Honor Thy Father: Ed Begley, Jr. And The Origins Of His Activism
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...
Rebecca Ponton
Letter from the Editor-in-Chief (November-December 2023)
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...
History Repeats Itself: The Family Legacy of Echo Production
“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...
Female Forces: A Timeline of History-Making Women in Energy
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...
Kara Branch, Founder, Black Girls Do Engineer
Rebecca Ponton: Please provide some information on your background – where you grew up, the hobbies and interests you had, and what you aspired to...
Military Veteran and Geologist James Bollich From the Service to the Subsurface
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...
Hurtigruten CEO Hedda Felin Charts the Course Toward Sea Zero
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...
Letter from the Editor-in-Chief (Fall 2023)
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,...
Letter from the Editor-in-Chief (September-October 2023)
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...
Stephanie Cox: Life On A Merry Go Round… Or A Roller Coaster?
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...