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Drilling Down |
4 |
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Acknowledgments |
8 |
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Contents |
10 |
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Chapter 1: Introduction |
12 |
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Chapter 2: The Significance of Oil in the Gulf of Mexico |
18 |
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Chapter 3: The Energy That Runs the World |
34 |
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Chapter 4: Offshore Drilling and Production: A Short History |
63 |
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Chapter 5: The Energy–Complexity Spiral |
74 |
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Chapter 6: The Benefits and Costs of Complexity |
106 |
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Chapter 7: What Happened at the Macondo Well |
144 |
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Chapter 8: Why the Gulf Disaster Happened |
167 |
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Chapter 9: Our Energy and Complexity Dilemma: Prospects for the Future |
193 |
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Appendix AGlossary |
223 |
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Appendix BOffshore Production |
227 |
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Appendix COperating an Offshore Platform |
239 |
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About the Authors |
242 |
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Index |
245 |
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