Gushing about black gold: oil and natural gas tourism in Texas

Price, William R.; Ronck, Catherine

doi:10.1080/1743873x.2017.1391271

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“…The jack-up drilling rig, which drilled over 20 wells between 1969 and 1984, now hosts over 40,000 visitors a year, educating them about “the vital role oil and gas plays in our daily lives” (Oilfield Energy Center, 2020). Along with oil and gas, other forms of industrial heritage converted into tourism sites, such as mining, have been well-documented (Conesa, Schulin, & Nowack, 2008; Coupland & Coupland, 2014; Kruczek & Kruczek, 2016; Metsaots, Printsmann, & Sepp, 2015; Price & Ronck, 2018).…”

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Climate change, energy production, and Arctic tourism: A case study analysis of northern Alaska

Nyman,

Lamphere

2024

Polar Record

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Historically, there have been two kinds of economic activities in northern Alaska. The first and oldest is the subsistence lifestyle of the Indigenous peoples. The second and more recent is the development of the oil and gas industry, which began in earnest in 1977 with the competition of the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline and construction of a new road, the Dalton Highway. Although first used only by commercial traffic for the oilfield, in 1994, the highway opened to the public and is now frequented by tourists travelling above the Arctic Circle. In this paper, we analyse the future of northern Alaska tourism by considering evolutionary economic geography and the area’s likely reduction in oil and gas activity. We consider how climate change may serve as a trigger, impacting tourism through the rise of last chance tourism, and conduct a scenario-based analysis. We argue that the oil and gas industry is likely to continue along its current path, exhausting accessible resources and innovating technology to push into new territories in the far north. However, should the culmination of extraneous factors render climate change a trigger, industry decline could be offset by investments that repurpose the area’s industrial heritage into tourism sites.

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Climate change, energy production, and Arctic tourism: A case study analysis of northern Alaska

Nyman,

Lamphere

2024

Polar Record

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“…These tasks can be solved simultaneously because geoheritage analysis requires examination of the basic balneological properties of peloids. Moreover, the higher the balneological potential, the higher the value of the economical geoheritage type of the peloids (this is because the economical importance of any geological resource increases its general value, including its heritage value [39][40][41]). At the next stage of planning, it is possible to designate geosites (in Russia, there is a good legislative basis to achieve this task) and to confirm their protected status.…”

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Coastal Peloids as Geological Heritage: Evidence from the Taman Peninsula (Southwestern Russia)

Fedorov

Гарькуша

Trubnik

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The coastal peloidis a peculiar and poorly-studied geological substance. Peloids occurin the Bugaz, Kiziltash, and Vityazevolimans and the Chemburka Lake on the southern coast of the Taman Peninsula. The studied peloids are dark-colored mud enriched in hydrogen sulfide and methane and constitute the uppermost 10–20 cm of bottom sediments. Being geologically unique, the coastal peloids of the Taman Peninsula can be recognized as ageoheritage site. Their uniqueness is linked to sediment type, biogeochemical processes, economic value, and depositional environment. The most typical peloids are found in the BugazLiman and the Chemburka Lake, proposed as geosites. The recognized coastal geoheritage site can be used for the purposes of science, education, and tourism, and its utility seems to be especially high because of its close location to the big resort area of Anapa. It appears to be important to balance management of this geoheritagesite with peloid extraction for balneological purposes. The studied coastal muds should be involved into the regional planning programs aimed at sustainable development (international experience and, particularly, some examples from the British coasts should be taken into consideration). Particularly, it is necessary to put peloid use into the context of regional planning and sustainable natural resource management.

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“…Another typical fossil fuel-based industrial tourism offer is visiting oil and natural gas resources sites [35,36]. There, industrial tourism has also been used as a form of public relations, where companies address perceived public concerns through visits and interpretation [37]. In a study by Price and Ronck [37], six discursive themes were identified that were presented at the majority of oil and natural gas sites (contemporary industry, products, technology, workers and recruitment, and industry impacts).…”

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Role of Tourism in Promoting Geothermal Energy: Public Interest and Motivation for Geothermal Energy Tourism in Slovenia

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From household geothermal heat pumps to industrial geothermal heating and electricity production, geothermal energy is one of the most promising future climate change mitigation areas. This paper aims to analyse the potential role that the tourism industry has in the promotion of geothermal energy. Although general knowledge and understanding of geothermal energy is often relatively low, geothermal energy tourism has the potential to encourage the public to use and learn about geothermal energy and its applications. The paper first provides a theoretical conceptualisation of geothermal energy tourism at the energy production level and energy usage level. Empirical results from an online survey amongst a sample of the Slovenian population show that there is a reasonably strong interest in geothermal energy tourism, correlating with the public image of geothermal energy. The study furthermore identified three main motivational factors for energy tourism: the first is “Knowledge,” followed by “Having fun,” with the lowest level on the motivational factor being “Self-recognition.” The paper finally provides future recommendations on geothermal energy tourism as a tool for wider public acceptance but also knowledge on the potential risks of geothermal energy as a sustainable energy source.

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Gushing about black gold: oil and natural gas tourism in Texas

Cited by 16 publications

References 41 publications

Climate change, energy production, and Arctic tourism: A case study analysis of northern Alaska

Climate change, energy production, and Arctic tourism: A case study analysis of northern Alaska

Coastal Peloids as Geological Heritage: Evidence from the Taman Peninsula (Southwestern Russia)

Role of Tourism in Promoting Geothermal Energy: Public Interest and Motivation for Geothermal Energy Tourism in Slovenia

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