Come With Me Offshore… As An Assistant Driller
As the planes whiz by in the background, I find myself firmly planted in the seat at the gate just before boarding, a routine familiar...
Day in the Life
Booms and Busts: Riding the Resource Industry Rollercoaster
Now in my 40th year of being a geologist, it seems a perfect time to reflect on a career that has navigated resource industry booms...
A Philosopher Turns From Kantian Ethics To Turning A Pipe Wrench
I was the sole female in my industrial firefighter class for Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s Catlettsburg Refinery. When you’re the only woman, there’s always that extra...
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...
Tracy Lenz, Founder of Pecan Tree Oil & Gas: Petroleum Engineer Finds Niche as Mineral Owner Advocate
“It was the perfect time to start my business,” Tracy Lenz says of the decision to go out on her own in 2020 after nearly...
A Day in the Life of… a Well Intervention Supervisor
4:45 a.m. Wake and shower, pack a lunch and drive out to location. Our rig typically moves every three to four days to a new...
A Day in the Life of . . . an Offshore Medic
You never know what a day as a medic is going to look like. This is true wherever you work, but especially as a remote...
Rosie the Driller
On a drilling rig in the North Sea, Rosie Hutchins stood in the derrick, a tower-like framework that supports the hoisting equipment that raises and...
A Day in the Life of . . . A Leak Detection Dog Trainer
5:30 a.m. Josh Young, my co-owner and husband, and I load up our leak detection K9s in our transport vehicle and drive out to an...
A Day in the Life… of a Field Engineer
4:50 a.m. The Wakeup Process – For me, this is the most difficult part of the day. I turn off my alarm but continue to...