“Oh, yeah, we’re gonna be real good friends,” Andy Garcia says, slipping into his Landman character, Gallino, with such ease and guile that I don’t realize…
Welcome to the new year from Energies Media! We’re excited to kick off the inaugural issue of 2026 with a cover feature interview with multi-talented actor…
Sarah Fluzin explains how traditional energy companies can avoid costly mistakes during the $670 billion investment shift toward renewables Global energy investment will reach a record…
Falling into a mud pit as a child in Oklahoma didn’t deter Dewey F. Bartlett, Jr., from going into the oil and gas industry; in fact,…
The nuclear power industry continues to evolve as plants seek to balance operational efficiency with stringent safety requirements. Nuclear power is set to reach a new…
The Paramount+ hit series, Landman, shines a spotlight on a role that is little known outside of the oil and gas industry. Thanks to actor Billy…
Never underestimate the impact of an internship. Dr. Valeria Edmonds’ entire career trajectory was changed by an internship with Exxon in 1990. “It opened my mind…
Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy Norris It’s mid-December and Billy Bob Thornton is back in his old stomping grounds in Austin, Texas. Since it’s not only…
Rebecca Ponton: Please explain what workers’ compensation insurance and Texas Mutual have to do with the oil and gas industry? Lisa Evans: Insurance might not be…
Rick Muncrief, the CEO of Devon Energy, is no stranger to stock market pundit Jim Cramer’s CNBC show, Mad Money, having appeared numerous times to offer…
Welcome to the first edition of Energies Media! The rebrand incorporates our three legacy publications – Oilman, Oilwoman and Energies Magazine – into one, all-inclusive platform,…
Occidental Petroleum Corp. CEO Vicki Hollub shook up the oil and gas industry in August of 2019 with the $55 billion decision to acquire Anadarko Petroleum Corp.,…
Women in male-dominated industries, such as energy, face myriad challenges, some of which are internal, such as our inner critics, possibly telling us we can’t do…
As a landman, I have always given the Reader’s Digest version of what I do as “part genealogist and part detective,” so it resonated with me…
Rebecca Ponton: Please tell us about your current role and what you do. Suseela Veerappan: I hold a pivotal role as a senior business systems analyst…
Brothers David and Doug Lawler are not twins, but their careers have run on twin paths. With the technological developments in the energy industry, those may…
At the risk of repeating myself, as I said in the EIC letter published in the March/April edition of OILWOMAN Magazine (one of the companion publications…
Twenty-five years ago, when Abilene, Texas, author Cole Thompson wrote his first novel, Chocolate Lizards – loosely based on some of his own experiences working in…
We joke at the (virtual) U.S. Energy Media offices that we’ve “gone Hollywood.” It all started when actor and environmental activist Jeff Bridges graciously agreed to…
“It was an opportunity women my age could have only in Alaska,” Joey Roth, a veteran drilling engineer for Shell, says of working on the Trans-Alaska…
When Abilene, Texas, author Cole Thompson wrote his debut novel, Chocolate Lizards (a reference to the dark brown lizard skinned boots his protagonist, Merle Luskey, a…
Rebecca Ponton: Tell us a little bit about your current position and what you do. Brandy Miles: Having earned a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology…
Despite the influence she has had on women from as far afield as Lafayette, Louisiana, to Saudi Arabia, Bonnie Maillet has always been more comfortable promoting…
With the recent release of the Martin Scorsese film, Killers of the Flower Moon (based on David Grann’s 2017 book of the same name), all eyes…
Rebecca Ponton: How did you decide to become a petroleum engineer? What motivated you to then earn a master’s in chemical engineering? Maureen Nwangene: My journey…
U.S. Energy Media wants to welcome readers to another year of OILWOMAN Magazine and wish you all a healthy and prosperous new year. It’s hard to…
With this issue of ENERGIES Magazine, US Energy Media celebrates two years of publication. The magazine’s premiere issue was released in Spring 2022 and featured a…
The Miss America competition, no longer referred to as a “pageant,” (and certainly not a “bathing suit revue,” as the first competition was christened in 1921),…
Ed Begley, Jr. didn’t go to Los Angeles to find fame and fortune; he grew up there. The LA of the 1970s was not the place…
Happy anniversary to OILWOMAN Magazine! This issue represents three years of bringing you stories of the women who have broken barriers, who have challenged the status…
“I love history. I’m a history buff – and talk about a historic industry,” Anne Street says, referring to the oil and gas business. She doesn’t…
In 2023, women still make up only 22 percent of the oil and gas industry, despite much talk about diversity, equity and inclusion, which encompasses many…
Rebecca Ponton: Please provide some information on your background – where you grew up, the hobbies and interests you had, and what you aspired to be…
In 1921, the first BCG vaccination against tuberculosis is given, in Paris, France… the World Series baseball game is first broadcast on the radio… future American…
Charting the course is a nautical term that mariners use when they are determining where they want to go. In order to do this, they need…
Because the energy industry has long been a male dominated sector, U.S. Energy Media addresses diversity across the board in all of its publications. But, as…
Those of you who have followed OILWOMAN Magazine since its inception in November 2020 know that we have always focused on being as diverse and inclusive…
Throughout her 30-plus year career in the oil and gas industry, which culminated as Executive President of Operations at the John Wood Group, plc (more commonly…
June 21st was the first official day of summer and the first week of July has already seen the hottest days on record since temperatures first…
Energy journalist and executive editor-at-large at Oil and Gas Investor, Nissa Darbonne wrote the definitive book on the American shale plays with her 2014 missive, The…
Rebecca Ponton: You have had a varied and interesting career in energy – everything from HSE with Noble Drilling to Archer’s Acting Country Manager in Saudi…
Award-winning director and cinematographer Susan Kucera (12th Hour, Hot Money, Living in the Future’s Past, and others produced by longtime film partner Jim Swift) has taken…
We hope you all are enjoying the summer – especially those of you who are taking a vacation – and that you will enjoy reading the…
Aura Cuellar is a woman of action. She speaks quickly – in a number of languages – and likes to act swiftly. She granted this interview…
I first corresponded with Yassmin Abdel-Magied in 2015 when I was working on my book, Breaking the GAS Ceiling: Women in the Offshore Oil and Gas…
In the United Kingdom, the year 1977 marks the celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s Silver Jubilee, as well as the birth of her first grandchild… The…
NJ Ayuk is Africa’s renaissance man. Born in West Africa, (he calls himself “the luckiest kid born in Cameroon”), and raised by a single mother of…
“If you want to reach net zero, and you want to meet all these commitments, the most valuable barrels may be those that are left in…
Welcome to our first quarterly issue of 2023! Last year was the first full year of publication for ENERGIES Magazine, the latest addition to U.S. Energy…
Speaking truth to power requires the courage of your convictions and, in Nooshin Behroyan’s case, she is speaking truth to power companies. Six and a half…
