Oilwoman 2020 November-December

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Letter from the Editor-in-Chief (November-December 2020)

In the September/October issue, we gave you a glimpse of things to come with a preview of OILWOMAN Magazine. Thanks to all of you who expressed…

Journey Toward the Sun: Ann Davies, COO Lightsource bp

The stars have aligned. Like Icarus of Greek mythology, Ann Davies has always wanted to get closer to the sun, the star nearest the earth, ever…

Giving Women in Industry a Voice

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…

Pro Resume Tips to Prepare for the Oil and Gas Upturn

With data from a recent Rystad Energy impact analysis showing more than one million oilfield service jobs set to be cut by the end of 2020…

Winds of Change Are Blowing Across Rhode Island

“[It] created a deep and lasting impression on me,” Dany St. Pierre says, as she recalls seeing her first offshore wind park in Denmark in 2005.…

Sue Jane Taylor – Fine Artist and Visual Documenter

“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…

Houston Painter Dan Dunn and the Story Behind the Girl in the Hard Hat

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…

Men: Gender Diversity Needs You!

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…

Strategic Advice from Corporate Executive Lydia Beebe

“I never got anything I didn’t ask for and I asked for a lot of stuff I didn’t get,” says Lydia Beebe, former corporate secretary and…

Just A Girl: Growing Up Female and Ambitious

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: Energized for the Future

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…

HPR STEMulus Academy

Hilda Pinnix-Ragland thinks if young girls are exposed to STEM subjects early on, they will get hooked. “We lose young girls of color when they go…

Diversifying Power: Why We Need Antiracist, Feminist Leadership on Climate and Energy

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…

From Bystander to “Upstander”

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…

David Reid, Chief Technology Officer/Chief Marketing Officer National Oilwell Varco (NOV)

In my 30 years in the oil and gas business, I have been a supporter of the development and growth of women in our industry. From…

A Day in the Life of . . . a Wellsite Geologist

Heading Offshore 14:30 hrs – “Fly In” day and we’re about to board the helicopter after undertaking drug and alcohol testing, thorough checks of the belongings…

An Inconvenient Life: My Unconventional Career as a Wellsite Geologist

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…

Breaking the “Glas” Ceiling in the Women’s Flame-Resistant Clothing Market

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…

Investing in Technology and People – Bridging the Digital Gap

Over the last several years there has been a digital transition taking place in industries across the board. The oil industry was no exception. It realized…

Letter from the Publisher (November-December 2020)

Amazing that we are near the end of the year and our November/December issue is already here. This year went by super fast for me. I…

Interview: Stephen Anson, Director of Measurement, W Energy Software

Eric Eissler: Can you give a brief overview of your measurement pedigree and role in building the next generation of measurement solutions? Stephen Anson: In my…

Why a Trusted Seal Supplier is More Important Than Ever

It is no secret to those of us embedded in the oil and gas industry that 2020 has been a challenging time. In an industry dependent…

Sustainability Through Innovation: How Legasea’s Eco-Conscious Solutions are Shaping the Industry

The utilization of subsea equipment is essential in offshore oil exploration. Unfortunately, subsea operations aren’t always the most eco-friendly, having the potential to cause negative, long-term…

Product Showcase: You Can Now Buy Petroleum and Industrial Equipment Online

Northwest Pump, a 61-year old distributor of petroleum and industrial parts has decided it’s time to go full digital. NWP recently purchased Petrostuff, an online petroleum…

2020 Sees Higher Than Ever Demand for Drone Inspections

The use of drone technology for inspecting offshore oil and gas assets has grown massively over the last decade and is predicted by Research and Markets…

Improving Well Safety with Accurate, Real-Time Condensate Detection

Condensate can easily be detected and quantified in a laboratory setting. However, real-time condensate detection, especially in the field, has been an elusive goal. Why is…

New Technology Improves Oil Spill Detection

With the recent disaster in Mauritius reminding everyone about the damage caused by an oil spill, renewed emphasis is being placed on rapid oil spill detection…

