewsonline.com.au/news/world/world/general/oil-spill-crisis-bp-struggles-to-plu
g-leak/1843009.aspx
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657. 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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658. American Scientist Online

The well blew out, the blowout preventer failed, and the drilling rig caught fire and ... the date of
the blowout, and 23 March 1980, when Ixtoc I was finally capped, it spewed ...
http://www.americanscientist.org/science/
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659. Deepwater Horizon oil spill - Encyclopedia of Earth

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.eoearth.org/article/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill
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660. Ixtoc 1 - Never Heard Of It Until This Weekend. Wish There Was ...
May 23, 2010 ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible platform,
Sedco 135 in the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico, ...
http://demopedia.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x83
98403
46%
661. Medical Articles Blog

The event features well known natural health care advocates and authors like ... Conventional
medical doctors are well-meaning, and I do believe their heart is ...
http://eblog.lt/medicalarticlesblog/
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662. Jedi Council Forums - Oil Spill

The blowout of the Ixtoc I exploratory well offshore Mexico in 1979, ... I actually have no problem
with domestic drilling as long as we are going to be using oil as our primary ...
http://boards.theforce.net/the_senate_floor/b10320/30940240/r30962667/
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663. Large Oil Spill in Alaska Went Undetected for Days - Oil Spill ...
May 26, 2010 ... The exploratory Oil Well two miles below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico ... The
http://celebrifi.com/gossip/Large-Oil-Spill-in-Alaska-Went-Undetected-for-Days-2572261.html
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664. Live Video of BP "Top Kill" Procedure | Watts Up With That?

The drilling pipe was involved in the well cementing procedures underway when ... They started
drilling the relief wells the first week I believe so we are 2 ...
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/05/26/live-video-of-bp-top-kill-procedure/
45%
http://www.wollondillyadvertiser.com.au/news/world/world/general/oil-spill-crisis-bp-struggles-to-pl
ug-leak/1843009.aspx
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666. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Exploration and Development ...

The adverse impacts of offshore drilling begin with disruptive seismic survey airgun ... oil spill from
an offshore rig was the Ixtoc I blowout incident on June 3, 1979, when a ...
http://www.cleanwateraction.org/node/387
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667. RIGZONE - API: U.S. Well Completions Down 24% in 1Q

Apr 26, 2010 ... "This drop in drilling activity was somewhat unexpected. ... This trend was
particularly apparent in the exploratory well completion rate, ... Analysis: Media, Political Rhetoric
Ignores Potential Lesson of Ixtoc Spill ...
http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=91659
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668. Giant Fields in the Southeast of Mexico

Twenty one exploratory wells have been successfully drilled in some of the .... If we take into
account the Ixtoc #1 well and the success of the Maloob #1, ...
http://search.datapages.com/data/doi/10.1306/A1ADD9E9-0DFE-11D7-8641000102C1865D
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669. Oil Exploration Then/Now
The staff required to man the drilling operations and all the support vessels and ... Yeah
eyesandgillz it does deal with the Ixtoc rig and I really don't see any ...
http://forums.fishusa.com/fb.asp?m=318787
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670. POLITICO Forums:POLITICO'S Morning Energy: EPA hammers BP ...

POLITICO.com Open Forum is a forum to debate and discuss national & presidential politics to
drive the political conversation throughout the day.
http://dyn.politico.com/members/forums/thread.cfm?catid=22&subcatid=76&threadid=4083815
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671. State: Is this in Florida's future?

... cuttings, lubricate and cool the drill bit, control pressure and seal the well. ... Once the well is
drilled and begins pumping, it also discharges a new pollutant ...
http://www.sptimes.com/News/081201/news_pf/State/Is_this_in_Florida_s_.shtml
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672. The Bellingham Herald / Gulf oil spill / Foreign countries ...
... and damage fisheries and others who question the safety of their own offshore drilling ... global
moratorium on oil and gas drilling in environmentally sensitive deepwater and ...
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2010/06/29/1503791/foreign-countries-use-oil-spill.html
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673. ALASKA - Green Blog - NYTimes.com

The decision on Monday by the Minerals Management Service clears one of the last big hurdles for
the company to drill two exploration wells on two offshore ...
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/alaska/
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674. Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion - Bing Wikipedia

