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

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Living with Oil Number Seven Peter T. Flawn Series in Natural Resources Living with Oil Promises, Peaks, and Declines on Mexico’s Gulf Coast BY LISA BR EGLI A University of Texas Press Austin The Peter T. Flawn Series in Natural Resource Management and Conservation is supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and by gifts from various individual donors. Copyright © 2013 by the University of Texas Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First edition, 2013 Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to: Permissions University of Texas Press P.O. Box 7819 Austin, TX 78713-7819 http://utpress.utexas.edu/about/book-permissions ○ ∞ The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/ NISO Z39.48-1992 (R1997) (Permanence of Paper). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Breglia, Lisa, 1972– Living with oil : promises, peaks, and declines on Mexico’s gulf coast / by Lisa Catherine Breglia. — 1st ed. p. cm. — (Peter T. Flawn series in natural resources ; no. 7) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-292-74461-5 (alk. paper) 1. Petroleum industry and trade—Mexico. I. Title. HD9574.M62B74 2013 333.8′2309726—dc23 2012025775 doi:10.7560/744615 Abbreviations vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 PART 1. Peaks and Declines 23 1. The Mexican Oil Crisis 29 2. Natural Resources in the Laguna de Términos: Piracy and Profit 65 PART 2. The Pesquera and the Petrolera 103 3. The Peak and Decline of Fishing in the Laguna de Términos 107 4. Capturing Compensation: Resource Wealth in the Era of Decline 146 PART 3. Post-Peak Politics: Energy Reform and the Race to Claim the Gulf of Mexico 191 5. “No to Privatization”: A Battle for Energy Independence 197 6. Energy Security on the U.S.-Mexican Maritime Border: Transboundary Oil in the Deepwater Gulf 233 Conclusion: Post-Peak Futures 259 Notes 265 References 279 Index 307 Contents THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...