chapter Introduction -- Why write a book about the Brent Spar? -- chapter 1 What was the Brent Spar? -- chapter 2 Decommissioning and the BPEO process -- chapter 3 The scientific debate -- chapter 4 The use and abuse of precedent -- chapter 5 The siege -- chapter 6 The capitulation -- chapter 7 The aftermath: July-August 1995 -- chapter 8 The way forward -- The search for a solution -- chapter 9 The Brent Spar legacy -- chapter 10 Epilogue -- Was the Brent Spar a good or a bad thing?.