Lawyer and Landman Finds Nexus Between Oil and Gas and Alternative Energy in Central Texas

Having left the Beechcraft Bonanza G36 sitting in the steadily warming Texas sun, Jonathan Grammer is now three miles south of Haskell, Texas, watching the dirt…

2020: The Final Nail Transformation for the Oil and Gas Industry

August 27, 1859, was a defining moment for America when the first oil well was drilled near Titusville, Pennsylvania. It set the course for industry and…

Fuel Retailers: Get More for Your Money When Upgrading to EMV-Compliant Hardware

To get the most out of your upgrade project, ensure your technology partner(s) help you realize these eight qualities. Retail is transforming at lightning speed across…

Is Now the Right Time to Rethink Your Enterprise Software Strategy?

While it may be counterintuitive to make sweeping changes to enterprise software strategies amid a pandemic, reduced budgets and headcounts, the payoff could be substantial in…

How Does the Oil Industry Benefit from GIS Software?

Geographic information system (GIS) data enables collecting and analyzing spatial and location-based information and extracting valuable insights from it. Here are some of the emerging ways…

Balancing Defense with Offense During COVID-19

Within the oil and gas industry, the pandemic set off a chain reaction of events, resulting in the largest drop in crude oil pricing in three…

Flushing Rotary Equipment of Contaminants and Excess Costs

Innovation has always been a key component in the success of the offshore oil and gas industry. New and improved procedures coupled with enhancements in technology…

How Businesses are Engaging Asset Performance to Improve Competitive Advantage

In 2020, industry saw big, industrial operations truly pivot toward technology, as the growing demand for data, information and visibility has become amplified to the extreme.…

Private Equity’s Essential Role in the Upstream Space

Current Realities in the Oil and Gas Property Acquisitions and Divestitures Market Riverbend continues to see a disconnect between buyers and sellers in the property acquisition…

Scanning Takes on New Meaning for Pipeline Work

Scanning is getting easier in the oilfields. Just ask Texas-based S Oliver and Associates (SOA), which has provided surveying services for the oil and gas industry…

Utilizing Technology to Create a Customized Training Experience

Without a doubt, technology is changing the way we live and work. This notion is nothing new or groundbreaking. For example, the energy industry has been…

The Business Case for Oil and Gas Companies to Think — and Act — Sustainably

There was talk when the COVID-19 crisis hit that it would sidetrack, at least temporarily, the oil and gas industry’s “beyond the barrel” diversification into new,…

Young Professionals in the Oil and Gas Industry: Interview with Kamilia Putri

Kamilia Putri is a production engineer at Schlumberger and is currently based in Houston, Texas. As an active Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) member, she was…

What to Consider When Choosing a New Oil Field

Choosing the optimum oil drilling location is certainly not a straightforward process. Extensive planning is involved. It also requires various scientific parties to collaborate and, ultimately,…

Tips for Operating Unconventional Reservoirs

The world’s energy demand is steadily increasing to the point that it has now become difficult for conventional hydrocarbon reservoirs to meet demand levels. Therefore, oil…

Virtual Training Technologies Will Be Used to Re-Train Furloughed COVID-19 Oil Industry Workers

The COVID-19 pandemic wiped out nearly 40 million jobs dating back to mid-February. It didn’t matter which industry, as millions of workers were either sent home,…

America’s Energy Challenges

America’s energy challenges will be before us for many years ahead. As I wrote in my book, America Needs America’s Energy, “Future generations are depending on…

It Takes an Industry to Build a Forest

Nearly ten years ago, journalist and entrepreneur Jason Spiess began investigating the oil and gas industry in the Bakken oilfields. Months of sleeping in his vehicle,…

Technologies That Help Diagnose Hydraulic Fracturing

Hydraulic fracturing is part of the upstream sector, occupying a privileged place in terms of its importance, as it is constantly used to raise production in…

Living the Crude Life – November/December 2020

“We are in the process of closing a deal in Howard County in the Permian, so that will give us a presence there. We picked up…