The platform where that accident happened, called Ixtoc 1, was operated by Pemex, the state-owned Mexican oil company. The two accidents and the spills they caused have a number of similar features, although marine oil spills in general have profoundly changed in character in the three decades between the two events.
发生事故的钻井平台“伊克斯托克I号”归属墨西哥国有石油企业墨西哥石油公司所有。 虽然这两次事故相距的三十年间海上石油泄漏的一般特点发生了重大变化，但这两次事故及其引发的泄漏却有若干特点是极其相似的。