TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tainter,Joseph A.
AU  - Patzek,Tadeusz W.
TI  - Drilling down: the Gulf Oil debacle and our energy dilemma 
SN  - 9781441976765 (pbk.) :
AV  - GC1221 T34 2012
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
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
ER  -