Drilling down
the Gulf oil debacle and our energy dilemma
Tainter, Joseph A.
creator
author
Patzek, Tadeusz W.
author
software, multimedia
Electronic books (Form)
nyu
2012
monographic
eng
access
1 online resource (ix, 242 pages) : illustrations (some color)
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.
general
Joseph A. Tainter, Tadeusz W. Patzek
Includes bibliographic references and index.
BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010
Oil spills
Mexico, Gulf of
Drilling platforms
Accidents
Mexico, Gulf of
Offshore oil industry
Mexico, Gulf of
Energy policy
History
Energy policy
Social aspects
Complexity (Philosophy)
Social aspects
GC1221
9781441976765 (paperback)
9781441976772 (ebook)
2011935227
http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-1-4419-7677-2
http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-1-4419-7677-2
DLC
220701
20220701120607.0
16892483
eng