Drilling down :
Tainter, Joseph A.
Drilling down : the Gulf Oil debacle and our energy dilemma / Joseph A. Tainter, Tadeusz W. Patzek. - New York, NY : Copernicus Books, 2012. - ix, 242 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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.
9781441976765 (pbk.) 1441976760 (pbk.)
2011935227
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 / .T34 2012
Drilling down : the Gulf Oil debacle and our energy dilemma / Joseph A. Tainter, Tadeusz W. Patzek. - New York, NY : Copernicus Books, 2012. - ix, 242 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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.
9781441976765 (pbk.) 1441976760 (pbk.)
2011935227
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 / .T34 2012