A Day in the Life… of a Field Engineer
4:50 a.m. The Wakeup Process – For me, this is the most difficult part of the day. I turn off my alarm but continue to...
Day in the Life
A Day in the Life of…a Drone Pilot
I’d like to preface this by stating my version of “A Day in the Life” is never a “day.” Working in the energy sector, it’s...
Ilyani Sanchez, Warehouse Supervisor
Alan Alexeyev: Tell us a little bit about your current (or latest) position and what you do, as well as how you found a job....
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...
A Day in the Life of… a Dynamic Positioning Operator
2:45 pm – It’s now mid-day in the Gulf of Mexico on an ultra-deepwater drillship. I’m on Day 14 of a 28-day hitch and am...
Geophysicist Takes the Plunge into Second Career
Chris Summers, owner Terrapin Wetsuits: I graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Geophysics from Texas A&M University (TAMU) in 1977. I first went to...
A Robotics Entrepreneur
7:00 am: By the time I get online, our European engineering team is already up and working, and our early bird Houston teammates have begun...
Living the Crude Life
The Crude Life engages with industry experts and energy enthusiasts every day with interviews, radio programs, social media posts, print features, video content and podcasts....
A Day in the Life of . . . the Greatness Engineer
6:00 am – My alarm clock rings. I take 30 minutes to lie down, eyes closed, to pray and meditate on my blessings and be...
A Day in the Life of . . . An Inventor and Patent Holder
6:30 am – I have been up for almost an hour. It’s the middle of fall in Houston and the mornings are as dark as...