The depth at which this leak is happening elevates it to an entirely new problem compared to any previous spill http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixtoc_I_oil_spill

The depth at which this leak is happening elevates it to an entirely new problem compared to any previous spill http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixtoc_I_oil_spill http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixtoc_I_oil_spill The spill in 1979 was 160 feet deep compared to the current spill's depth of 5000 feet. The 1979 spill took 10 months to contain as all top kill attempts failed.