Letter from the Editor-in-Chief (November-December 2021)
Thanks to all our readers and advertisers for your support as we mark the one-year anniversary issue of Oilwoman Magazine! With this edition, we celebrate...
Articles by Rebecca Ponton
A Landman’s Primer
Earlier in the year, when the Biden administration issued a moratorium on drilling on federal land (which has since been lifted), it opened up the...
Charlaine Tso – The Navajo Nation’s Energetic New Voice
Mainstream elected officials can often be out of touch with the lives of everyday people but, when a constituent approaches Charlaine Tso, they know they...
Jason Spiess: A Man of Intention
“I’m a method journalist so, before I do a story on skydiving, I’m going to go skydiving,” explains Jason Spiess, founder of The Crude Life...
Maria Claudia Borras: Transformative Leadership
As executive vice president of the oilfield services business at Baker Hughes, Maria Claudia Borras may be facing the biggest challenge of her career. Her...
Letter from the Editor-in-Chief (September-October 2021)
We have a lot to celebrate this month! Not only is November Hispanic Heritage Month in the U.S. – and we have profiled some incredible...
Interview: Aisha Ghuman, Vice President of Marketing, W Energy Software
Rebecca Ponton: What is the broad, overarching theme of this year’s WE Connect conference and what is the main message you want to get out...
Gaurdie Banister, Jr., The People-Centric CEO
Among the characteristics a company looks for in a CEO or board member, diplomacy would be somewhere at the top of the list. Gaurdie Banister,...
Letter from the Editor-in-Chief (July-August 2021)
In addition to a long career as a journalist, I became a petroleum landman (emphasis on “land” – feet firmly on the ground) 10 years...
Marni Zabarsky, First Female Saturation Diver, Gulf of Mexico
When she first started diving commercially [in 1996], one of the supervisors at the company she was diving for told her she was too pretty...