Wrinkles In The Petroverse
The Petroverse is showing wrinkles crow’s feet around its eyes furrows on its forehead and fine lines on its face that no amount of cosmetology...
OILWOMAN Archives
David Lawler and the Quest for the New Future
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...
Kansas Strong: Strength Through Reliable Oil and Natural Gas is More Than a Tagline!
Kansas, often recognized for its expansive plains and agricultural prowess, boasts a lesser-known yet significant history in the realm of oil and gas development. Here...
Refinery Rebirth: Transforming an Aging Oil Refinery Into a Renewable Fuel Producer
For 125 years, Phillips 66’s San Francisco refinery in Rodeo, California, processed only crude oil. But that changed this spring, when the transformed facility reopened...
Texas Actress AnnaClare Hicks Strikes Oil
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...
Letter from the Editor-in-Chief (March-April 2024)
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...
…On The Set Of Accidental Texan
Photos courtesy of Marc Morrison Photography...
How Women Pioneered Alaska’s Oil And Gas Industry
“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...
Jimmy Nelson, Owner Nelson Oil and Gas, Pettus, Texas
“We’ve been in the oil field in Pettus, Texas, a long time – over 45 years – so we’ve seen the ups and downs, that’s...