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Drilling down : the Gulf oil debacle and our energy dilemma / Joseph A. Tainter, Tadeusz W. Patzek

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: New York, NY : Copernicus Books, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (ix, 242 pages) : illustrations (some color)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781441976765 (paperback)
  • 9781441976772 (ebook)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • GC1221
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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e-Book M. Kamal Hassan Library M. Kamal Hassan Library E-Book Collection Web eb GC 1221 T134D 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Online Access 9781441976772

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.

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