Drilling Down : The Gulf Oil Debacle and Our Energy Dilemma /
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Copernicus,
2012.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2012. |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.