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Ixtoc spill still around after 30 years: how long for BP gusher?

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In 1979, an explosion on the Ixtoc 1 oil platform caused the world’s worst accidental oil spill 50 miles off Mexico’s Gulf Coast. The 2010 spill could surpass the Ixtoc if it, too, takes nine months to cap.

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