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May 31, 2010 by News Gatherer
Despite that, it still remains much smaller than the 1979 disaster in the Mexican Gulf of Mexico that released 140 million gallons after the Ixtoc I rig exploded. According to a separate report from AP, the leaking oil from the sea floor could now total more than 19 million gallons, far surpassing the 11 million the Valdez, which spilled in Prince William Sound, Alaska, in 1989.
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