Oil on the Edge

Oil on the Edge
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Publisher : SUNY Press
Total Pages : 228
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ISBN-10 : 0791426947
ISBN-13 : 9780791426944
Rating : 4/5 (944 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Oil on the Edge by : Robert Gramling

Download or read book Oil on the Edge written by Robert Gramling and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Debate, puts it in perspective, and explores the prospects for future development. It traces the factors that led to the ascendancy of oil as an energy source, the emergence of the technology that made undersea extraction possible, the political forces that led to the dramatic offshore boom in the Gulf of Mexico, and the national policies that eventually produced the closing of virtually all offshore federal lands to the agency created within the Department of Interior.


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