Living with oil : promises, peaks, and declines on Mexico's gulf coast /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Breglia, Lisa, 1972- (Author)
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2013.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Peter T. Flawn series in natural resource management and conservation ; no. 7.
Subjects:
Petroleum industry and trade > Mexico.
Pétrole > Industrie et commerce > Mexique.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Petroleum.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Petroleum industry and trade.
Fischer
Dorf
Umweltkatastrophe
Erdölbohrung
Auswirkung
Mexico.
Campeche
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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