Oilwoman January-February 2023

Rig-Chem: An American Dream

“I think back now and I must have been out of my mind, but I thought, ‘If the guys can do it, I can do it.…

A Day in the Life of… A Coker Operator

2:45 a.m. First of all, who wakes up at 2:45 a.m.? It’s been eight weeks of waking up early and I can’t wait for a night…

A New Era for the African Continent

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…

How CFO Services Can Be a Tool for Supplier Relationship Management and Help Your Suppliers

For those of you who work in procurement, the supply chain, with service contractors and/or accounts payable of large organizations, have you ever been asked the…

Straight, White Men Need Not Apply

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…

The Pipeline Delivers

“The more things change, the more they stay the same.” Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, 1849 Immortal words – and incorrect. When the topic is diversity on public…

Aldjia Boualam Djezzar, Senior Geoscientist

Alan Alexeyev: Please introduce yourself and explain your area of expertise. Aldjia Boualam Djezzar: I’m a senior geoscientist at the Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC),…

Women as Allies – Part I

When considering what topics would be most interesting for this column, I realized the answer was in the Q&A portion of nearly every interactive workshop that…

Oil and Gas Regulations

Critics say the petroleum industry, including oil and gas, needs to be more heavily regulated when, in fact, it is one of the most highly regulated…

Disabled Talent in the Energy Industry – Our Time is Now

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…

Oilwoman Cartoon January/February 2023

From Bagasse to Briquettes

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…