02050amm a2200433 i 4500 16892483 UIAM 20220701120607.0 cr mn |||aucua 220701t2012 nyua gob d 001 0 eng c 2011935227 9781441976765 (paperback) 9781441976772 (ebook) DLC eng DLC DLC UIAM rda GC1221 Tainter, Joseph A., author 5981 Drilling down : the Gulf oil debacle and our energy dilemma / Joseph A. Tainter, Tadeusz W. Patzek New York, NY : Copernicus Books, 2012 ©2012 1 online resource (ix, 242 pages) : illustrations (some color) text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier text file PDF rda 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. BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010 5982 Oil spills Mexico, Gulf of 5983 Drilling platforms Accidents Mexico, Gulf of 5984 Offshore oil industry Mexico, Gulf of 5985 Energy policy History 5986 Energy policy Social aspects 5987 Complexity (Philosophy) Social aspects 5988 Electronic books (Form) Patzek, Tadeusz W., author 5989 http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-1-4419-7677-2 bib-mrr to skh lcc EBOOK 502943 534360 0 0 lcc 0 19 EBOOK IIUM IIUM WEB 2022-07-01 0.00 0 eb GC 1221 T134D 2012 9781441976772 2022-07-01 00:00:00 1 0.00 2022-07-01 EBOOK