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Living with Oil : Promises, Peaks, and Declines on Mexico's Gulf Coast /

For decades, Mexico has been one of the world's top non-OPEC oil exporters, but since the 2004 peak and subsequent decline of the massive offshore oilfield - Cantarell - the prospects for the country have worsened. 'Living with Oil' takes a unique look at the cultural and economic dil...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Breglia, Lisa, 1972- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2013.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Peaks and declines
  • The Mexican oil crisis
  • Natural resources in the Laguna de Torminos : piracy and profit
  • The pesquera and the petrolera
  • The peak and decline of fishing in the Laguna de Torminos
  • Capturing compensation : resource wealth in the era of decline
  • Post-peak politics : energy reform and the race to claim the Gulf of Mexico
  • "No to privatization" : a battle for energy independence
  • Energy security on the U.S.-Mexican maritime border : transboundary oil in the deepwater gulf
  • Conclusion: post-peak futures
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.