Drilling Down : The Gulf Oil Debacle and Our Energy Dilemma /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Tainter, Joseph A. (Autor), Patzek, Tadeusz W. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Copernicus, 2012.
Edición:1st ed. 2012.
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505 0 |a 1.  Introduction -- 2.  The Significance of Oil in the Gulf of Mexico -- 3.  The Energy that Runs the World -- 4.  Offshore Drilling and Production: A Short History -- 5.  The Energy-Complexity Spiral -- 6.  The Benefits and Costs of Complexity -- 7.  What Happened at the Macondo Well -- 8.  Why the Gulf Disaster Happened -- 9.  Our Energy and Complexity Dilemma: Prospects for the Future -- Appendix A.  Glossary Appendix B.  Offshore Production -- Appendix C.  Operating an Offshore Platform -- Index. 
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650 0 |a Energy policy. 
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650 0 |a Statistical physics. 
650 0 |a Dynamical systems. 
650 0 |a Sustainable development. 
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650 2 4 |a Energy Policy, Economics and Management. 
650 2 4 |a Operations Research/Decision Theory. 
650 2 4 |a Complex Systems. 
650 2 4 |a Sustainable Development. 
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