TY  - DATA
AU  - Tainter,Joseph A.
AU  - Patzek,Tadeusz W.
TI  - Drilling down: the Gulf oil debacle and our energy dilemma 
SN  - 9781441976765 (paperback)
AV  - GC1221 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Copernicus Books
KW  - BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010
KW  - Oil spills
KW  - Mexico, Gulf of
KW  - Drilling platforms
KW  - Accidents
KW  - Offshore oil industry
KW  - Energy policy
KW  - History
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Complexity (Philosophy)
KW  - Electronic books (Form)
N1  - 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
UR  - http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-1-4419-7677-2
ER  -