TY - CHAP
T1 - Work and Change in the Gulf of Mexico Offshore Petroleum Industry
AU - Austin, Diane E.
AU - McGuire, Thomas R.
AU - Higgins, Rylan
N1 - Funding Information:
The research reported here was supported by several contracts between the Minerals Management Service (MMS; U.S. Department of the Interior) and the University of Arizona. Diane Austin served as principal investigator and Tom McGuire as co-principal investigator. We gratefully acknowledge over a dozen team members whose data and ideas contributed to the research study and this article, and appreciate the helpful comments and suggestions of several anonymous reviewers. Residents and leaders of New Iberia and Morgan City, Louisiana, proved to be willing and interested participants in this study and gracious hosts to the research team. Dr. Harry Luton supervised the study and shepherded it through the review process in the Gulf of Mexico Region, MMS, New Orleans. Dr. Rodney Cluck did likewise at the agency's headquarters in Herndon, Virginia. Both are to be thanked for their insightful commentary and resolute support. The findings, however, do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the MMS.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - The relationship between the offshore oil and gas industry and southern Louisiana has been one of ongoing, mutual adaptation. The industry has long been cyclical, responding to price changes, corporate decisions, and federal and state policies. Today, however, the industry offers little guarantee of employment, difficult terms of advancement, and, in general, an uncertain future. Many of the young men and women of the communities of southern Louisiana are looking elsewhere for work. As the local labor sources diminish, companies seek out new labor supplies, including workers from outside the region and from other parts of the world. This paper discusses some of the processes that corroded the unique relationship between the region, its people, and this industry.
AB - The relationship between the offshore oil and gas industry and southern Louisiana has been one of ongoing, mutual adaptation. The industry has long been cyclical, responding to price changes, corporate decisions, and federal and state policies. Today, however, the industry offers little guarantee of employment, difficult terms of advancement, and, in general, an uncertain future. Many of the young men and women of the communities of southern Louisiana are looking elsewhere for work. As the local labor sources diminish, companies seek out new labor supplies, including workers from outside the region and from other parts of the world. This paper discusses some of the processes that corroded the unique relationship between the region, its people, and this industry.
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M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:33645935673
SN - 0762312254
SN - 9780762312252
T3 - Research in Economic Anthropology
SP - 89
EP - 122
BT - Markets and Market Liberalization
A2 - Dannhaeuser, Norbert
A2 - Werner, Cynthia
ER -