In the past year, the energy geoscience community has experienced a proliferating trend of career transformations that are coincident with the evolving markets and global energy…
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 to…
I was a child raised in a country ravaged by war. In instances when the world was bleak, I saw color in the skies, not far…
In December of 2020, I headed offshore as the wellsite geologist on an exploration drilling campaign in the Bay of Bengal. COVID-19 restrictions were in place…
I grew up asking questions and wanting to solve problems. My late father allowed me to get away with what most people thought was unacceptable for…
In 2007 I chaired four energy events for the centennial celebration of Oklahoma’s statehood. The events were a salute to the past, present, future, and women…
I wish I had been raised in Norway! Maria Moræus Hanssen tells me that Norway, her home country, and the other Scandinavian countries, are the best…
“Perception is reality.” This was the very first career pep talk I heard, as a freshly minted petroleum engineer graduate in 2015. At the time, I…
What if there was a holistic model, one that had unity at its core, its premise being that at the heart of each and every human…
People are often surprised to learn, number one, that I work in the oil and gas industry and, number two, that I’m the chief financial officer…
We enjoy such great social diversity, strength and potential in the oil and gas industry and wherever we embrace our differences and understand they make us…
Even a pandemic is not enough to stop the American entrepreneurial dream. According to U.S. Business Formation Statistics, 4.35 million applications for new businesses were submitted…
It was a shock to the University of British Columbia (UBC) Engineering Undergraduate Society that the first-year class of 1974 had 14 women. Up to then,…
After her decades-long career in finance, Vanessa C.L. Chang now sits on the boards of two electric utilities, Edison International and Southern California Edison Company, and…
Rebecca Ponton: What was the defining moment when you were so fed up with the lack of proper-fitting workwear that you decided to create your own?…
About 10 years ago, my then employer set up the Women’s Leadership Network, an internal employee resource group established to improve the experiences of women in…
AVEVA recently convened leaders from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Schneider Electric, PETRONAS and Verdantix in a virtual press panel session to discuss how digitization…
I started my career in energy as a student at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Like most people, I was exposed to my profession…
Ahh… to have a crystal ball right now. But since crystal balls come up short in reality, it’s a lot better to get a quick look…
The five co-authors of The Energy Within Us share their experiences as Black women in different sectors across the spectrum of the energy industry and share…
PROLOGUE “Dear sir: After reading your account of the little girl, Sarah Rector, I am writing to state that I heartily approve that part of your…
Girl Scout badges have long been associated with camping, civics/citizenship, athletics and art. Today, girls can learn about nuclear power to earn a badge after completing…
Given the heightened awareness of race relations of late, February 2021’s Black History Month will undoubtedly be more impactful and celebratory than ever before. Originally recognized…
Female mentors traditionally have been in short supply in male-dominated industries like oil and gas, but as the number of women in the industry increases, so…
It can be hard to pinpoint an exact figure when talking about the number of women in the energy industry. Percentages vary depending on the survey…
The last year has helped shed a major light on the issues existing within our workplaces, including lack of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts on…
In today’s society, diversity and inclusion play a role in both the workplace and the community. As our country’s demographics change, the art of allyship among…
In 1985, Annie Lennox and Aretha Franklin belted out the anthem, “Sisters are Doin’ it for Themselves,” celebrating the power of women to lead in the…
“The way you get to really good solutions is to have a lot of people thinking differently about the same thing,” says Paula Glover, former president…
The Wall Street Journal recently said it is “one of the hottest jobs in America – and it has a revolving door.” These chief D&I officers…
Having celebrated the one-year anniversary of their podcast, Flipping the Barrel, co-hosts Massiel Diez Melo, business development manager at Extreme/SLB, and Jamie Elrod, senior account manager…
“It’s a very different world out there, which we know nothing about onshore.” “I’ve been very fortunate throughout the years to get avenues and opportunities to…
Dan Dunn has made his living solely from his art since he was 19 years old. After many years as a caricaturist and illustrator, Dunn was…
I’ve worked in the energy sector for 15 years and, until recently, my managers have always been men who are exclusively white. Given the low percentage…
I never advise women to lie. Women have lived their lives as lies for so many years. We lie about our capabilities, our true feelings; we…
Hilda Pinnix-Ragland’s retirement isn’t your typical day at the golf course. When she’s not serving as a board member for large corporate entities like the Southwest…
Action Steps for Everyone We can all take action and get involved in leveraging the urgency and outrage about both the coronavirus crisis and the climate…
As a black man and a white woman, we’ve experienced both similar and unique diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) challenges in the workplace. We’ve found greater…
As we came into our approach on the Deepwater Millennium, it felt like I’d never left home – we could still have been offshore from Western…
I love math. It was always my favorite subject growing up. I was always interested in fashion, too, but I had parents that literally said, ‘You…
