Drilling down : the Gulf oil debacle and our energy dilemma / Joseph A. Tainter, Tadeusz W. Patzek
Publisher: New York, NY : Copernicus Books, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (ix, 242 pages) : illustrations (some color)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781441976765 (paperback)
- 9781441976772 (ebook)
- GC1221
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Includes bibliographic references and index.
Introduction -- The significance of oil in the Gulf of Mexico -- The energy that runs the world -- Offshore drilling and production, a short history -- The energy-complexity spiral -- The benefits and costs of complexity -- What happened at the Macondo Well -- Why the Gulf disaster happened -- Our energy and complexity dilemma: prospects for the future -- Appendix A. Glossary -- Appendix B. Offshore Production -- Appendix C. Operating an offshore platform -- About the authors -- Index.