At the time of the explosion the rig was drilling an exploratory well. ..... Timeline of the Deepwater
Horizon oil spill · Ixtoc I oil spill ...
http://maps.bing.co.uk/reference/semhtml/Deepwater_Horizon_drilling_rig_explosion?q=deepwate
r+horizon+rig
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675. Insurance News - Congressional Documents and Publications

Companies that engage in oil and gas exploration, drilling, and production on ... The largest of
these incidents occurred in January 1969 from Alpha Well 21 off Santa ... June 1979 - April 1980
Ixtoc I Bay of Campeche, Mexico 3500000 ...
http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=192909&type=newswires
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676. Keeping oil spill in perspective | Lubbock Online | Lubbock ...

Barack Obama fumed and fussed last week about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill that resulted from the
explosion and sinking of Deepwater Horizon.
http://beta.lubbockonline.com/interact/blog-post/may/2010-05-17/keeping-oil-spill-perspective
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677. Straight Talk on the BP Oil Spill -- Seeking Alpha

the length of time it took to get the ixtoc relief wells hooked up & sealing should be a caution in
the ... On any offshore exploratory well drilled in more than 500 feet of ...
http://seekingalpha.com/article/210333/comments
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678. Title: Drilling Moratorium Bad Idea: Barbour - WCBI category:

"There have been more than 30,000 oil wells drilled in the Gulf of Mexico in the last 50 ... But I
think it is very reasonable to continue to drill." The Deepwater Horizon spill, ...
http://www.wcbi.com/article.php?subaction=showfull&id=1276519362&archive=&start_from=&uca
t=2,5,6,45&
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679. '79 Gulf oil spill leaves sobering lessons for BP - Yahoo! ...
Jun 4, 2010 ... 1979 Ixtoc oil spill suggests there will be no quick fixes for ... a fire burns near the
Ixtoc exploratory well that blew out on June 3, ... But it couldn't stop the leak until two relief wells
were drilled - and even that didn't ... The I
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/79-Gulf-oil-spill-leaves-apf-716931694.html?x=0
42%
680. Day 44: Could the oil spill kill the entire planet? - ...
On June 3, 1979, the 2 mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, ... relief wells were drilled to relieve
pressure from the well to allow ...
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fifty-plus.friends/browse_thread/thread/2980603d881fe889/ff8
bdb7f8cce6a1e?lnk=raot
42%
681. Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill:Hot and Latest News

May 3, 2010 ... On June 3, 1979, the 2 mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, ... 126 people were on
the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig when the incident ...
http://oxylife.blogspot.com/2010/05/deepwater-horizon-oil-spill.html
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682. Drilling in the Great Lakes: Background and Issues

Erie; two onshore exploratory wells were drilled in 1957 but no ... the IXTOC I, estimated at 140
million gallons was due to an oil well blowout in ...
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/112526.pdf
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683. 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&extra=page%3D7
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684. First Draft: BP Oil Spill

The exploratory oil well two miles below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico exploded in a ... The
http://www.first-draft.com/bp-oil-spill/
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685. Is it Time to Buy BP? | zero hedge

... a blow out at their Ixtoc-1 well during a drill bit change in only 160 feet ... the conventional
wisdom mercilessly flailed and tortured daily, and my last two ...
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/it-time-buy-bp
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686. Why I like Canada's Athabasca oil-sand deposit On ...
Articles and slideshows for (And what you're not hearing about the coming offshore drilling
banSeveral months ago, I published a research report on the Strait of ...
http://oilspilldisasters.com/canadas-athabasca-oilsand-deposit-934411a
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687. Gulf oil spill: parallels with Ixtoc raise fears of ecological ...
incidentnews.gov 4/29/2010 — 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 ...
http://earthblips.dailyradar.com/story/gulf-oil-spill-parallels-with-ixtoc-raise-fears-of/
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688. Ixtoc I facts - Freebase

Apr 3, 2010 ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible drilling rig
http://www.freebase.com/view/en/ixtoc_i
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689. JOTMAN: Timeline of Gulf of Mexico oil spill

