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A mile-long boom. they're putting it into place. they're trying to contain the oil slick in the gulf of mexico. >> chemical dispersants being spread across the gulf by plane, mile-long booms being set up to contain the oil slick on the surface. if you close your eyes and you just listen to these news reports from 1979 you would be forgiven for thinking that you had flipped on the news today. the ixtoc rig erupted in the middle of the night in 1979 in june as it was drilling for oil in the gulf of mexico. the drilling was being done by a company called sed coe. sedcollator became known as trans...
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