Tainter, Joseph A., <br/><br/>
Drilling down :  the Gulf oil debacle and our energy dilemma / 
Joseph A. Tainter, Tadeusz W. Patzek 
 - 1 online resource (ix, 242 pages) :  illustrations (some color) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographic references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781441976765 (paperback) 9781441976772 (ebook) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011935227 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010<br/>Oil spills--Mexico, Gulf of<br/>Drilling platforms--Accidents--Mexico, Gulf of<br/>Offshore oil industry--Mexico, Gulf of<br/>Energy policy--History<br/>Energy policy--Social aspects<br/>Complexity (Philosophy)--Social aspects
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books (Form)
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GC1221