May 4, 2010 ... The 2 mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, blows out in the Bahia ..... Exploratory
drilling by Transocean's Deepwater Horizon on BP's Tiber ...
http://jotman.blogspot.com/2010/05/timeline-of-gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill.html
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690. Letters / Gulf oil spill - pressofAtlanticCity.com

pressofAtlanticCity.com: Your source for the latest local news and sports in southern New Jersey.
Find entertainment, restaurants, casinos, cars, homes and jobs.
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/opinion/letters/article_1d063d2e-7a0e-5aff-87cc-26e35cc4db95
.html
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[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
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692. The Awesome Library Search Results

"Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible platform Sedco 135F in
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/cgi-bin/search-aw1-e.cgi?terms=spil
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693. The Oil Drum | The Gulf Deepwater Oil Spill - Was Complexity ...
Well, this isn't even close to correct, Mexico is also drilling in the Gulf (the Ixtoc I ... largest in
history and lasted nine months), and MMS and NOAA ...
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694. Earth Chains: '79 Gulf spill leaves sobering lessons for BP
Jun 5, 2010 ... In this undated photo released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, a fire burns near the Ixtoc exploratory well that ...
http://earthchains.blogspot.com/2010/06/79-gulf-spill-leaves-sobering-lessons.html
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695. Halt the Drumbeat to Drilling

Each well drilled produces, on average, 180,000 gallons of drilling mud and cuttings. ... spill from
an offshore rig was the Ixtoc I blowout incident on June 3, 1979, ...
http://yubanet.com/california/Halt-the-Drumbeat-to-Drilling.php
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696. news feeds | Oil Depletion Protocol

I will call this the probability of "utter failure", or Pu. The time needed to drill to ... drilling BP Plc's
Macondo well off Louisiana blew up in April, Ixtoc ...
http://oildepletionprotocol.org/aggregator?page=6
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http://cbs3.com/national/Obama.heads.to.2.1720762.html
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698. Same Oil Spill 31 Years Ago, Same Company « The 2012 Scenario
Jun 11, 2010 ... Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible platform
Sedco 135-F in the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico, ...
https://sbeckow.wordpress.com/2010/06/11/same-oil-spill-31-years-ago-same-company/
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699. Since BP has Broken Everything It Has Touched, We Must Remove ...
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://www.georgewashington2.blogspot.com/2010/06/since-bp-has-broken-everything-it-has.html
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700. Duane Burnett: Estimated Gallons Leaked by BP in Gulf of ...

May 20, 2010 ... MSNBC May 26, 2010 — Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the
semi-submersible platform, Sedco 135F in the Bay of Campeche ...
http://duaneburnett.blogspot.com/2010/05/estimated-gallons-leaked-by-bp-in-gulf.html
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701. JOTMAN: April 2010

Apr 25, 2010 ... The 2 mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, blows out in the ..... Transocean's
Deepwater Horizon semisubmersible drilled the Tiber well in ...
http://jotman.blogspot.com/2010_04_25_archive.html
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702. Third Worst Oil Spill | red box V A

32 percent of the Gulf of Mexico remains off limits for fishing, as a result of the massive oil spill, in
spite of BP finally managing to direct some of the
http://redboxva.com/third-worst-oil-spill.html
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703. APPENDIX I TERMS OF REFERENCE
Two were drilled, and the second relief well was successful. The Ixtoc 1 well was at last ... in the
blowout preventer will not shear drill collars and could not close off flow. ...
http://www.rsc.ca/files/publications/expert_panels/BC_offshore/appendicesEN.pdf
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704. Gulf leak eclipses Exxon Valdez as worst US spill ...

