1979

KUHT-TV (Television station)

This film discusses a blowout of an offshore oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, one of eighteen wells run by Mexican Oil company Pemex. The well blowout turned out to be uncapable and it became the largest spill of its kind to date, shedding 2 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf. American response strategy involved members of the Coast Guard and  the Environmental Protection Agency. They identified Laguna Madre estuary as a major point of response on the Texas coast. Credits: August, Michael J. (associate producer/reporter), Kennedy, Al (editor), Wobbe, Paul (editor), Wright, Susan (reporter), Caffrey, Kevin (director).

Caffrey, Kevin; August, Michael J.; Wright, Susan

television programs

Offshore oil well drilling; Oil spills; KUHT-TV (Television station)

Gulf of Mexico

KUHT Film and Video

University of Houston Libraries Special Collections

English

00:59:17

This film was digitized and made available by a generous grant from the Texas State Library and Archives TexTreasure Grant.
Collection
University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
KUHT Film and Video

Other: ID 1997-006, AV Shelving; Preservation Location: ark:/84475/pm18773v43p