The report is here:
http://invertebrates.si.edu/mms/reports/IXTOC_exec.pdf
I read it last week. There’s good and bad in it. I lived in Texas through that, it also impacted the governor’s race. I would not want that hitting the shore again; however, I don’t see a tight comparison with this blowout, due to the location and depth and currents, where its impact will be and how much.
Nobody actually wants to see any spills, not even BP. And this report is of major signficance to folks in places like Florida, where the type of impact of the BP spill should be similar to the effect of Ixtoc on the Texas coast.
And at risk of belaboring the point, the impacts of location, depth, and current of the BP spill all work to lessen the impact compared to Ixtoc, because the oil is given more chance to disperse, dissolve, etc, as it rises from depth to the surface.
But I'd still like to find a report of the effects of Ixtoc on the shallow water area immediately around the well, which should be more reflective of the impacts on the Louisiana wetlands. Of course, the Gulf War I release "does" give some info, but that spill was so much worse, I'm not sure if it can be compared.