In 1979, a drilling rig in Mexican waters the Ixtoc I blew up, releasing 140 ... Suspending action on
33 deep water exploratory wells currently being drilled in the Gulf. ...
http://www.heraldtimesonline.com/stories/2010/05/28/nationworld.qp-1091926.sto
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705. Haynesville Shale Education Center | Lousiana Oil and Gas ...
BP was the exploratory well's owner and overall operator, Transocean, the rig's ... By the time the
2-mile-deep well Ixtoc I was capped in March 1980 (nine months) ...
http://loga.la/loganews/?m=2010&w=19
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706. Oil Spill in Gulf may be Godsend after All | RedState

http://www.redstate.com/roetenks/2010/06/17/oil-spill-in-gulf-may-be-godsend-after-all/
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707. Teal Oil: Topics by WorldWideScience.org

Texaco estimates the B19-ST well cost about 10% more than a Teal vertical well. ... An exploratory
well drilled in 1994 encountered a rich high-productivity gas and ...
http://worldwidescience.org/topicpages/t/Teal+Oil.html
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708. The Oil Drum | Drumbeat: May 1, 2010

In 1979, Ixtoc-1, an exploratory well owned by Petroleos Mexicanos in 150 feet ... multiple relief
wells drilled, and they will keep drilling until they intercept ...
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709. Timeline of Events in BP Oil Spill: Day by Day, April 20 to ...

Oil is only 60% of what is blowing out of the well, the other 40% is methane. ... Drilling Relief
Wells. The Development Driller III continues to drill ...
http://beforeitsnews.com/news/50/386/Timeline_of_Events_in_BP_Oil_Spill:_Day_by_Day,_April_2
0_to_June_20.html
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710. Anniversary Of Worlds 3rd Worst Oil Spill

An exploratory drill bit hit soft strata below the seabed, causing ... able to back up its efforts by
pumping cement and water down the runaway well. ...
http://www.articlepros.com/business/More-In-Business/article-458241.html
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711. BP Deepwater: Some Perspective

And yes, I know that genocide is not the same as an oil spill (unless you're a ... exploratory well
should be accompanied by a simultaneously-drilled relief well ...
http://cafehayek.com/2010/05/bp-deepwater-some-perspective.html
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Another thing, these relief wells being drilled have been viewed as a sure fix. I just ... pressure and
well depth have been taken into account, and have ...
37%
713. Wikiwak - Deepwater Horizon oil spill

... The drilling of Relief wells to permanently close the well is ongoing. ... to the 1979 Ixtoc I oil
spill in total volume released (Ixtoc discharged 140 to ...
http://www.wikiwak.com/wak/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill
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714. 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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715. Dave Chandler's Earthside.com

News and commentary on war and peace, the global environment and the economy. ... If the
bubble escapes, every ship, drilling rig and structure within the region ...
http://www.earthside.com/
36%
716. Friday's live blog – Campbell Brown - CNN.com Blogs

... No links 4) No comments in uppercase. We don't shout in the office. Become a fan of Campbell
on Facebook right now and follow Campbell on twitter. ...
http://campbellbrown.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/04/join-the-live-conversation-77/
36%
717. Oil Spill in Gulf may be Godsend after All | Christian ...
http://www.cc.org/blog/oil_spill_gulf_may_be_godsend_after_all
36%
718. Witts organizations, Waterfalls Institute of Technology ...

WITT is a Non Profit Society Established in April 1994.Approved as SIRO by Min of Science and
Technology. Main Areas of Work: Intellectual Property, Environmental ...
http://www.witts.org/Eva_acc/env_account_31_jun10/wista_eva_aac_feature.htm
36%
719. Green Dynamic Solar Blog

Ironically, Edwin Drake, the man who drilled the first well in Pennsylvania, was one of the latter. ...
Blowout of the exploratory well Ixtoc I in 1979, in the Gulf of Mexico. ...
http://greendynamicsolar.com/blog/
35%
720. The Great Beyond: Oil spill science Archives

I had a chance to talk to them, and they've gone through all kinds of ... There are currently two
relief wells being drilled. The first was started on 2 May and ...
http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/earth_environment_ecology/oil_spill_science/
35%
721. Wonk Room

To be fair, the Ixtoc I cofferdam effort was called a "sombrero," a totally ... On June 3, 1979, the
exploratory well IXTOC I blew out and ignited, burning down ...
http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/tag/obama/
35%
722. First Draft: Adrastos

The blowout of the Ixtoc I, drilled by the Mexican-run Pemex, retains the ... Eventually, Pemex cut
off Ixtoc I with two relief wells and a cement seal. ...
http://www.first-draft.com/adrastos/page/2/
34%
723. 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
34%
724. Hacker News | Top kill fails to plug leak

