Living with Oil : : Promises, Peaks, and Declines on Mexico’s Gulf Coast / / Lisa C. Breglia.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Breglia, Lisa C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Peter T. Flawn Series in Natural Resource Management and Conservation
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (325 p.)

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 dilemmas in this locale,...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Abbreviations
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• PART 1. Peaks and Declines
• Introduction
• 1. The Mexican Oil Crisis
• 2. Natural Resources in the Laguna de Términos: Piracy and Profi
• PART 2 . The Pesquera and the Petrolera
• Introduction
• 3. The Peak and Decline of Fishing in the Laguna de Términos
• 4. Capturing Compensation: Resource Wealth in the Era of Decline
• PART 3. Post-Peak Politics: Energy Reform and the Race to Claim the Gulf of Mexico
• Introduction
• 5. “No to Privatization”: A Battle for Energy Independence
• 6. Energy Security on the U.S.-Mexican Maritime Border: Transboundary Oil in the Deepwater Gulf
• Conclusion: Post-Peak Futures
• Notes
• References
• Index