Letter from the Editor-in-Chief (July-August 2021)
In addition to a long career as a journalist, I became a petroleum landman (emphasis on “land” – feet firmly on the ground) 10 years...
Rebecca Ponton
Marni Zabarsky, First Female Saturation Diver, Gulf of Mexico
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...
Starlee Sykes: Riding the Waves of Success
When bp CEO Bernard Looney streamlined the corporate leadership structure in May 2020, it enabled Starlee Sykes, bp’s president of the Gulf of Mexico and...
Spotlight on Brazil with Ana Zambelli
For decades, Venezuela was the oil market in South America. With its vast reserves of over 300 billion barrels of proved crude oil (the largest...
Geophysicist Takes the Plunge into Second Career
Chris Summers, owner Terrapin Wetsuits: I graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Geophysics from Texas A&M University (TAMU) in 1977. I first went to...
The Million Women Mentor
Forty years in a male-dominated, cyclical and volatile industry is quite an accomplishment for a female entrepreneur and, last year, Donna Fujimoto Cole, founder and...
Letter from the Editor-in-Chief (May-June 2021)
As the EIC of OILWOMAN Magazine, it is my honor and privilege to get to talk to some of the most incredible women in industry,...
Living the Crude Life
The Crude Life engages with industry experts and energy enthusiasts every day with interviews, radio programs, social media posts, print features, video content and podcasts....
Sisterhood of the Working Pants
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...
Reaching for the Stars
Angela Wilkinson, PhD, Secretary General & CEO, World Energy Council If Dr. Angela Wilkinson had her way, it is quite possible she would change the...