... wells, so a marginal increase in the cost of drilling an exploratory well is ... I read somewhere
that it's not this way in Canada, and that BP had been lobbying ...
http://hackerne.ws/item?id=1389449
34%
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://wcco.com/politics/Obama.heads.to.2.1720762.html
34%
726. South Atlantic U.S. Oil & Gas News - Oil & Gas Industry Today
South Atlantic U.S. Oil & Gas News is an EIN News Service for oil and gas industry ... Mexican rig
named Ixtoc-1 blew out while drilling an exploratory well near Carmen in the ...
http://oilandgas.einnews.com/south-atlantic-us/
34%
727. 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/
33%
728. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen: 'Top Kill' Appears To Be ...
An untested procedure to plug the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico seemed to be working,
officials said Thursday, but new estimates showed the spill has ...
http://cbs5.com/environment/gulf.oil.spill.2.1718340.html
32%
729. 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
32%
730. Hey kids, the circus is in town

"I believe that we will respond to this tragedy with technology and transparency. And ...
Multinationals wanting to drill exploratory wells in Canada's Beaufort Sea, and ...
http://www.ecoshock.org/transcripts/ES_100604_Script.htm
32%
731. History of Oil

1961- First subsea well completed in the Gulf of Mexico (Shell) ... Three Mile Island nuclear
accident / Ixtoc I well blows out off Mexico / Pipelaying ...
http://www.slideshare.net/wattersr/history-of-oil
32%
732. 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://fourwinds10.com/siterun_data/science_technology/energy_free_energy/news.php?q=12739
01233
32%
733. NYT: BP Moving Ahead With Offshore Alaska Rig Despite ...
The New York Times reports today that BP is moving ahead with a project that would drill a
two-mile-deep well off the coast of Alaska. How is BP getting around the ...
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/06/nyt_bp_moving_ahead_with_offshore_alask
a_rig_despi.php
31%
734. Slashdot News Story | BP Knew of Deepwater Horizon Problems ...

And as far back as 11 months ago, it was concerned about the well casing and the ... weather, that
might hamper drilling and well conversion efforts. ...
http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/05/30/1548218/BP-Knew-of-Deepwater-Horizon-Problems-11-Mo
nths-Ago
31%
735. Timeline of Events in BP Oil Spill: Day by Day, April 20 to ...

Progress Continues in Drilling Relief Wells. The drilling of relief wells continues. ... relief well to a
depth of 17,810 feet below the Gulf surface. ...
http://beforeitsnews.com/story/50/386/Timeline_of_Events_in_BP_Oil_Spill:_Day_by_Day,_April_2
0_to_July_12-Day_84_BP_Costs_Exceed_3.5_Billion.html
31%
736. Belmont Club " Enemy At the Gates

McChrystal said, "I extend my sincerest apology for this profile. It was a mistake ... Also, I guess
this gives more credence to Michael Yon when he says all is not well over ...
http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/2010/06/21/enemy-at-the-gates/
30%
737. Jones Act Lawyer | Maritime Accident News | Vujasinovic ...

Our maritime injury lawyers know the importance of staying educated on the Jones Act and ... to
fully circulate the drilling mud in the well, known as Macondo, before cementing. ...
http://www.maritimeaccidentattorney.com/news.cfm
30%
738. Oil Anyone? [Archive] - Geekfest

My first subject is soething I have heard bantered about here in NW Arkansas and ... June 3, 1979
- The exploratory oil well Ixtoc 1 in the Gulf of Mexico ...
http://www.geekfest.com/archive/index.php/t-45018.html
30%
739. Sarah Palin blames environmentalists for BP oil spill - Page ...
Sarah Palin blames environmentalists for BP oil spill National/World News ... they'll have to drill a
relief well the same time they drill an exploratory well. ...
http://talk.baltimoresun.com/showthread.php?p=6291526
30%
740. <!DOCTYPE xhtml PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional ...

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
29%
741. California Coastal Commission Staff Report and Recommendation ...

