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Coming out of high school, Alexis Gutierrez was accepted at four of Texas’ major universities. She had plans to begin her studies to become a pharmacist…
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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…
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Houston 5013c nonprofit organization, Black Girls Do Engineer is a powerful social-educational movement bringing thousands of girls and young women of color into S.T.E.M. education, and…
In the transition to a greener economy, women are increasingly becoming a vital force in the renewable energy sector. Despite challenges, they are making significant strides…
“Working at sea exposes me to peculiar challenges. I appreciate this because it opens my mind, keeps me alert and builds my problem-solving capacity. The versatility…
Since his inauguration in 2018, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (known as AMLO) defined the guidelines of his oil and hydrocarbons policy for the next six…
Proved undeveloped oil and gas reserves are reserves that are expected to be recovered from new wells on undrilled acreage, or from existing wells where a relatively…
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 a sphere known more for its drilling rigs, pipelines, and technology advancements, the energy sector is now breaking new ground in a different arena: diversity,…
This is my fourth article for OILWOMAN Magazine, and I am thrilled at the opportunity to interview Fuzzy Bitar! Fuzzy has acted as a mentor and…
I was eight-years old in 1965 when my family moved from Los Angeles to a small, growing suburb called Rowland Heights. When we moved there, there…
For those of you unfamiliar with these lyrics from a 1971 song called Signs by the Five Man Electrical Band, the missing word is “Long.” The…
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…
I was recently introduced to Andy Taylor by a mutual contact. Given our respective health challenges and mutual desire to make the world better, I interviewed…
As someone who has been in the energy industry for 28 years, it has only been in the last decade that I have met women operators,…
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in the moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”…
The past decade has been nothing short of transformational for the energy industry. Amid demands for aggressive sustainability progress, supply chain challenges and delays, and calls…
Africa finds itself at the crossroad of reducing energy poverty (less than half of its population has access to electricity), adopting an energy transition that is…
This is what I’m told diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) look like to many straight, White men. And this is why DEI has so much trouble…
As humans on our planet, we urgently need energy supplies that are secure, affordable and lower carbon. It’s a very difficult challenge to solve; however, if…
Viany Thatte has been working in East Africa for over 15 years and, during that time, he says he “came across the huge piles of bagasse…
Things are looking up for female business leaders across corporate America, and the entire U.S. workforce is the chief beneficiary. As industries become more competitive amid…
By 2017, I had been working in my father’s company, Worldwide Oilfield Machine (WOM), for over ten years and had been recognized as the 2016 Woman…
They are the explorers, the treasure hunters in search of black gold. Every exploration and production (E&P) venture is a gamble with no certainty of the…
The case for inclusion is clear: Inclusive teams make better decisions 87 percent of the time and drive decision-making two times faster with half the meetings.…
Over the last two years, traditional context for decision-making has fundamentally changed, and business leaders worldwide have been thrust into a historic intersection – adapt or…
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“I was honored to represent women in that breakthrough,” Robbie Gries says of being named the first woman president of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists…
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Encouragement changes lives. Erika Symmonds, vice president of Workforce Development and Service at GRID Alternatives, knows that for a fact. GRID Alternatives, founded in 2001, is…
We live in a world today where discussions pertaining to gender as a prefix are almost immediately assumed to be about women’s welfare, participation and rights…
Chapter 10 – Bitches The woman who does not require validation from anyone is the most feared individual on the planet. –Mohadesea Najumi Bitch: Informal, often…
After many years and hardships, including being illegally “terminated” without legislation during the Eisenhower administration, the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana was officially re-recognized by the United…
Imagine driving one hundred miles each way to and from your office – before loading up your crew and heading in a different direction to the…
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 will…
I was born and raised in the world of mining. Growing up in Sudbury, Ontario, mining is all around you. My dad, grandfather, uncles and aunt…
The diversity and inclusion (D&I) landscape in the energy industry has changed dramatically over the years. More companies have understood the value of D&I to innovation,…
Former United States Department of Energy Director and Assistant Secretary, the Honorable James E. Campos, is paving the way for equality and evolution within the energy…
Women geoscientists in the oil and gas industry make up a tiny number of elite professionals. They are privileged on every dimension – race, education, income…
From LinkedIn **Long personal post ahead.** The SECRET is out. I am pregnant. Why did I hide it from everyone for seven months? Because I was…
“The silence was profound,” Barbara MacMullan recalls of the day Block Island switched from diesel generators to the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United…