I move that the Commission concur with consistency determination CD--043-05 that the ... drilled
exploratory wells discovering paying quantities of oil and gas. ...
http://www.coastal.ca.gov/energy/ocs/8-2005-Th5a5b5c5d5e.pdf
29%
742. news feeds | Oil Depletion Protocol

... the Gulf oil leak and comments on cementing and well completion by Heading Out ... drill a
second relief well and that both relief wells will be drilled ...
http://www.oildepletionprotocol.org/aggregator?page=14
29%
743. Exhibits to California Coastal Commission Staff Report and ...

drilling two new exploratory and ten new production wells from ... coastal effects (i.e.,
post-suspension exploration, development and production activities) that are ...
http://www.coastal.ca.gov/energy/ocs/8-2005-Th5j.pdf
28%
744. Norwalk Reflector | Front | Widow grieves over husband who ...
Your leading local news and sports source for the Norwalk, Ohio and Huron County region. ... usual
routine of drilling exploratory wells to preparing a well for production. ...
http://norwalkreflector.com/articles/2010/05/07/front/iq_979887.txt
28%
745. Wonk Room

The tax breaks and loopholes even enabled BP to write off 70 percent of the rent it paid ... says, I
don't want to pay $100 million a day to cut corners on drilling a well. And ...
http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/tag/oil-spill/
28%
746. DailyTech - BP Robots Place Cap Over Well Leak

But containment cap is only a temporary solution ... ground, and clearly you don't have a solid
understanding of how wells are drilled (which is fine, and I don't ...
http://www.dailytech.com/BP+Robots+Place+Cap+Over+Well+Leak/article18619.htm
27%
747. Scientists propose big experiment to study Gulf oil spill ...
[6] I am sure after the tarballs have gone away the Deepwater Horizon will spawn ... [7] The Ixtoc
I exploratory well disaster (at 160 ft depth) was an oil spill that ...
http://newsfeedresearcher.com/data/articles_b29/spill-florida-gulf.html
27%
748. Slashdot News Story | BP Claims Gulf Well Has Been Stopped
An anonymous reader writes with word that BP has announced the Gulf oil spill has been ... I
thought I read somewhere that it was an exploratory well that they were planning on ...
http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/07/15/2120247/BP-Claims-Gulf-Well-Has-Been-Stopped?from=rs
s
27%
749. WBLiveSurf.com • View topic - black gold

Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well in the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico, ... to sever and
seal off the well on the ocean floor, however in this case drill collars had ...
http://wblivesurf.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=17979
27%
750. 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
26%
751. The BP Oil Spill Response "Plan" " Climate Audit

... blow out of an exploratory well is extraordinarily cursory (though elsewhere ... IXTOC I in the
Gulf of Mexico was two miles deep, and when it blew out in 1979 ...
http://climateaudit.org/2010/05/30/the-bp-oil-spill-response-plan/
26%
752. Hobnob Blog: May 2010 Archives

I actually have no problem with this, though some people think it's horribly evil. ... it runs Google's
Chrome browser as well as a full version of Flash Player ...
http://hobnobblog.com/2010/05/
25%
753. HYDROCARBONS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON FISH

the second summarized concerns about the impacts of oil well blowouts. ... this report is offered to
indicate the level of concern for the well being of ...
http://www.livingoceans.org/files/PDF/energy/FINAL_REPORT_re_1985_DFO_intervention.pdf
25%
754. Kill Spill, Pass Bill! " Climate Progress

And four, we will suspend action on 33 deepwater exploratory wells currently ... it halts the
exploratory wells that Shell was set to drill in the Chukchi and ...
http://climateprogress.org/2010/05/28/kill-spill-pass-bill/
25%
755. Q regarding the BP disaster....
I bloody well hope so. Fishing industry and tourism industry completely fucked for god ... to plans
by Royal Dutch Shell to begin drilling exploratory wells ...
http://www.biggie.co.nz/discussion/q_regarding_the_bp_disaster
25%
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://cbs4.com/national/Obama.heads.to.2.1720762.html
24%
757. Oil Spill - The Legion Gaming Community

http://www.the-legion.net/showthread.php?t=26896&goto=newpost
24%
758. Oil, Oil Industry | Pasifik.ca

by Bill Quigley and Alex Tuscano. from Bill Quigley's Blog on The Smirking Chimp, July 2, ...
exploratory purposes in a new area, into a production well, which drills ...
http://www.pasifik.ca/taxonomy/term/14095
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